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20 Cards in this Set
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Freedmen’s Bureau
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a government agency established in 1865 to provide food, medical care, jobs, and education for former slaves
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Reconstruction
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the steps taken to restore the southern states to the Union and rebuild the South
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repeal
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to officially withdraw
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ratify
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to make valid
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fluorescent
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strikingly bright or glowing
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meter
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a regular pattern of stressed syllables that give a line of poetry a predictable rhythm
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stanza
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a group of lines in a poem that are meant to be understood as a unit
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idiom
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an expression whose meaning is not predictable from the usual grammatical rules or from the usual meaning of its elements
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insolent
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boldly rude or disrespectful
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indignant
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to show righteous anger
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entreaty
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an earnest request or petition
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genealogy
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a record of the ancestry and descent of a person, family, or group
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tangible
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capable of being touched; real
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poet laureate
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one regarded by a country or region as its most eminent or representative poet
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dichotomy
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two opposite parts or two opposite types of ideas
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rhythm
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the repetition of stressed and unstressed syllables in a line of poetry
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exulting
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showing lively or triumphant joy
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beleaguered
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means surrounded or besieged by military forces
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marshalled
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arrayed for battle
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barrage
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heavy barrier of artillery fire used to stop the enemy in its tracks
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