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bureau
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2.a division of a government department or an independent administrative unit.
3.an office for collecting or distributing news or information, coordinating work, or performing specified services; agency: a travel bureau; a news bureau |
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Reconstruction
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the process by which the states that had seceded were reorganized as part of the Union after the Civil War.
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carpetbagger
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a Northerner who went to the South after the Civil War and became active in Republican politics, esp. so as to profiteer from the unsettled social and political conditions of the area during Reconstruction.
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scalawag
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a native white Southerner who collaborated with the occupying forces during Reconstruction, often for personal gain.
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terrorist
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a person, usually a member of a group, who uses or advocates the use of violence and threats to intimidate or coerce
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lynch
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to put to death, esp. by hanging, by mob action and without legal authority.
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impeach
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to accuse (a public official) before an appropriate tribunal of misconduct in office.
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corrupt
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guilty of dishonest practices, as bribery; lacking integrity; crooked
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civil rights
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1.rights to personal liberty established by the 13th and 14th Amendments to the U.S. Constitution and certain Congressional acts, esp. as applied to an individual or a minority group.
2.the rights to full legal, social, and economic equality extended to blacks |
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occupy
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to take possession and control of (a place), as by military invasion.
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