Previewing Key Terms and People. Abraham Lincoln, p. 420 amnesty, p. 421
freedman, p. 422. John Wilkes Booth, p. 423. Andrew Johnson, p. 426. Thirteenth
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voluntary (VAHL ahn tair ee) adj. not forced; done of one’s own free will (Section 1, p. 421)
Sample History Sentence The state of Virginia’s ceding of western land to the U.S. government was voluntary.
resolve (ree SAHLV) (Section 1, p. 422)
v. to decide; to solve
The colonists resolved to fight the British.
critic (KRIHT ihk) (Section 2, p. 427)
n. someone who makes judgments on the value of objects or actions
The war hawks were critics of Madison’s lenient policy toward the British.
impose (ihm POHZ) (Section 2, p. 429)
v. to place a burden on something or someone
The Tariff of 1816 imposed a high tax on certain goods imported into the country.
factor (FAK tor) (Section 3, p. 432)
n. condition or quality that causes something else to happen
Distance was the most important factor in the colonies developing cultures different from the British.
inferior (ihn FIR ih ahr) (Section 3, p. 435)
adj. of lower rank or status, or of poorer quality
At first, American manufactures were inferior in quality to British goods.
Hiram Revels
Previewing Key Terms and People Abraham Lincoln, p. 420 amnesty, p. 421 freedman, p. 422 John Wilkes Booth, p. 423 Andrew Johnson, p. 426
Thirteenth Amendment, p. 426 black codes, p. 427 Hiram Revels, p. 429 Blanche Bruce, p. 429 scalawag, p. 429 carpetbagger, p. 429 impeachment, p. 430
poll tax, p. 434 literacy test, p. 434 grandfather clause, p. 434 segregation, p. 434 Homer Plessy, p. 429 sharecropperer, p. 435
Andrew Johnson Abraham Lincoln Reconstruction and the New South 419
