Vocabulary – Jefferson Long
Setting Type
Verb
Preparing type to print newspaper or other publications
Prominent
Adjective
Important, well-known in the community, influential
Reconstruction
Noun
the period of U.S. history from 1865 through 1877, during which the states that had seceded during the Civil War were reorganized under federal control and later restored to the Union
Congressman
Noun
a man who is a member of the U.S. Congress, especially of the House of Representatives
Amnesty
Noun
a general pardon, especially for those who have committed political crimes
White Supremacy
Noun
the view that white people are supposedly genetically and culturally superior to all other people or races and should therefore rule over them
Trailblazing
Adjective
Innovative, the first to do something. Going where no one has gone before. Path maker