​Match Each Term to the Most Appropriate Description

question 21

Multiple Choice

​Match each term to the most appropriate description. Terms may be used once, more than once, or not at all.
-​prevailing winds in the United States; blow from west to east

• A)​westerly
• B)​easterly
• C)​leeward
• D)​windward
• E)​monsoon
• F)​thermocline
• G)​overturn

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Definitions:

Radical Reconstruction

The period after the American Civil War during which the federal government took direct control over the former Confederate states to enforce the rights of formerly enslaved people.

Railroad Construction

The process of building the infrastructure necessary for train travel, including tracks, stations, and bridges.

Society

A group of individuals involved in persistent social interaction, or a large social group sharing the same spatial or social territory, typically subject to the same political authority and dominant cultural expectations.

Scalawags

Southern white Republicans—some former Unionists—who supported Reconstruction governments.