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Betenson #1
Civil War Part 1
Term | Definition |
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abolitionist | a person who wants to end slavery |
reconstruct | to rebuild |
Reconstruction Era | a period of time after the American Civil War when Congress passed laws to rebuild and bring the southern states back into the Union |
secede | to withdraw |
Civil War | when people from the same country fight against each other |
agriculture | farming |
industry | businesses that make one kind of product or service. |
segregation | the separation of people |
discrimination | the unfair treatment of people |
Confederacy | states that formed the Confederate States of America, because they no longer wanted to be part of the United States of America |