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VA US 7.5
VA US Vocabulary 7.5
Term | Definition |
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income tax | a tax that must be paid by individuals and corporations based on money earned. |
bond | A certificate bought from the government that promises to pay the holder back the purchase amount plus interest at a future date. |
Homestead Act | 1862 law that gave 160 acres of land to citizens willing to live on and cultivate it for five years. |
conscription | The drafting of citizens into military service |
Copperhead | A negative, or derogatory, term given to antiwar northern Democrats during the Civil War. |
habeas corpus | A constitutional guarantee that no one can be held in prison without charges being filed. |
inflation | rising prices |
Clara Barton | Organized the American Association of the Red Cross. |