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Ch 8 Review

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frontier   the farthest part of a settled country  
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free enterprise   an economic system in which producers and consumers can make choices  
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profit   the money a producer has left over after all costs are paid  
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plantation   a large farm that produces crops to sell  
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nullify   to reject  
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secede   to separate  
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cavalry   soldiers who fight on horseback  
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sharecropper   a farmer who pays part of the crops he/she grows to a landowner  
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Jefferson Davis   President of the Confederacy  
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Robert E. Lee   Confederate General  
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Ulysses S. Grant   Union General  
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Abraham Lincoln   President of the Union  
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How did new settlers in Texas affect Native Americans?   They killed the buffalo they needed for food and tools.  
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Why did we have slaves in Texas?   Slaves worked on plantations to produce more cotton.  
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What did most slaves do?   Most worked in the fields.  
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Why did plantation owners become wealthy in the 1850's?   A lot of cotton was being sold in Europe.  
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What did cotton sales in Europe cause?   Texas needed more slaves to produce more cotton.  
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Why were the blockades in the Gulf of Mexico during the Civil War?   They stopped ships from entering or leaving the ports in the Gulf of Mexico.  
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How did the Civil War end?   General Lee surrendered to General Grant  
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What was life like during reconstruction?   Hard for everyone  
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What did farmers need to learn?   How to grow crops without slaves.  
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