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Chapter 8 Civil War
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Rural | an area with few homes or people |
| Agricultural | Growing crops and raising animals |
| Manufacturing | making good using natural, human and capital resources in factory settings, with many works |
| Tariff | a tax placed on goods coming from another county, to make people choose locally- made items instead of foreign made ones. |
| Urban | a city environment with many people and buildings |
| Compromise | a middle way between two extremes |
| Fugitive | someone who has escaped from a place or had gone into hiding |
| Union | the act of being joined together, and a term used to refer to Northern States during the Civil War. |
| Emancipation | setting someone free from power or control of another person |
| Abolition | the movement to eliminate slavery |
| Abolitionists | someone who wants to eliminate slavery |
| Ballot | a written document used to vote |
| Secede | to pull out or withdraw from |
| Confederacy | southern states that seceded from the U.S in 1860-1861 |
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