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Mrs. Brown
8th grade final
Question | Answer |
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Underground Railroad | network of escape routes for the African Americans from the South to the North |
fugitive | runaway |
secede | leave |
abstain | not to cast votes |
border ruffians | Missourians who traveled in armed groups to vote in Kansas's election |
civil war | conflict between citizens of the same country |
blockade | close |
Rebels | Confederate soldiers |
Yankees | Union soldiers |
emancipate | to free |
ratified | approved |
draft | law that required men between ages 18-35 to serve in the army for 3 years |
bounties | payments to encourage volunteers |
greenbacks | Northern money |
inflation | a general increase in prices |
total war | method of waging war |
amnesty | a pardon |
impeach | formally charge with wrongdoing |
scalawags | scoundrel, or worthless rascal |
segregation | separation of the races |
muckrakers | nickname for journalist who helped progressives by exposing injustices |
nationalism | a feeling of intense loyalty to one's country |
prohibition | total ban on the manufacture, sale, and transportation of alcohol |