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Week 9
Growing Pains after the Civil War
Question | Answer |
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brink | the edge of something about to happen |
striving | working toward a goal |
impeachment | legal term for charging the president with a crim |
blockade | the action of sealing off a place to prevent goods and services from entering or leaving |
export | to send out of the country |
strides | to make progress towards a goala |
insecticides | substances used to kill insects |
criticize | to find fault |
resentment | a feeling of bitterness toward someone or something |
contention | heated disagreement |
urgent | very important |
tolerate | the put up with someone you don't agree with, to accept |
dwindle | to make smaller in size or amount |
compulsion | fo force to do something |