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Social Studies (4th)
Social Studies (4th) Chapter 7 Vocab
Term | Definition |
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Consensus | Method of decision making in which all come to an agreement |
Trail of Tears | Forced journey of the Cherokee to land set aside for them by the United States in what is now Oklahoma |
Pioneer | Person who settles in a part of a country and prepares it for others |
Backwoodsman | Person who lives in forests or wild areas far away from towns |
Plantation | Large farm that produces crops to sell |
Civil War | Fought between Northern and Southern states from 1861 - 1865 |
Union | Name for the Northern states during the American Civil War |
Confederacy | Name for the Southern States in the United States Civil War |
Secede | To pull out of or separate from |
Reconstruction | Period of time after the United States Civil War when the South was rebuilt |
Civil Rights | Rights of a citizen including the right to vote and protection under the law |
Segregate | To separate people according to their race |
Gold Rush | Sudden movement of people to an area where gold has been found |
Public transportation system | Trains and buses that carry people through a city |