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History Vocabulary
Words you might want to use in your essays
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| abolitionist | a reformer who favors putting an end to slavery |
| acquisition | something gained |
| acquitted | declared not guilty of a specific offense or crime |
| advocate | a person who pleads for a person, cause, or idea |
| ally | a friendly nation |
| antebellum | belonging to a period before a war |
| antitrust | of laws and regulations |
| armistice | a state of peace agreed to between opponents |
| balk | balk |
| barter | exchange goods without involving money |
| boycott | refusal to have commercial dealings with some organization |
| cede | give over |
| collective bargaining | negotiation between an employer and a trade union |
| colonization | the act of settling a group of people in a new place |
| confiscate | take temporary possession of a security by legal authority |
| deem | judge or regard in a particular way |
| defray | bear the expenses of |
| democracy | the orientation of those who favor government by the people |
| deplete | use up, as resources or materials |
| devastate | cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly |