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Civil War Vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| impact | to effect directly |
| civil | having to do with the activities of people who are members of a country |
| slavery | the owning of a person by another person |
| labor | to do hard work |
| economy | the system of making money and producing items |
| cash crop | a crop grown for sale to others |
| primary source | material that is created by someone who witnessed an event in history |
| enilist | to sign up to serve in the military |
| -ate | to make or do |
| recruitment | the process of getting someone to join your group |
| -ation | the results of making |
| reality | a person,thing or event that is real |
| amputate | to cut off |
| mutilate | to destroy by cutting off a needed part |
| primitive | simple or not developed |
| naïve | marked by unaffected simplicity : ARTLESS, INGENUOUS |
| cour | chiefly Scottish variant of COWER |
| ped | a natural soil aggregate |
| idle | not occupied or employed |
| transfix | to hold motionless by or as if by piercing |
| landmark | an object (such as a stone or tree) that marks the boundary of land |
| aliens | a person who is not of a particular group or place |
| succour | chiefly British spelling of SUCCOR |