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5th grade ss 1
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| plantation | a large farm on which a single crop is usually grown. |
| compromise | people on both sides of an issue giving up something to reach an agreement. |
| abolitionist | a person who supported the movement to end slavery. |
| secession | to formally stop being part of something. |
| blockade | a barrier of troops or ships to keep people and supplies from moving in or out of an area. |
| proclamation | an official announcement,usually by the government. |
| emancipation | the setting free of enslaved African Americans. |
| seige | a military blockade designed to make a city surrender. |
| segregation | the separation of groups of people, usually by race. |
| sharecropping | a system in which someone who owns land rents the land to others in exchange for some of the crops raised on the land. |