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Unit 8 Civil War voc

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compromise (REVIEW)   when both sides give up something to reach an agreement  
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concession (REVIEW)   something given up in a compromise  
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oppose   to be against something or someone  
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nullify   to declare invalid; to cancel  
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economy (REVIEW)   a system of producing, distributing, and consuming goods; usually involves the way most people in a region make MONEY.  
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fugitive   someone running away, usually from the law  
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abolish   to do away with, get rid of, to end  
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abolitionist   one who supported the end of slavery  
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secede   to separate from; to break ties with  
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allegiance (REVIEW)   loyalty  
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draft   legal involuntary service in the military forces  
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unanimous   in complete agreement  
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arms (REVIEW)   weapons  
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enlist   to join the military  
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blockade (REVIEW)   to use ships to block entrance or exit from a port  
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Reconstruction   the period of about 10 years after the Civil War focused on rebuilding the South  
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debt (REVIEW)   something (usually money) owed to another  
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traitor (REVIEW)   one who betrays the trust of another or a group  
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sharecropper   one rents farmland and pays the rent with a portion of the crops  
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carpetbagger   one from the North who moved to the South for business opportunities during Reconstruction  
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scalawag   any Southerner during Reconstruction who supported Northern causes or freedmen  
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freedmen   former slaves  
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agriculture   the raising of cattle and /or crops; FARMING  
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free state   An American state where there was no slavery allowed  
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slave state   an American state in which slavery was legal  
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tariff   a tax on imported goods  
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plantation   LARGE farm  
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