Unit 8 Civil War voc Word Scramble
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Term | Definition |
compromise (REVIEW) | when both sides give up something to reach an agreement |
concession (REVIEW) | something given up in a compromise |
oppose | to be against something or someone |
nullify | to declare invalid; to cancel |
economy (REVIEW) | a system of producing, distributing, and consuming goods; usually involves the way most people in a region make MONEY. |
fugitive | someone running away, usually from the law |
abolish | to do away with, get rid of, to end |
abolitionist | one who supported the end of slavery |
secede | to separate from; to break ties with |
allegiance (REVIEW) | loyalty |
draft | legal involuntary service in the military forces |
unanimous | in complete agreement |
arms (REVIEW) | weapons |
enlist | to join the military |
blockade (REVIEW) | to use ships to block entrance or exit from a port |
Reconstruction | the period of about 10 years after the Civil War focused on rebuilding the South |
debt (REVIEW) | something (usually money) owed to another |
traitor (REVIEW) | one who betrays the trust of another or a group |
sharecropper | one rents farmland and pays the rent with a portion of the crops |
carpetbagger | one from the North who moved to the South for business opportunities during Reconstruction |
scalawag | any Southerner during Reconstruction who supported Northern causes or freedmen |
freedmen | former slaves |
agriculture | the raising of cattle and /or crops; FARMING |
free state | An American state where there was no slavery allowed |
slave state | an American state in which slavery was legal |
tariff | a tax on imported goods |
plantation | LARGE farm |
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