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Unit 8 Vocab
Term | Definition |
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Tariff | a tax on imports or exports |
State's Rights | rights or powers held by individual states rather than the Federal Government |
fugitive | someone running away from the law |
free state | a state where slavery is ILLEGAL |
underground | in hiding or in secret |
slave state | a state where slavery is LEGAL |
abolitionist/abolish | one who supported the end of slavery |
emancipation | the freeing of someone from slavery |
secede | to separate from; to break ties with |
Union | A group of states that are ruled by one government; the United States during the Civil War |
Confederacy | the states that seceded from the Union |
retreat | to withdraw from enemy forces |
strategy | a plan of action |
casualty | a person killed or injured in war |
sectionalism | the loyalty to one's own section of the country. |
compromise | when both sides give up something to reach an agreement |
oppose | to be against |
economy | the system of production, distribution and consumption of goods and services. |