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chapter 4 terms
ap us history
Description | Term |
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the right to acquire a certain amount of land granted to the person who finances the passage of a laborer | headright |
to take away the right to vote | disfranchise |
any conflict between the citizens or inhabitants of teh same country | civil war |
the territory adjoining water affected by tides | tidewater |
the portion of a slave ship's journey in which slaves were carried from Africa to the Americas | middle passage |
the ability to mate and produce abundant young | fertility |
fit for servants; humble or low | menial |
an armed force of citizens called out only in emergencies | militia |
a social group arranged in ranks or classes | hierarchy |
a group or institution granted legal rights to carry on certain specified activities | corporation |
a sermon or prophecy recounting wrongdoing, warning of doom, and calling for repentance | jeremiad |
the illegal execution of an accused person by mob action, without due process of law | lynching |
an inland region set back from a port, river, or seacoast | hinterland |
the basic pattern of the distribution of status and wealth in a society | social structure |
of noble or upper-class descent | blue blood |