Unit 1 Vocabulary

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ratify

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To formally approve a decision or law

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Popular sovereignty

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The right of the people to choose their own government

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urban

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City

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rural

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Farmland

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secede

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To leave a union

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abolish

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To end the practice of slavery entirely

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emancipation

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The release of someone from slavery

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segregation

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Legal division of people based on race

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freedmen

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Formerly enslaved people who were freed after the Civil War.

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federal system

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Power is divided between national and state governments