Bayou Bridges Unit 3 Chapters 1 & 2 Vocab Review

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What is the term for a refusal to follow the law or government because it goes against one's conscience?

Back

Civil disobedience

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What is a telegraph?

Back

A machine that communicates messages over long distances.

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What is a transcontinental railroad?

Back

A railroad that stretches across an entire continent.

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What is the definition of a locomotive?

Back

A railroad engine

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What does displacement refer to?

Back

The process of removing from the usual place or land

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What is a treaty?

Back

A formal agreement between two or more groups, especially countries

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What is a permit?

Back

A formal authorization to do something

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What is a stockade?

Back

A prison or camp guarded by the military

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What is a reservation?

Back

An area of land set aside by the federal government for Native Americans

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Immigrant

Back

a person who comes to live permanently in a foreign country