7th Grade Texas History:Civil War Unit Vocabulary

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Abolish/Abolitionist

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To end or stop slavery

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Blockade

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To stop people or supplies from entering or leaving a port or country

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Civil War

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A war between groups of people in the same country

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What does "Confederacy" refer to in the context of the American Civil War?

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States that separated themselves from the U.S. during the American Civil War

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Export

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To send a product to be sold in another country

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What were Jim Crow Laws?

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Laws that did not give black people the same rights as white people

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Nullify

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A legal decision to make something have no effect

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Poll Tax

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A tax that each adult has to pay in order to vote

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Port

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A town or city where ships stop to load and unload cargo

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What is the process of putting something that was broken back into good condition, such as the period from 1867 to 1877 when the southern states joined the northern states again after the American Civil War?

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Reconstruction