Unit 7 Vocabulary Test

What is the definition of BLOCKADE?

• Blocking off an area to keep supplies from getting in or out

• To let in and out at will

• To wiggle around

• Simon Middle School

Define EMANCIPATION

• To make into law

• A man and a woman

• The act of giving someone freedom

• To capture and make a slave

Define MARTIAL LAW

• Texas History

• When a seed becomes a tree

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• The imposition of laws by a military authority, generally in defeated territories

Define POPULAR SOVEREIGNTY

• When something is very much unliked

• Independent power given to the people

• The cleaning of a building

• The Dallas Cowboys

Define RECONSTRUCTION

• The act of rebuilding, generally refers to the rebuilding of the Union following the Civil War

• A house made of clay

• Simon Middle School

• Deer, Armadillo, Hawks, and Snakes

Define SECEDE

• Simon Middle School

• The seed of a cocomelon

• To withdraw, including the withdrawal of states from the Union

• An Ocean near China

Define SECTIONALISM

• Concern for regional needs and interests

• A type of couch

• The San Antonio Spurs

• A large pot to make rice and beans

Define SHARECROPPER

• To clean an entire building

• Simon Middle School

• When a plant does not grow well

• A tenant farmer who receives a portion of the crop