Vocabulary

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joint resolution

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a statement passed by both houses at a legislature that has the force of law

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Amend

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Change

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cabinet

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the heads of departments of the executive branch appointed by the president and confirmed by the Senate

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endowment fund

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income derived from donations that is set aside for a specific purpose

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annexation

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to incorporate a county or territory into another county or territory

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immigrant agents

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a person licensed to bring settlers into a country, paid in land or money to do so

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subsistence crop

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a crop grown to be used on the farm where it was raised

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legislature

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elected officials who make the laws for the state

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abolitionist

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a person who works to end slavery

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convention

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a meeting of delegates of a political party to form policies and select candidates

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cede

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to give up, especially by treaty

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teamster

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a person who drives or directs a team of animals

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sovereignty

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self-governing

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states’ rights

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the position that the federal government should not interfere with the states’ exercise of their constitutional powers

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perpetual

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continuing forever

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conscription

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the forced enrollment of people into military service

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preventive strike

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an action taken to prevent a possible future attack

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blockade

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to isolate a particular enemy area

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ordinance

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local law

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secede

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withdraw

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unionists

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a person who supported the Union cause during the Civil War

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scalawag

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white Southerner who supported Reconstruction after the Civil War

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carpetbagger

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Northerner in the South for a Reconstruction governor

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secessionist

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someone who is for secession

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ratify

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to approve formally

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impeach

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bring charges against

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black codes

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laws limiting the rights of African Americans passed by Southern governments after the Civil War

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nullify

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cancel

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skirmish

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small fight

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repeal

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recall or do away with a law

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override

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to overrule, or set aside, another action

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fortify

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strengthen

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provisional government

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temporary government

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siege

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military blockade of a city or fortress

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veto

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reject

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cash crop

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crop grown to be sold for money

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census

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a counting of the population done by the government at regular intervals

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descendent

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proceeding from an ancestor

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militia

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group of citizens acting as a military force

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campaigns

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connected series of military operations

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agent

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representative

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paunch

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belly

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sinew

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tendon

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bill

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proposed law presented to a legislature for consideration

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commissary

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storehouse of food and other goods

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renegade

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person who rejects lawful behavior

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Reconstruction

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effort to reorganize the seceded states and bring them back into the Union

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Radical Republican

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Republican who believed that Congress should direct Reconstruction

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homespun

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coarse, loosely woven, homemade fabric

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subsistence crop

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crop grown to be used on the farm where it was raised