Ccsd - Social Studies Vocab 8Th Grade

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Culture

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lifestyle or way of life of a group or community of people; sometimes refers to the art, music, and literature of a particular society

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Political

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having to do with the government

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Natural Resources

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materials found in nature that people can use such as trees and water

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Alliances

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people or nations linked to one another as helpers

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Natural Environment

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the land and all the living things on the land

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Colony

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a body of people who settle far from home but maintain ties with their homeland

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Regulators

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groups of Back Country settlers who protested royal policy

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Mercantilism

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the belief that the wealth of a nation depends on its supply of gold and silver

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Declaration

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clear statement

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Independence

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freedom from control or influence of another or others

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Constitution

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written plan of government

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Ratification

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process of approving the Constitution

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Convention

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a group of people gathered together for a common purpose

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Antebellum

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before the war

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Agriculture

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farming and raising livestock

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Secession

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process by which the Confederate states left the Union in 1860-1861

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Nullification

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theory of government in which the state has the power to reject a national law with which it disagrees

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Tariff

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tax on imported and exported goods

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Abolition

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doing away with completely

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States’ Rights

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idea that states have the right to make decisions about issues that concern them

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Cooperationists

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political leaders in South Carolina in the 1850s who favored secession
but only if the Southern states seceded together

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Reconstruction

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period of rebuilding after the Civil War during which the Southern states rejoined the Union

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Emancipation

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setting free

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Immigrants

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people who come into one country or place from another

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Carpetbaggers

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negative term used to describe Northerners who came South during the Civil War and Reconstruction

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Scalawags

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white Southerners who cooperated with and held office under the Republican government during Reconstruction

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Philanthropy

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doing good to others

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Corruption

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decay; lack of honesty; doing wrong

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Depression

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a prolonged and severe decline in the level of economic activity

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Temperance

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moderation in or total lack of drinking intoxicating beverages

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Suffrage

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right to vote

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Lynching

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execution of a person or number of persons outside the law by a mob

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Rural

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living in or characteristic of farming or country life

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Urban

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relating to or concerned with a city or densely populated area

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Migration

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the movement of people from one country or locality to another

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Progressive Reforms

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changes made to make the government more helpful to the people

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Emigration

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leaving one country or region to live in another

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Boll Weevil

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a tiny beetle that bored into the cotton boll that grew the fiber and ruined it

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Prohibition

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movement to make the manufacture and sale of liquor illegal in the United States

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Technical

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relating to mechanical subjects

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Scarcity

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very limited supply

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Mechanization

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use of machinery to replace human labor

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Discrimination

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unfair treatment of a group or individual

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Integration

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process of bringing together