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24 Cards in this Set
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when you see a name or a concept while you are reading, what should you do?
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define,
write down a couple of facts about it or about the person. |
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score?
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years
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momentous
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very important, special
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when were the slaves freed in america?
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1865
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what ruling freed the slaves
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the emancipation proclamation
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to emancipate
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to free
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beacon
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signal to help guide people if they are lost,
lighthouse is a beacon |
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to sear
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to really burn, or cook
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tragic
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really really sad
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manacles
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like handcuffs, used to chain up slaves
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to segregate
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is to keep apart
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in America
segregation meant |
blacks were not allowed to be in white schools, blacks were not allowed to work good jobs, use the bathrooms. even eat in the same restaurant.
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poverty
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being poor
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material prosperity
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physical wealth, money, big houses
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spiritual prosperity
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that your soul and heat are happy
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appalling
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horrible
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heir
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somebody who inherits money or property from their dead relative.
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inalienable rights
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rights that can not be taken away
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even though you have come up with the main ideas of the passage, why will the questions still be hard?
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because they try to trick you by saying the correct answer in a weird way.
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extrapolate
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to predict, to say what will happen in the future based on what you know already.
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reasonable
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something that makes sense, has evidence to support it.
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before you look at the answer choices what should you do?
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try to come up with your own answer in simple words.This way they can not trick you.
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too nice or too mean is _______________ for an answer
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NOT A good choice for an answer
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position means what 2 things.
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1. your location
2. your opinion on something |
