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22 Cards in this Set
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Indentured Servant
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a person who, in exchange for benefits received, must work for a period of years to gain freedom p. 88
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Plantation
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a large, one-crop farm with many workers, common in the Southern United States before the Civil War p. 88
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Boycott
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a refusal to buy or use goods and services p. 89
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Revolutionary War
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the war in which the American colonies won their independence from Britain, fought from 1775-1781 p. 89
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Declaration of Independence
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the document written by Thomas Jefferson in 1776 that explained American colonists' reasons for rejecting British rule; representatives from each of the thirteen colonies showed their for independence by signing the document p.89
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Constitution
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the document written in 1787 and approved in 1789 that established three branches of American government and protected the rights of individual citizens p. 89
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Louisiana Purchase
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the sale of land in 1803 by France to the United States; all the land between the Mississippi River and the eastern slope of the Rocky Mountains. p. 90
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Immigrant
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a person who moves to a new country in order to settle there p.91
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Abolitionist
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a person who believed that enslaving people was wrong and who wanted to the end the practice p. 92
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Confederacy
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the Confederate States of America; a group of Southern states that seceded from the United States following Abraham Lincoln's 1860 election p. 93
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Civil War
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the war between the northern and southern states in the United States, which began in 1861 and ended in 1865
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Reconstruction
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United States plan for rebuilding the nation after the Civil War, included a period when the South was governed by the United States Army p. 93
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Segregate
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to set apart and force to use separate schools, housing, parks, and so on because of race and religion p. 93
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Labor Force
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the supply of workers p. 95
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Settlement House
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a community center for poor immigrants to the United States p. 95
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Homestead Act
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a law passed in 1862 giving 160 acres (65 hectares) of land on the Midwestern plains to any adult willing to live on and farm it for five year p. 95
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Holocaust
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the execution of 6 million Jews by German Nazis during World War II p. 96
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Communism
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a theory of government in which property such as farms and factories is owned by the government for the benefit of all citizens; a political system n which the central government controls all aspect of citizens p. 97
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Cold War
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a period of great tension between the United States and the former Soviet Union, which lasted for more than 40 years after World War II p. 97
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Civil Rights Movement
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a large group of people who worked together in the United States beginning in the 1960s to end segregation of African Americans and support equal rights for all minorities p 97
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Dominion
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a self-government area subject to Great Britain, for example, Canada, prior to 1939 p.99
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Bilingual
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speaking two languages; having two official languages p. 100
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