1. Plantation: A large farm with crops tended by workers who live there.
2. Planter: The owner of a plantation.
3. Cash crop: A crop people raised to sell to others.
4. Textile mill: A factory in which fibers, such as cotton or wool, are woven into cloth.
5. Auction: A public sale of goods.
6. States’ rights: The idea that state governments have the right to make certain decisions for themselves.
7. Political party: A group of people in government who try to get agree with their ideas and who choose leaders who share their opinions.
8. Candidate: A person who runs for political office.
9. Secede: To leave the union.
10. Confederacy: The confederate states of America.
11. Secessionist: People who wanted to leave the union.
12. Enlist: To join.
13. Infantry: A group of foot soldiers.
14. Blockade: A line of warships used to keep other ships from sailing into or out of a port.
15. Brigade: A group of troops or soldiers.
16. Assassination: The murder of a political leader.
17. Reconstruction: The period after the civil war in which southerners had to reorganize their state governments in order to rejoin the union.
18. Juneteenth: A holiday in Texas celebrating the freeing of slaves.
19. Jury: A group of people that decide a case in court.
20. Segregation: Keeping people in separate groups based on their race and culture.
21. Amendment: A change in the constitution.
22. Carpetbaggers: A northerner in the south during reconstruction who carried their things in bags made from carpet.
23. Sharecroppers: A farmer who used a plot of land and was paid by the landowner with a share of the crops.
24. Credit: A way of buying something by paying for it over time.
25. Reservation: An area of land set aside by government for use by American Indians.
26. Buffalo soldiers: A nickname given by Native Americans to African American soldiers.
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