Unit 8: Texas During the Civil War and Reconstruction Vocab

Front

Change to a constitution

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amendment

Front

A line of warships preventing ships from entering or leaving a port.

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blockade

Front

A crop raised for sale, not personal use.

Back

cash crop

Front

War between groups within a country

Back

Civil War

Front

Alliance for a common purpose

Back

confederacy

Front

Unfair treatment due to race, age, religion, etc.

Back

Discrimination

Front

Economic system with freedom for consumers and producers

Back

Free enterprise system

Front

Rebuilding the Union with southern states' readmission

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Reconstruction

Front

Withdraw from a nation or state for independence

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secede

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A person farming land paid with a share of crops.

Back

sharecropper