8th Grade SS Unit 8 Vocab 1

Front

A league or alliance of states

Back

confederacy

Front

Strategy by Gen. Winfield Scott to defeat the Confederacy early in the Civil War.

Back

Anaconda Plan

Answer explanation

A plan is a strategy

Front

A person killed for their beliefs.

Back

martyr

Answer explanation

martyr is the only one that is a person....so think Martyr/Man (even though it can be a woman too)

Front

Agreement or settlement of a dispute reached by concessions.

Back

compromise

Answer explanation

concessions = compromise

A compromise is an agreement

Front

Tax aimed at protecting domestic industry.

Back

protective tariff

Answer explanation

A tariff is a tax

Front

Withdrawing from a federation.

Back

secession

Front

Set free from restrictions.

Back

emancipate

Front

Beginning of an institution, activity, or office.

Back

inaugural

Answer explanation

The presidents gives an Inaugural Speech.

Think of the i as 1 for 1st.

Front

Stop buying or using goods/services of a company or country as protest.

Back

boycott

Answer explanation

buying to boycott

Front

Temporary economic decline with reduced trade and industry.

Back

recession

Answer explanation

to recede means to go backwards or decline

reduce recession