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secede

secede. verb To pull away from or withdraw from an organization or government The Southern states voted to secede from the rest of the United States, which became a catalyst for the Civil War. cotton gin. noun a machine that separates the seeds, hulls, and foreign material from cotton

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  1. secede • verb • To pull away from or withdraw from an organization or government • The Southern states voted to secede from the rest of the United States, which became a catalyst for the Civil War.

  2. cotton gin • noun • a machine that separates the seeds, hulls, and foreign material from cotton • Northern industrialists preferred the cotton gin because it reduced the need for slave labor on cotton plantations.

  3. Confederacy • Proper noun • The 11 southern states that seceded from the United States in 1861 – 1865 • General Lee was the military leader for the Confederacy.

  4. Union • Proper noun • The federal union of states that remained during the American Civil War after the Confederacy seceded • Abraham Lincoln felt the Union must be preserved at all costs, even if it meant civil war.

  5. abolitionist • noun • A person who supports abolishing, or getting rid of, something – particularly slavery • Quakers, who are against slavery because of their religion, are natural abolitionists.

  6. carpet bagger • noun • A northerner in the south after the Civil War who sought private gain during Reconstruction (named for the carpet bag he often carried in his travels) • Newly freed slaves often fell prey to the schemes of traveling carpet baggers, giving them money in exchange for items or promises they never received.

  7. deserter • noun • A person who runs away or deserts his or her military unit to avoid service • Deserters in the Civil War were often rounded up and put in prisons with enemy prisoners of war.

  8. amnesty • noun • the act of an authority (as a government) by which pardon is granted to a large group of individuals • Even though they had broken the law of the South, escaped slaves were granted amnesty in the North after the Emancipation Proclamation.

  9. emancipation • noun • To be free from restraint or control by another • Abolitionists sought emancipation for slaves who worked the Southern plantations.

  10. segregation • noun • The practice or policy of keeping a group separate or segregated, commonly by race • Despite their emancipation, freed slaves in the South continued to be subject to segregation.

  11. surrender • verb • To give oneself up to the power of another • Robert E. Lee surrendered the Confederacy at Appomattox Court house, ending the Civil War in 1865.

  12. auction block • noun • The pedestal on which things to be auctioned stand, including slaves prior to the Civil War • When slaves first arrived from Africa they were put on the auction block in a public area and sold to the highest bidder.

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