8th Grade US History vocabulary the students should master by the end of the year
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| 545397624 | Abolish | to do away with; put an end to | |
| 545397625 | Abolitionist | a person who wanted to end slavery | |
| 545397626 | Amend | To alter, Modify, rephrase, or add to or subtract from; to change for the better | |
| 545397627 | Annex | to attach or add to something larger or more important | |
| 545397628 | Antebellum | used to describe a period of time before a war, especially the American Civil War | |
| 545397629 | Arsenal | a gun warehouse | |
| 545397630 | Assimilation | process of becoming part of another culture | |
| 545397631 | Bias | leaning toward or against a certain person, group, or idea | |
| 545397632 | Blockade | the isolating, closing off, or surrounding of a place, as a port, harbor, or city, by hostile ships or troops to prevent entrance or exit | |
| 545397633 | Capitalist | a person who invests in a business in order to make a profit | |
| 545397634 | Casualty | a person injured or killed in an act of war | |
| 545397635 | Cede | to yield or formally surrender to another | |
| 545397636 | Commerce | The buying and selling of goods, especially on a large scale | |
| 545397637 | Compromise | A settlement of differences by mutual concessions; an agreement reached by adjustment of conflicting or opposing claims, principles, etc., by reciprocal modifications of demands | |
| 545397638 | Confederacy | an alliance between persons, parties, states, etc., for some purpose | |
| 545397639 | Confederation | a group, especially of states, united for common purpose | |
| 545397640 | Constituent | a person who elected a representative to office | |
| 545397641 | Constitution | a document that sets out the laws and principles of a government | |
| 545397642 | Controversy | argument or dispute | |
| 545397643 | Convention | a meeting or formal assembly, as of representatives or delegates, for discussion of and action on particular matters of common concern | |
| 545397644 | Culture | way of life | |
| 545397645 | Defensive | serving to defend; protective | |
| 545397646 | Delegate | a representative | |
| 545397647 | Democratic | ensuring all people have the same rights | |
| 545397648 | Depression | a period characterized by a decline in business, high unemployment, and falling prices | |
| 545397649 | Diplomat | a person appointed by a national government to conduct official negotiations and maintain political, economic, and social relations with another country or countries | |
| 545397650 | Discrimination | a policy or attitude that denies equal rights to certain groups of people | |
| 545397651 | Draft | the law requires people of a certain age to enlist in the military | |
| 545397652 | Economic | having to do with business (the production, exchange and use of goods and services | |
| 545397653 | Emancipate | to free from bondage, restraint, or influence | |
| 545397654 | Embargo | a ban on trade with another country | |
| 545397655 | Emigrate | to leave one country or region to settle in another | |
| 545397656 | Exclusion | keeping apart; blocking entrance | |
| 545397657 | Executive | any of the persons who see the laws of a nation or state carried out | |
| 545397658 | Exploitation | to use someone or something for profit | |
| 545397659 | Export | goods that are shipped from one country to another | |
| 545397660 | Faction | a group inside a political party or other group | |
| 545397661 | Famine | widespread starvation | |
| 545397662 | Federalism | the division of power between the states and the national government | |
| 545397663 | Foreign Policy | actions that a nation takes in relation to other states | |
| 545397664 | Frontier | the land or territory that forms the furthest extent of a country's settled or inhabited regions | |
| 545397665 | Fugitive | a runaway | |
| 545397666 | Immigrate | to come to live in a new country for permanent residence | |
| 545397667 | Impeach | to bring a formal charge of wrongdoing against a president or other public official | |
| 545397668 | Import | to bring in (merchandise, goods, etc.) from a foreign country for use or sale | |
| 545397669 | Independence | freedom from the control, influence, support, aid, or the like, of others | |
| 545397670 | Industry | trade or manufacture in general | |
| 545397671 | Inflation | a rise in prices and a decrease in the value of money | |
| 545397672 | Infrastructure | the basic physical systems business or nation as in transportation, communication, sewage, water, and electric systems | |
| 545397673 | Interchangeable | capable of replacing or changing places with something else | |
| 545397674 | Interrogate | to examine by questions | |
| 545397675 | Judicial | of judges, laws, courts, or their duties | |
| 545397676 | Lawsuit | a legal case brought to settle a dispute between people or groups | |
| 545397677 | Legislate | to make or enact laws | |
| 545397678 | Legislature | a deliberative body of persons, usually elective, who are empowered to make, change, or repeal the laws of a country or state; the branch of government having the power to make laws | |
| 545397679 | Manufacture | the making of goods by using manual labor or machinery | |
| 545397680 | Martial Law | law imposed on an area by military authority rather than by elected government | |
| 545397681 | Martyr | a person who willingly dies or endures great suffering for a belief | |
| 545397682 | Miner | person who works in a mine | |
| 545397683 | Moderate | kept or keeping within reasonable or proper limits; not extreme, excessive, or intense | |
| 545397684 | Nationalism | pride or devotion to ones country | |
| 545397685 | Nativist | person who wanted to preserve the United States for white, American-born Protestants and who was opposed to immigration | |
| 545397686 | Neutral | not aligned with or supporting any side or position in a controversy | |
| 545397687 | Nullify | to cancel | |
| 545397688 | Offensive | Characterized by attack; aggressive | |
| 545397689 | Oppose | to act against or provide resistance to | |
| 545397690 | Philanthropy | the giving of money, property, or work to needy persons through the creation of institutions (such as schools and hospitals) | |
| 545397691 | Political | having to do with politics (government, laws, etc.) | |
| 545397692 | Precedent | any act, decision, or case that serves as a guide or justification for subsequent situations | |
| 545397693 | Prejudice | unreasonable feelings, opinions, or attitudes, especially of a hostile nature, regarding a racial, religious, or national group | |
| 545397694 | Proclamation | a public or official announcement | |
| 545397695 | Production | the act of producing, creating, or manufacturing something | |
| 545397696 | Prominent | Leading, important, or well-known | |
| 545397697 | Proponent | a person who argues in favor of something; an advocate | |
| 545397698 | Provisions | the providing or supplying of something, usually food or necessities | |
| 545397699 | Ratify | to approve | |
| 545397700 | Rebellion | open, organized, and armed resistance to one's government or ruler | |
| 545397701 | Reform | to improve or make better that which is wrong, corrupt, or unsatisfactory | |
| 545397702 | Refuge | a place of shelter, protection, or safety | |
| 545397703 | Regulate | to control or direct by rule, principle, or method | |
| 545397704 | Repeal | to revoke or withdraw formally or officially | |
| 545397705 | Republic | a nation in which the voters elect representatives to make laws for them | |
| 545397706 | Restrict | to confine or keep within limits | |
| 545397707 | Rural | having to do with the country or people who live there, as on farms | |
| 545397708 | Secede | to withdraw from membership in a group | |
| 545397709 | Sedition | creating a rebellion against a legitimate government | |
| 545397710 | Siege | a military encirclement of an enemy position and blockading or bombarding it in order to force a surrender | |
| 545397711 | Seize | to take possession or control by force | |
| 545397712 | Social | having to do with the people (how they interact with one another; lifestyles; and classes | |
| 545397713 | Sovereign | supreme; preeminent; indisputable | |
| 545397714 | Suffrage | the right to vote | |
| 545397715 | Tariff | a tax on foreign goods brought into the country | |
| 545397716 | Territory | a tract of land | |
| 545397717 | Textile | any cloth or goods produced by weaving, knitting, or felting | |
| 545397718 | Treason | action against one's country, the offense of acting to overthrow one's government or to harm or kill its sovereign | |
| 545397719 | Treaty | a formal agreement between two or more states in reference to peace, alliance, commerce, or other international relations | |
| 545397720 | Union | a number of persons, states, etc., joined or associated together for some common purpose | |
| 545397721 | Urban | a city area | |
| 545397722 | Urbanization | the migration of an increasing proportion of rural dwellers into cities | |
| 545397723 | Veto | to reject |
