Chapter 23 Vocab

1. Rule: To control

2. imperialism: When one country rules other countries

3. Colony: a country that is controlled by another country

4. Icebox: a very cold place

5. Gold rush: when many people run to a place to find gold

6. Natural Resource: important things that are found in nature

7. Contiguous: the 48 states that share a border

8. Island: land that is surrounded by water on all sides

9. Peninsula: land that is surrounded by water on three sides

10. Church: a place where Christians pray

11. Battleship: a ship used during war

12. blew up: exploded

13. independent: free and not controlled by another country

14. nation: country

15. surrendered: give up

16. captured: to take over and control

17. border: the edge of a country

18. silly: not smart

19. discover: to find something for the first time

20. missionary: a person who spreads the message of Christianity

1. Reconstruction: the time after the Civil War when the country was being rebuilt.

2. Rejoin: join again or be a part of

3. unemployed: does not have a job

4. Employed: has a job

5. earn: make

6. free: do not have to pay

7. representative: a person who works in the government and represents the citizens.

8. amendment: a law that is added to the Constitution.

9. Constitution: the laws of a country.

10. 13th amendment: slavery was abolished and it became illegal.

11. 14th amendment: all African Americans are citizens and have equal rights.

12. 15th amendment: African American men can vote.

17. anti: against; opposed

18. quarrel: fight

19. factories: large buildings where things are made

20. crops: things you grow in a farm

21. fewer: less

22. abolish: end

23. escape: run away or flee

24. Speech: saying something important to a large group of people

25. Join: come together

26. worried: afraid

27. tariff: taxes on imported goods

28. imported goods: things that come into a country

29. exported goods: things that go out of a country

30. Products: things that are made in a factory

31. Lawyer: a person who studies laws and defends people

32. Honest: always tells the truth

33. Confederate States of America: the new country that the South wanted to create

34. Fort: a place where soldiers and weapons are kept

35. Surrender: give up

36. Confederates: people who live in the South

37. General: leader of the army

38. Soldiers: people who fight in the army

39. Brave: not scared

40. Union: USA

41. railroads: trains

42. Nation: country

43. Assassinate: to kill a president or government worker

 COPY in the VOCAB Section of your binders

1. Slave: workers who don’t get paid

2. plantation: a large farm that grows one crop

3. rights: things that you are allowed to do

4. literate: able to read and write

5. illiterate: unable to read and write

6. race: the way you look on the outside

7. opposed: against

8. secede: separate

9. Civil War: a war between people of the same country

10. injured: hurt; wounded

11. widow: a woman whose husband died

12. legal: allowed

13. illegal: not allowed

14. orphan: a child whose parents died

15. 13th amendment: the law that made slavery illegal

16. Constitution: the laws of a country