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| barrier island | a narrow island formed by sediment deposited by ocean waves, currents, and rivers, between the ocean and the mainland |
| wetlands | land that is covered with water at times |
| fall line | a line of waterfalls that marks the boundary between the Piedmont and the coastal plain |
| key | a low island |
| hurricane | a violent storm with high winds that move in a circular path and heavy rain that forms over an ocean |
| hurricane season | the time of the year from June to the beginning of November when hurricanes mainly occur |
| endangered species | a kind of animal or plant that is in danger of becoming extinct |
| fossil fuel | a fuel formed in the earth from the remains of plants and animals |
| pulp | a combination of wood chips, water, and chemicals used to make paper |
| consensus | a method of decision-making in which all come to agreement |
| Trail of Tears | the forced journey of the Cherokees to land set aside for them by the US government in what is now Oklahoma |
| pioneer | a person who settles in a part of a country and prepares it for others |
| backwoodsman | a person who lives in forests or wild areas far away from town |
| plantation | a large farm that produces crops to sell |
| Civil War | a US civil war fought between the Northern and Southern statesfrom 1861 - 1865 |
| Union | the name for the Northern states in the US Civil War |
| Confederacy | the name for the Southern states in the US Civil War |
| secede | to pull out of or separate from |
| Reconstruction | the period of time after the US Civil War when the south was rebuilt |
| civil rights | the rights of a citizen, including the right to vote and protection under the law |
| segregate | to separate people according to their race |
| gold rush | a sudden movement of people to an area where gold has been found |
| public transportation system | the trains and buses that carry people through a city |
| outer coastal plain | a flat area with very low elevation and different kinds of wetlands |
| inner coastal plain | has a higher elevation than the outer coastal plain |
| climate of coastal plain | states in the coastal plains have a warm, moderate climate |
| lighthouses | built to help sailors avoid rocky coastlines |
| Spanish colony of St. Augustine, FL | first permanent European settlement |
| Juan Ponce de Leon | a Spanish explorer who searched for the fountain of youth in FL |
| Hernando de Soto | a Spanish explorer who searched for gold throughout the SE region |
| Robert La Salle | claimed the Mississippi River valley for France and named Louisiana for King Louis |
| Daniel Boone | developed the Wilderness Road, a route followed by many pioneers traveling West |
| Causes of the Civil War | Northerners did not want slavery in the new states & the South wanted more power for states, not the federal government |
