| A | B |
|---|
| assassinate | to murder |
| address | a short speech |
| relevant | information related to the subject you are reading |
| essential | information needed to understand a subject fully |
| prejudice | an unfair feeling of dislike for members of certain groups because of their background, race, or religion |
| emancipate | to free |
| verifiable | information that can be proved |
| incidental | information doesn't affect your understanding of a subject |
| strategy | a long-range plan made to reach a goal |
| unverifiable | information that can't be proved |
| artillery | large mounted guns |
| civil war | a war between people in the same country |
| secede | to leave |
| confederacy | Confederate States of America |
| border state | states located between the north and the South |
| Underground Railroad | a system of secret escape routes; led enslaved people to free lands |
| fugitive | someone who escapes from the law |
| free state | a state that did not allow slavery |
| state's rights | the idea that states, not the national government, should have the final say on laws that affected them |
| tariff | tax |
| slaver state | a state that allowed slavery |
| diverse economy | an economy based on many industries rather than just a few |
| sectionalism | regional loyalty |
| irrelevant | information that doesn't relate to your subject |
