| A | B |
|---|
| slavery | the paractice of making one person the property of another person |
| plantation | a huge farm where tobacco, cotton, rice, sugarcane, or indigo were the main crops grown. |
| abolish | to end |
| secede | to leave the Union |
| civil war | a war between groups of people in the same country |
| pulp | a soft mixture of ground-up wood chips and chemicals that is used to make paper |
| growing season | the time during which the weather is warm enough for plants to grow |
| cash crop | a crop people raise to sell to others rather than to use themselves |
| Union | The United States of America |
| Confederacy | The Confederate States of America, a new country that was formed by Southern states that seceded from the Union after Abraham Lincoln was elected President in 1860. |
| food processing | the cooking, canning, drying, or freezing of food and the preparing of it for market. |
| fertilizer | matter added to the soil to make it more productive to help crops grow. |
