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Southeaster Discrete
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03/10/2016

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Term
Cotton
Definition
Plantation, used to make cloth, grown in Southeastern United States.
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Tobacco
Definition
Plantation, used to smoke and chew, grown in Southeastern United States.
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Mardi Gras
Definition
Holiday, festival in New Orleans.
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Abraham Lincoln
Definition
President of the United States during the Civil war
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Jazz
Definition
genre of music invented in New Orleans
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Union
Definition
Group of the north fighting against slavery
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Confederacy
Definition
Group of the south fighting against people who fight against slavery.
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Emancipation Proclamation
Definition
Freedom for slaves
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Sharecropping
Definition
system of agriculture in which a landowner allows a tenant to use the land in return for a share of the crops produced on their portion of land.
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Cash Crop
Definition
Crops that are to make money
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Slavery
Definition
Force someone to do something without paying or awarding.
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Civil War
Definition
War between the North and the South of the United States for slavery
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Louisiana
Definition
Territory where New Orleans is located.
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Cajun
Definition
French Canadian
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Creole
Definition
Son of a slave and an house master
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Fort Sumter
Definition
Owned by the United States in South Carolina for the army
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1861
Definition
Confederate soldiers began to shoot at Fort Sumter. Then the union soldiers surrendered the fort.
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1863
Definition
Orders that said all slaves in the Confederate States were free men and women.
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Robert E. Lee
Definition
Leader of the Confederate army.
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Richmond
Definition
Capital of the Confederate States of America.
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1865
Definition
War was over.
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Plantation
Definition
Place where you grown crops
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Job Skills
Definition
Skills that the people can do
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Food
Definition
you eat it, in general.
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Tools
Definition
Things that you use to make stuff
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Harvest
Definition
Result of growing crops
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Cloth
Definition
Made with cotton, people use it everyday
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Folk Music
Definition
Genre of music that is part of the culture of a country
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Textile Mills
Definition
place where the people use cotton to make cloth
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Migration
Definition
Go from a place to another
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