impact - To affect directly, slavery - The owning of a person by another person., industrial - Having to do with producing items., agricultural - Having to do with farming., abolished - Gotten rid of. , secede - To break away., Union - Northern states that stayed under a single government, Confederate - Having to do with the southern states that separated from the United States, or Union., anti- - Against, opposite, labor - To do hard work, economy - The system of making money and producing items., manufacturing - The process of making goods from raw materials at a large scale, typically using machines., ab- - away, from, primary source - Material that is created by someone who witnessed an event in history., line - A long mark., pose - How a figure is sitting or standing in a work of art; what the figure is doing., value - How light or dark a color looks. White is the lightest value and black is the darkest value., enlist - To sign up to serve in the military., recruitment - The process of getting someone to join a group., -ate - To make or do. (A word becomes a verb when you add -ate.), -ation - The results of making. (A word becomes a noun when you add -ation.), reality - A person, thing, or event that is real. , point of view - One's general manner of viewing things; attitude; In literature, who is telling a story; the perspective from which a story is narrated or told., primitive - Simple, or not developed, amputated - cut off, mutilation - The act of destroying or cutting off a needed part. , naive - Lacking knowledge or experience. Lacking in suspicion or realistic judgement., Cur/curs/cour/cours - Run, tacitly - In a way that is not expressed or said aloud. , casualty - A person who killed or wounded., ped (root) - Foot, feet., expedition - A journey, flashback - The introduction of a past event that interrupts the forward, or chronological, action of a story., corsets - Tight-fitting undergarments worn to shape the middle part of the body., idle - not working; not active, dazed - In a state of shock; stunned, transfixed - Held motionless (as in wonder or astonishment.), metaphor - A figure of speech that compares two things by saying that one thing is another., landmark - A feature of the landscape that is easy to see and recognize, aliens - Those who live in a country who are not citizens of that country., succor - Help given during a time of need., starch - A substance use to make clothing stiff., writhed - Moved by twistingthe body; as a snake., wanton - Not decent or proper, frenzy - A state of extreme excitement or temporary madness., sober - full of thought, quagmire - 1. Wet, soft, muddy ground. 2. An unpleasant or difficult situation., gen de couleur - Free people of color, specifically people of mixed African, French, and sometimes Spanish descent., lap - To gently splash or wash over., absently - Showing a person is distracted and thinking about something else., etiquette - Rules for proper behavior., futile - Unlikely to lead to a desired result., tignon - A piece of cloth worn as a turban headdress by Creole women of Louisiana. ,

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