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Unit 2 Part 1

Unit 2 Part 1. Orange. Abraham Lincoln abolitionists. People who wanted to end slavery. expansion. Act of increasing or making something bigger. hardship. A difficult thing that can take time and energy to overcome. losses.

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Unit 2 Part 1

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  1. Unit 2 Part 1 Orange

  2. Abraham Lincolnabolitionists • People who wanted to end slavery.

  3. expansion • Act of increasing or making something bigger

  4. hardship • A difficult thing that can take time and energy to overcome

  5. losses • Something you no longer have; in this case referring to people or death

  6. refused • rejected, said no to No! No way!

  7. took a stand • decide to support one side of a debate or argument

  8. unity • To stand together as one unit; united as one

  9. Abraham Lincolnknew • Past tense of to know. learned before

  10. formal education • learning in school

  11. infancy • the time when a person is a baby

  12. politicians • A person who works in the government or politics.

  13. ran for • tried to get elected

  14. plantations • large farms in the South

  15. practice • the work of a doctor or lawyer

  16. debates • Public talks at which people discuss different opinions about an issue.

  17. seceded • formally stopped being part of a country

  18. dedicated • set apart for a purpose

  19. Reconstruction • the rebuilding after the Civil War

  20. the ages • all of time and human history

  21. Nancy Hanksghost • the spirit of a dead person

  22. rolling stone • Someone who doesn’t stay in one place for very long; someone who wanders.

  23. scraping along • Trying to survive without much money

  24. shack • a very small, poorly built house, usually one room

  25. prairie • a big field covered with wild grass and flowers

  26. pinching times • a time when you have very little money or food

  27. get on • do well

  28. Lincolngaunt • very thin and bony

  29. scraggly • rough, irregular

  30. mournful • very sad

  31. ungainly • awkward, clumsy

  32. laboring • working very hard

  33. aloof • away from or distant from

  34. mad stray bolt • an unexpected flash of lightening

  35. zenith • the sky; the highest point

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