Vocabulary 1
A period of time when the temperature is high enough for plants to grow.
Growing season
power produced by capturing the energy of flowing water
Hydroelectric power
She refused to give up her seat on the bus, starting a bus boycott
Rosa Parks
an area sometimes covered with water.
Wetland
A low island
A key
He was a civil rights leader and had a very famous speech during that time period
Martin Luther King Jr.
This means keeping white people and black people separate
Segregation
Trees that are cut or grown for wood
Timber
animals raised on farms and ranches for human use.
Livestock
George Washington
Give one example of segregation in the decades after the Civil War
Answers may vary. Schools, homes, drinking fountains...etc
a barrier of earth built to prevent flooding
Levee
a person who agrees to work for a set period of time without pay in exchange for necessities.
indentured servant
He ended slavery and issued the Emancipation Proclamation
Abraham Lincoln
Was Abraham Lincoln in support of slavery or against slavery?
Against (He wrote the Emancipation Proclamation. which freed slaves!)
a rising of the sea caused by a storm
Storm surge
The farming industry.
Agribusiness
He explored the Mississippi River
Robert La Salle
What did the North and South fight about during the Civil War?
Slavery