Collection 3: Bloody Times

As you read James L. Swanson's "Bloody Times: The Funeral of Abraham Lincoln and the Manhunt for Jefferson Davis," learn this word list. Here are links to lists for texts in Grade 8's Collection 3: Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, An American Slave, Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad, The Drummer Boy of Shiloh, Bloody Times, O Captain! My Captain!
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  1. secede
    withdraw from an organization or polity
  2. Confederate States of America
    a group of Southern states that broke away from the U.S. in 1860–61
  3. succumb
    be fatally overwhelmed
  4. cabinet
    group chosen by a head of state to run executive departments
  5. Union Army
    the northern army during the American Civil War
  6. jubilation
    a joyful occasion for festivities to mark some happy event
  7. oppress
    come down on or keep down by unjust use of one's authority
  8. ruffian
    a cruel and brutal fellow
  9. looter
    someone who steals, as during a war or riot
  10. provision
    a store or supply of something
  11. messiah
    any expected deliverer
  12. throng
    a large gathering of people
  13. boon
    something that is desirable, favorable, or beneficial
  14. despise
    look down on with disdain or disgust
  15. vengeance
    harming someone in retaliation for something they have done
Created on Wed Jul 09 15:17:20 EDT 2014 (updated Thu Jul 10 13:34:36 EDT 2014)

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