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| abolitionist |
a person who supported Abolition, or the ending of slavery, before the Civil War. |
| civil |
When people talk about things like civil duties or civil rights, they are talking about things that have to do with all the citizens or all the people of a country. [3 definitions] |
| civilian |
of civil life or civilians; not of the military or police. [1/2 definitions] |
| civil rights |
Civil rights are the rights given by a nation's government to all its citizens. |
| civil war |
When people of the same country are fighting a war against each other, the war is called a "civil war." [2 definitions] |
| confederate |
(capitalized) a person or state allied with the Confederacy during the U.S. Civil War. [1/4 definitions] |
| Martin Luther King Day |
a holiday observed in honor of the birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr., an important black leader of the civil rights movement. Martin Luther King Day is the third Monday of January. |
| order |
the condition in which the rules and laws of a society are obeyed; social or civil peace. [1/12 definitions] |
| peace |
civil order and safety; law and order. [1/3 definitions] |
| state |
of or related to the central civil government. [1/6 definitions] |
| Talmud |
the collection of writings on Jewish civil and religious law |
| Yankee |
a Union soldier during the Civil War. [1/3 definitions] |
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