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Melina Fagg~ Ch.16 Vocab
Melina Fagg~ Ch. 16 Vocab
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8th Grade
03/13/2014

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Emancipate
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Set Free
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Civilian
Definition
People who were not in the army
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Bounty
Definition
Payments
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Draft
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Required all able-bodied males between the ages of 20 and 45 to serve in the military if they were called
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Habeas Corpus
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The right to have a hearing before being jailed
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Inflation
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Rise in prices caused by an increase in the amount of monet  in circulation
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Profiteer
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Overcharged the government for goods desperately needed for the war
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Tax-In-Kind
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Required farmers to turn over one tenth of their crops to the government
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