Tuesday, February 12, 2013

Antebellum

Definitions:

ANTEBELLUM - Belonging to a period before the U.S. Civil War.




Examples:
  1. We visited the antebellum slave household on our school field trip.
  2. Before the antebellum, the U.S. was divided between two parts, "the North and the South."
  3. Walking through the forest of Williamsburgh, we came across an antebellum log home. 



Usage:

        The term antebellum is actually an era, the era is before the U.S. Civil war, a war in fact tore our country into 2 sides. The sides were the "North", and the "South". Also know as the "Union" and the "Confederacy". You might hear the term antebellum used for houses, items, or even being used to call people who lived during that time period.

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