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  Editors:E. D. Hirsch, Jr., Joseph F. Kett, and James TrefilFrom:The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy: What Every American Needs to Know (3^rd ed.)

  200245 words Brief article, Defin... 990LThe withdrawal from the United States of eleven southern states in 1860 and 1861. The seceding states formed a government, the Confederacy, in early 1861. Hostilities against the remaining United States, the Union,...
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  Editors:E. D. Hirsch, Jr., Joseph F. Kett, and James TrefilFrom:The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy: What Every American Needs to Know (3^rd ed.)

  200265 words Brief article, Defin... 1210LA group of nations or states, or a government encompassing several states or political divisions, in which the component states retain considerable independence. The members of a confederation often delegate only a few...