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Flashcards by Melanie Martinez, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Melanie Martinez
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| Monuments | A statue, building, or other structure erected to commemorate a famous or notable person or event. Example: The momunet of Lincoln is one of the most famous in United States. |
| Memorial | Something, especially a structure, established to remind people of a person or event. Example: The sculpture are in memorial of the 16th president of United Stated. |
| Leaders | The person who leads or commands a group, organization, or country. Example: "the leader of a protest group" |
| Overlooking | Fail to notice (something). Example: "he seems to have overlooked one important fact" |
| Legends | A traditional story sometimes popularly regarded as historical but unauthenticated. Example: "the legend of Abraham Lincoln |
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Erupted
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Explode with fire and noise resembling an active volcano. Example: The civil war erupted. |
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Secede
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To withdraw formally from a group or an organization, often to form another organization. Example: These states soon seceded from the Union and formed the confederate States of America |
| Confederate | A person who supported the South during the Civil War. Examole: These states soon seceded from the Union and formed the confederate States of America |
| Assassinate | To murder a person who is well known or important. Example: Lincoln was assassinated. |
| Greatest | Of an extent, amount, or intensity considerably above the normal or average. Example: He is considered by many to be the greatest U.S. president. |
| Leadership | He action of leading a group of people or an organization.. Example: Lincoln's leadership during the Civil War is viewed as a defining moment in the nation's history. |
| Unveiled | Remove a veil or covering from, especially uncover (a new monument or work of art) as part of a public ceremony. Example: Marble statue of Lincoln unveiled in 1868. |
| Commemorative | Acting as a memorial or mark of an event or person. Example: As these commemorative efforts continued. |
| Commission | An instruction, command, or duty given to a person or group of people. Example: The Lincoln memorial commission. |
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Senate
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he state council of the ancient Roman republic and empire, which shared legislative power with the popular assemblies, administration with the magistrates, and judicial power with the knights. Example: The Senate Park Commission devised plans for a Lincoln Memorial. |
| Architect | A person who designs and draws plans for buildings, bridges, and other construction projects. Example: The Lincoln Memorial Commission searched for an architect to design the monument. |
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Legacy
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An amount of money or property left to someone in a will. Example: The members wanted a memorial that would capture Lincoln's legacy and the American spirit. |
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Budget
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An estimate of income and expenditure for a set period of time. Example: His plans were grand and still fit the budget. |
| Suggestions | An idea or plan put forward for consideration. Example: Suggestions for the Lincoln memorial. |
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Have the same opinion about something; concur. Example: No one could agree on what Lincoln's memorial should be. |
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Bridge
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A structure carrying a road, path, railroad, or canal across a river, ravine, road, railroad, or other obstacle. Example: Other ideas were a memorial road from Washington, Pennsylvania, or a bridge across the Potomac River. |
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Fight
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Take part in a violent struggle involving the exchange of physical blows or the use of weapons. Example: "the men were fighting" |
| Followers. | A person who moves or travels behind someone or something. Example: Lincoln's followers put up a fight. |
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Swamp
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An area of low-lying, uncultivated ground where water collects; a bog or marsh. Example: The land near the river was a swamp. |
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Penny
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A one-cent coin equal to one hundredth of a dollar. Example: The penny has had the same image ever since. |
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Rumors
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A currently circulating story or report of uncertain or doubtful truth. Example: Rumors about Bacon's design started right away. |
| Democratic | Having a kind of goverment in which citizens vote for their leaders. Example: This democatic form of goverment began in ancient. |
| Citizens | An inhabitant of a particular town or city. Example: The citizens had the right to vote. |
| Foundation | The lowest load-bearing part of a building, typically below ground level. Example: They provided a strong foundation. |
| Festoons | Adorn (a place) with ribbons, garlands, or other decorations. Example: He saw the completion of the columns, festoons, steps and hall. |
| Unified | Make or become united, uniform, or whole. Example: Lincoln had worked so hard to keep together as a unified nation. |
| Surround | A thing that forms a border or edging around an object. Example: He designed 36 huge columns to surround the building. |
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Steps
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A flat surface, especially one in a series, on which to place one's foot when moving from one level to another. Example: The famous marble steps leading to the monument. |
| Speeches | the expression of or the ability to express thoughts and feelings by articulate sounds Example: The halls hold two of Lincoln's most famous speeches.. |
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Sculpt
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To create art by carving stone, wood, or other materials. Example: Daniel Chester French was chosen to sculpt the statue of Lincoln. |
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Heights
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The measurement from base to top or (of a standing person) from head to foot.. Example: The statue have a relative heights. |
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Drawn
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(of a person or a person's face) looking strained from illness, exhaustion, anxiety, or pain. Example: Many people find their eyes drawn to the president's hair. |
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Claim
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State or assert that something is the case, typically without providing evidence or proof. Example: But French denied this claim. |
| Profile | An outline of something, especially a person's face, as seen from one side. Example: Profile of Lincoln's statue. |
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Deaf
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Lacking the power of hearing or having impaired hearing. Example: Daniel French's son was deaf. |
| Compassion | Sympathetic pity and concern for the sufferings or misfortunes of others. Example: The open hand stood for his compassion. |
| Dedication | A ceremony making the official completion or opening of a building or monument. Example: Chief Justice William Howard Taft gave the dedication speech. |
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Equal
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Being the same in quantity, size, degree, or value. Example: The Lincoln Memorial has long stood for equal rights. |
| Allowed | Give (someone) permission to do something Example: The singer Marian Anderson was not allowed to perform in Constitution Hall in Washington.. |
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Major
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Important, serious, or significant. Example: The Lincoln Memorial was also the site of a major event in the civil rights movement. |
| Beneath | Extending or directly underneath, typically with close contact. Example: In this place are lies beneath. |
| Tombstones | A large, flat inscribed stone standing or laid over a grave. Example: They often think of graveyards and tombstones. |
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Ghost
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An apparition of a dead person that is believed to appear or become manifest to the living, typically as a nebulous image. Example: They believed ghosts haunted the tunnels. |
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Damage
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Physical harm caused to something in such a way as to impair its value, usefulness, or normal function. Example: There was no permanent damage. |
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Unity
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The state of being united or joined as a whole.. Example: It is a symbol of unity and equal rights |
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