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| Confederacy | The 11 southern states that seceded from the United States in 1861. |
| Industrial | Having a large number of businesses or factories. |
| Underground Railroad | a term used to represent a system of people, houses, and transportation used to smuggle run-away slaves to freedom (usually in the north) |
| Union | Those states that remained part of the federal government during the Civil War. (The northern states during the American Civil War). |
| Yankee | Used by southerners for an inhabitant of a northern state in the United States (especially a Union soldier). |
| abolish | To stop a particular thing from ever happening again |
| abolitionist | person who wanted to end slavery in the United States |
| Civil War | Battles between enemies within the same country. The war between the states (USA) from 1861-65. Also known as the War of Northern Aggression. |
| emancipation | Freeing of slaves with no payment to slaveholders. |
| free state | A Free State is what they called portions of the United States where slavery was not permitted. |
| manufacturing | to make a product in large amounts by means of machines |
| rebel | `johnny' was applied as a nickname for Confederate soldiers by the Federal soldiers in the American Civil War; `grayback' derived from their gray Confederate uniforms |
| recruit | A newly enlisted member of the armed forces. |
| regiment | a military unit, usually commanded by a colonel, made up of three battalions (usually about 1000 troops)and a headquarters. |
| revolt | to rise against a government; to refuse to obey the people in charge |
| secede | To break away from |
| shortage | An amount of something that is not enough; lack scarcity. |
| slave code | Laws that forbid slaves to leave their owners' land, to meet in groups, or to buy or sell goods. |
| slave state | States where keeping slaves was permitted; southern states |
| territory | A land that belongs to a national government but is not a state. |
