| A | B |
|---|
| abolitionist | someone against slavery |
| secede | to leave the Union of states |
| fugitive | one who runs away |
| Underground Railroad | secret routes to help slaves escape |
| Bull Run | first big battle of the war |
| civilian | person who is not a soldier |
| border states | they were slave states but did not secede |
| sharecropping | live on small piece of land and give part of crops to owner of land |
| blockade | stop trade going in or out |
| Emancipation Proclamation | freed slaves in states that seceded |
| tariffs | tax on imports |
| Free State | A state in which slavery was not allowed |
| Slave State | A state in which slavery was allowed |
| illiterate | cannot read |
| 13th Amendment | stops slavery |
| 14th Amendment | freed slaves are citizens |
| 15th Amendment | gives freed slaves right to vote |
| Freedman's Bureau | helped black people with education and lawyers |
| poll tax | must pay to vote |
| Sectionalism | Loyalty to one region of a country instead of to the whole country |
| Popular Sovereignty | A system that allowed people in a territory to make their own decisions |
| Secede | To break away from, as a state leaving the Union |
| Civil War | A war between regions or groups in the same country |
| Freedman | A person freed from slavery |
| Reconstruction | The time period after the Civil War when the United States began to rebuild the South |
| Black Codes | A series of souther laws to limit the freedom of African Americans |
| Civil Rights | Rights belonging to all citizens |
| Extremist | A person whose opinions are very different from those of most people |
| Impeach | To accuse a high public official (like the president of the United States) of a crime |
| Segregation | The separation of people by race |
| Carpetbagger | A name for a Northerner who went to the South after the Civil War |
| Scalawag | A name for a white Southerner who supported Reconstruction government |
