| A | B |
|---|
| emancipation | the freeing of enslaved peoples |
| abolitionist | a person who wanted to end slavery |
| Underground Railroad | a system of secret escape routes leading to free lands |
| Secede | to leave |
| compromise | to reach an agreemtn by having each party give up some of what it wants |
| segregation | the practice of keeping people in separate groups based on race or culture |
| States Rights | the idea that the states, rather than the federal government, should have final authority over their own affairs |
| Reconstruction | the time during which the South was rebuilt after the Civil War |
| tenement | crowded poorly built apartment buildings |
| immigrate | to move from one country to another |
