| A | B |
|---|
| Civil War | War between the people of one country |
| Confederacy | south during the Civil War (Person= Rebel) |
| Union | north during the Civil War (Person= Yankee) |
| Conscription | Required enrollment in military service (draft) |
| Deserter | Someone who leaves the armed forces without permission |
| Sectionalism | dividing of a country or state by beliefs and lifestyles |
| States’ Rights | Belief power should go to the states |
| Secession | to break away from a group |
| Subjugation | Very harsh control, oppression |
| White Supremacy | the belief that white people are superior to other races |
| Ironclad Ship | Warship covered in iron |
| Emancipate | To free someone/end slavery |
| Total War | Destroying civilian and economic resources of your enemy |
| Anaconda Plan | union plan to surround south and cut them off from resources |
| Cotton Diplomacy | Britain would support the south because it needed their cotton |
| Disenfranchise | To take away someone’s right to vote |
| Literacy Test | Reading test before you are allowed to vote |
| Poll Tax | Fee you have to pay before you can vote |
| Grandfather Clause | Allowing the right to vote only if their grandfather could vote |
| Sharecropping | tenant farms land in exchange for part of the profit. |
| Reconstruction | Rebuilding of the south after the civil war |
| Republican (1800s) | supported rights of A.A.s and strong national govt. |
| Southern/Conservative Democrat | supported strong state govts. and “White Supremacy” |
| Scalawags | white southerners who helped blacks got this nickname |
| Carpetbaggers | Northerners who came to the south to help with reconstruction |
| Amendment | change to the constitution |
