Civil War Vocabulary

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Abolish

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To end ; such as the ending of slavery.

Abolitionist

people who are against slavery.

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Sectionalism- placing the interest of one’s own region over the interest of the country.

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States Rights- any rights and powers held by individual U.S. states rather than by the Federal government.

• Tariffs-

tax on imports & exports.

Imports

Exports

Conscription/Draft Requirement of military service. Men could buy their way out or find a replacement.

*Average income $500 a year

Secede - withdraw from an organized body; to leave .

Of America

Name of the 11 southern states that seceded from the U.S. between 1860-1861.

Reconstruction- The process of reuniting the U.S. after the Civil War & rebuilding the southern states .

Amendment the constitution. • 13 th addition, changes, or corrections to Amendment (1865): Abolished slavery.

• 14 th Amendment (1868): Gave citizenship to blacks.

• 15 th men.

Amendment (1870): gave voting rights to black