Transcript Civil War
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