Vocab 1
someone who joined the movement to end slavery
Abolitionist
the right of people to make political decisions for themselves
Popular Sovereignty
a machine that sends electric messages over wires
Telegraph
to change a government official with a crime
Impeach
when part of a country breaks off from the rest of the country
Secession
states that joined together to have more power than the central government
Confederacy
a war strategy to destroy an enemy’s resources
Total War
when poor farmers used a landowner’s fields & gave the owner a share of the crops
Sharecropping
a tax on imported goods
Tariff
a war between two regions or groups within a nation
Civil War
the period of time when the South rejoined the Union
Reconstruction
a nickname for laws that kept African Americans separate from other Americans
Jim Crow
loyalty to one part of the country
Sectionalism
the government selects people to serve in the military
Draft
the murder of an important leader
Assassination
forced separation of the races
Segregation
a series of escape routes and hiding places for slaves escaping slavery
Underground Railroad
when enslaved people are freed
Emancipation
provided food, clothing, medical care, schools, and jobs for poor blacks & whites
Freedman’s Bureau
unfair treatment of particular groups of people
Discrimination