Chapter 9 Vocab Words- SS

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Secret organization aiding escaped enslaved African Americans to the North or Canada.

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Underground Railroad

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Another name for the United States during the Civil War

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Union

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Another name for the Confederate States during the U.S. Civil War.

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Confederacy

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Supporter of ending slavery.

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Abolitionist

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Right of each U.S. state to make local laws.

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States' Rights

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To formally stop being part of something.

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Secession

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People on both sides giving up something to reach an agreement.

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Compromise

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Setting free of enslaved African Americans.

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Emancipation

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Method of warfare targeting civilians and military to force surrender.

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Total War

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Lincoln's plan to rebuild the country after the Civil War.

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Reconstruction