Unit 1 Vocabulary: Reconstruction

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popular sovereignty

Back

the right for a state to choose to be free or slave

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secede

Back

to leave (a union)

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emancipation

Back

to free (from slavery)

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abolish

Back

to end or get rid of

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Confederate

Back

the South during the Civil War

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Union

Back

the North during the Civil War

Front

Reconstruction

Back

Time period after the Civil War

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reintegrate

Back

bring back (into the union)

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Freedmen

Back

newly freed slaves

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amendment

Back

change to the Constitution