Civil War Vocabulary

plantation

• a large farm on which a single crop is usually grown.

• a secret organization that helped escaped enslaved African Americans to get to the North or to Canada.

• the right of each U.S. state to make their own local laws.

• another name for the United States, especially the southern states during the Civil War.

Underground Railroad

• a large farm on which a single crop is usually grown.

• a secret organization that helped escaped enslaved African Americans to get to the North or to Canada.

• the right of each U.S. state to make their own local laws.

• another name for the United States, especially the southern states during the Civil War.

states’ rights

• a large farm on which a single crop is usually grown.

• a secret organization that helped escaped enslaved African Americans to get to the North or to Canada.

• the right of each U.S. state to make their own local laws.

• another name for the United States, especially the southern states during the Civil War.

Union

• a large farm on which a single crop is usually grown.

• a secret organization that helped escaped enslaved African Americans to get to the North or to Canada.

• the right of each U.S. state to make their own local laws.

• another name for the United States, especially the northern states during the Civil War.

Compromise

• people on both sides of an issue give up something to reach an agreement.

• a person who supported the movement to end slavery.

• to formally stop being part of something.

• another name for the Confederate States of America, the northern states during the Civil War.

abolitionist

• people on both sides of an issue give up something to reach an agreement.

• a person who supported the movement to end slavery.

• to formally stop being part of something.

• another name for the Confederate States of America, the northern states during the Civil War.

secession

• people on both sides of an issue give up something to reach an agreement.

• a person who supported the movement to end slavery.

• to formally stop being part of something.

• another name for the Confederate States of America, the northern states during the Civil War.

Confederacy

• people on both sides of an issue give up something to reach an agreement.

• a person who supported the movement to end slavery.

• to formally stop being part of something.

• another name for the Confederate States of America, the southern states during the Civil War.

enlist

• to join the military.

• a barrier of troops or ships to keep people and supplies from moving in or out of an area.

• an official  announcement, usually by the government.

• the setting free of African Americans.

blockade

• to join the military.

• a barrier of troops or ships to keep people and supplies from moving in or out of an area.

• an official  announcement, usually by the government.

• the setting free of African Americans.