Key Terms from American History

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Union

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The states that made up the United States of America during the Civil War

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Abolitionist

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A person who advocated for the ending of slavery.

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Underground Railroad

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A network of secret routes and safe houses used by enslaved African Americans to escape into free states and Canada.

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Impeach

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To charge a public official with misconduct in office.

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Ku Klux Klan

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a secret society that fought violently against equal rights for African American people.

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Civil Rights

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The rights that all citizens are supposed to have according to the Constitution and it's amendments

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Emancipation

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The act of freeing someone from slavery.

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Constitutional amendment

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A formal change or addition to the U.S. Constitution.

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Reconstruction

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The period after the Civil War in which the southern states were reorganized and reintegrated into the Union.

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Secede

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To withdraw formally from a federation or body, especially a political state.