Civil War and Reconstruction Terms

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Antebellum

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Before the Civil War.

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Abolitionist

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Someone who wanted to end slavery.

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Secede

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To break away or leave a group like a state leaving the U.S.

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Sectional Balance

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Keeping a balance between free and slave states.

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Martyr

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Someone who dies for a cause.

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Popular Sovereignty

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Letting people vote on issues like slavery.

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Emancipation

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The act of freeing enslaved people.

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Draft

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Requiring people to serve in the military.

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Copperhead

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Northerners who opposed the Civil War.

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Reconstruction

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The period after the Civil War when the South was rebuilt.