Chapter 9 Civil War and Reconstruction

plantation

• large farms in the southern region of the united states
• the united states
• to reach an agreement from both sides

Union

• the United States
• to reach an agreement from both sides
• a crop that is grown to sell

states' rights

• the right of each state to makes it's own local laws
• to refuse to approve something
• a plan to divide the powers and duties of the government into separate branches

compromise

• to reach an agreement from both sides
• the buying and selling of goods
• a struggle between two groups of people

Underground Railroad

• secret routes slaves too to gain freedom in the north
• the freeing of a group from slavery
• the forced march of Native Americans to the Indian Territory 

abolitionists

• a person who works to end or get rid of something
• northerners who went to the south to start businesses and make money
• a rough model or dummy of a person

secession

• the separation of a state from a nation
• a rebellion
• a tax on imports

Confederacy

• the southern states that left the United State to form their own nation
• an army of paid soldiers from the colonies
• a decision making body that makes decisions for the good of the group

enlist

• to join the military
• a group of people taking a journey
• an army of paid soldiers from the colonies

blockade

• a barrier of troops or ships to keep people or supplies from moving in or out
• to refuse to use or buy something
• a revolt or an armed uprising