Civil War/Reconstruction Vocab

The idea that states have the right to limit the power of the federal government

• sectionalism
• conscription
• blockade
• States' Rights

To withdraw from something, such as a nation

• blockade
• amend
• ratify
• secede

A person who wanted to end slavery

• Confederate
• sharecropper
• vigilante
• abolitionist

People who take the law into their own hands

• sharecropper
• vigilante
• Blockade Runner
• Confederate

Storehouses for weapons

• blockade
• black codes
• arsenal
• secede

The closing of a port by positioning ships to keep people or supplies from moving in or out

• Blockade
• arsenal
• conscription
• sharecropper

Ships that slip past a blockade to deliver goods

• Blockade Runner
• blockade
• arsenal
• Unionist

People loyal to the Union during the American Civil War

• Confederate
• Abolitionists
• vigilantes
• Unionists

People loyal to the South during the American Civil War

• Unionists
• Confederates
• Abolitionists
• Sharecroppers

The forced enrollment of people into the military service

• Reconstruction
• sectionalism
• conscription
• amendment