Civil War/Reconstruction Vocabulary

The war between the North and the South from 1861-1865.

• Civil War

• Texas Revolution

• American Revolution

• U.S. Mexican War

Rebuilding time for the United States after the Civil War.

• Rebuild

• Reconstruction

• Redo

• Restart

A person who wanted to end slavery.

• Confederate

• Democrat

• Abolitionist

• Southerner

Having concern for regional needs and interest rather than the country as a whole.

• Federalism

• Democracy

• States Rights

• Sectionalism

The president of the United States during the Civil War

• Abraham Lincoln

• Sam Houston

• Jefferson Davis

• Robert E. Lee

Power reserved for the states rather than the national government.

• Democracy

• States Rights

• Sectionalism

• Secede

Withdraw or leave another country or territory.

• Democracy

• States Rights

• Sectionalism

• Secede

Northern states that wanted to abolish slavery.

• Union

• Confederacy

• Republic

• Freedmen's Bureau

Southern states that seceded from the U.S. to keep their slaves.

• Union

• Confederacy

• Republic

• Freedmen's Bureau

Blocking off an area to keep supplies or people from coming in or out.

• Barrier

• Tariff

• Blockade

• Secede