Civil War Vocabulary

The idea of putting your needs and interests in a certain area.

• Sectionalism

• Sharecropper

• Blockade

• Emancipation

To withdraw from an organization (political party, federation, country).

• Sectionalism

• Secede

• Blockdade

• Emancipation

A restrictive measure designed to obstruct the commerce and communications of an unfriendly nation.

• Sectionalism

• Secede

• Blockade

• Emancipation

To free (someone) from someone else's control or power.

• Sectionalism

• Secede

• Blockade

• Emancipation

The act or process of rebuilding, repairing, or restoring something. Also, known as the era after the Civil War, 1865 - 1877.

• Reconstruction

• Sharecropper

• Individual Rights

• Confederacy

A tenant farmer in the southern U.S. who is provided with credit for seed, tools, living quarters, and food, who works the land, and who receives an agreed share of the value of the crop minus charges.

• Reconstruction

• Sharecropper

• Individual Rights

• Confederacy

The power or privilege to which one is justly entitled.

• Reconstruction

• Sharecropper

• Individual Rights

• Confederacy

A group of people, countries, organizations joined together for a common purpose or a common interest. Also known as the army for the souther states.

• Reconstruction

• Sharecropper

• Individual Rights

• Confederacy