Civil War Vocab

Inhumane

• The people have the power to decide laws by voting

• To not be treated like a human

• Doing the right thing

• Someone who is running away from the law

Moral

• To destroy or ruin something

• To separate people into groups by race

• Doing the right thing

• o withdrawal or split off from a larger group

Devastate

• To destroy or ruin something

• To seal off a harbor by blocking it with other ships

• The eleven southern states that fought in the Civil War

• Twenty northern states that fought in the Civil War

Fugitive

• To seal off a harbor by blocking it with other ships

• To set free 

• The people have the power to decide laws by voting

• Someone who is running away from the law 

Popular Sovereignty

• Doing the right thing

• The people have the power to decide laws by voting 

• To set free 

• To not be treated like a human

Liberate

• To set free

• To set free from slavery

• To withdrawal or split off from a larger group

• To separate people into groups by race

Emancipate 

• To set free

• To set free from slavery

• To withdrawal or split off from a larger group

• To separate people into groups by race

The Union

• To destroy or ruin something

• To seal off a harbor by blocking it with other ships

• The eleven southern states that fought in the Civil War

• Twenty northern states that fought in the Civil War

The Confederacy

• To destroy or ruin something

• To seal off a harbor by blocking it with other ships

• The eleven southern states that fought in the Civil War

• Twenty northern states that fought in the Civil War

Blockade

• To seal off a harbor by blocking it with other ships

• To destroy or ruin something

• To set free

• To separate people into groups by race