Civil War Vocabulary

Union

• A person who worked to end slavery during the 1700's and 1800's

• A secret organization that helped slaves escape to freedom

• The states that make up the United States of America; during the Civil War the states that supported the U.S government

• To formally withdraw membership

Abolitionist

• To accuse a government official of doing something wrong or improper

• A secret society that fought violently against equal rights for African American

• The act of setting someone or something free

• A person who worked to end slavery in the 1700's and 1800's

Underground Railroad

• To accuse a government official of doing something wrong or improper

• A secret organization that helped slaves escape to freedom

• An official change or addition to the constitution

• The right that all citizens are supposed to have according to the Constitution and it's amendments

To accuse a government official of doing something wrong or improper is called _________

Ku Klux Klan

• A person who worked to end slavery in the 1700's and 1800's

• A secret society that fought violently against equal rights for African American

• In the United States; the period of rebuilding after the Civil War

• The act of setting someone or something free

Civil Rights

• A person who worked to end slavery in the 1700's and 1800's

• The right that all citizens are supposed to have according to the Constitution and it's amendments

• To formally withdraw membership

• The act of setting someone or something free

Emancipation

• The act of setting someone or something free

• To accuse a government official of doing something wrong or improper

• To formally withdraw membership

• A person who worked to end slavery in the 1700's and 1800's

An official change or addition to the constitution is the definition of ______________

In the United States; the period of rebuilding after the Civil War

• Secede

• Union

• Constitutional Amendment

• Reconstruction

To formally withdraw membership