Civil War Vocabulary

A state located between the Union and Confederacy that allowed slavery but remained in the Union

• Commerce

• Border States

• Abolitionist

All forms of trade and the services that assist in trade (such as banking and insurance)

• Border States

• Union

• Commerce

A war between two regions or groups within a nation

• Civil War

• World War

• Iraq War

When enslaved people are freed

• Confederacy

• Emancipation

• Underground Railroad

A series of escape routes and hiding places for slaves escaping slavery

• Tariff

• Hiding Spot

• Underground Railroad

Someone who joined the movement to end slavery.

• Discrimination

• Abolitionist

• Segregation

Unfair treatment of particular groups of people

• Reconstruction

• Abolitionist

• Discrimination

Forced separation of the races

• Segregation

• Separation

• Unfair Treatment

Who was the president of the Union States?

• Jefferson Davis

• Joe Biden

• Abraham Lincoln

Who was the president of the Confederacy States?

• Jefferson Davis

• Joe Biden

• Abraham Lincoln