Chapter 6 Vocab Quiz

the act of freeing someone; often refers to freeing people from slavery

• Slave State
• Blockade
• Immigration
• Emancipation

someone who is running away, especially from the authorities

• Free State
• Fugitive
• Prejudice
• Emancipation

a state in which slavery was illegal

• Slave State
• Free State
• Sectionalism
• Civil War

a state in which slavery was legal

• Slave State
• Free State
• Civil War
• Blockade

a cultural division of people based on geography

• Sectionalism
• Blockade
• Fugitive
• Secede

an opinion or judgment formed unfairly or without knowing all the facts

• Immigration
• Secede
• Emancipation
• Prejudice

the process of moving into an area from another country

• Civil War
• Secede
• Immigration
• Emancipation

to formally withdraw from a group or organization; often refers to the secession of Southern states from the United States prior to and during the Civil War

• Secede
• Emancipation
• Immigration
• Prejudice

a war between citizens of the same country

• prejudice
• emancipation
• civil war
• Free State

the closing off of an area to keep people or supplies from going in or out, often using ships

• Slave State
• Free State
• Blockade
• Emancipation