Civil War Vocabulary

1.     To free from slavery

• abolish

• ratify

• emancipate

• segregate

1.     A tax placed on goods that are imported into a country

• revenue

• tariff

• bill

• treaty

1.     The right to decide an issue by voting

• boycott

• secede

• regulate

• popular sovereignty

1.     To add on

• annex

• regulate

• ratify

• utilize

1.     To vote in favor of

• utilize

• ratify

• veto

• emancipate

1.     Someone who organizes resources to bring a new or better good or service to market in hopes of earning a profit

• entrepreneur

• inventor

• nomad

• proprietor

1.     The right to vote

• independence

• representation

• declaration

• suffrage

1.     To take full advantage of; put to good use

• boycott

• regulate

• utilize

• motivate

1.     An important meeting

• turning point

• convention

• constitution

• amendment

1.     The money earned by workers, businesses, and governments

• revenue

• tariff

• bill

• topography