Vocabulary Intro. Civil War & Reconstruction

The plan for the national government of the United States. It is the supreme law of the land - no other laws can go against it.

• Constitution

• Declaration of Independence

• Reconstruction

• Confederate States of America

The first ten amendments (changes) to the Constitution. They list

many of the rights guaranteed to U.S. citizens.

• Jim Crow Laws

• Bill of Rights

• 10 Freedoms

• Mayflower Compact

A change or addition to the United States Constitution.

• Secession

• Emancipation

• Amendment

• Reconstruction

When part of a country leaves and forms their own country.

• amend

• ratify

• segregate

• secede

Freeing an enslaved person.

• constitution

• emancipation

• amendment

• due process

Ending something or getting rid of it.

• abolish

• segregate

• ratify

• discriminate

Officially approving something. Putting a law into effect.

• redeem

• filibuster

• emancipate

• ratify

The government has to follow certain rules & laws. Especially when they arrest & put someone on trial.

• reconstruction

• confederate

• due process

• secession

Separating people based on race. Historically African Americans, especially in the South, were forced to use separate (and usually inferior) schools, transportation, housing, etc.

• ratification

• secession

• abolition

• segregation

The official name of the separate country formed by the southern states during the Civil War.

• Confederate States of America

• United States of America

• Commonwealth of Southern States

• Southern Republic