Civil War Vocabulary

What does the term "secede" mean?

• To join together

• To withdraw or break away from

• To celebrate

• To conquer

What does the term "slavery" mean?

• A system where people are free to choose their work

• Forcing others to work for you without pay or rights

• A group of people working together for a common goal

• A type of government

Which region was industrialized?

• North

• South

• East

• West

To break away from a group

• state's rights
• slavery
• Gettysburg
• secede

Leaving a group formally. This refers to the Southern states who left the Union to form the Confederate States of America.

• Secession

• Conscription

• Slave Code

• Fugitive Slave Act

industrialized

• when a society starts using machines in factories to make goods

• to make goods at home

• to withdraw or break away from

• to grant freedom to

to grant freedom to

• emanicipate

• secede

• industrialized

• slavery

a person who wants to stop, or abolish, slavery

• abolitionist

• secede

• emancipation

• forcing others to work for you without pay or rights

Southern states the seceded from the Union

• Confederacy

• Union

• Maine

The north; led by Abraham Lincoln

• Union

• Confederacy

• Confederate States of America