Civil War Vocab

The act of officially forgiving someone for their crimes is known as ______.

• Black Codes

• Amnesty

• Confederacy

• Seditious

The laws that were passed in the southern United States after the Civil War to restrict the rights of African Americans were called ______.

• Human Rights

• Black Codes

• Social Class

• Total War

The conflict between the Northern and Southern states of the United States from 1861 to 1865 is known as the ______.

• Civil War

• Total War

• Seditious

• Sharecropping

The group of southern states that seceded from the United States in 1860-61 was called the ______.

• North

• Confederacy

• South

• Amnesty

The basic rights and freedoms that belong to every person in the world are known as ______.

• Human Rights

• Black Codes

• Social Class

• Sharecropping

The region of the United States that was primarily against slavery during the Civil War was the ______.

• South

• Confederacy

• North

• Amnesty

To formally withdraw from an organization or alliance, such as the southern states did from the Union, is to ______.

• Seditious

• Sucede

• Sharecropping

• Amnesty

Actions or words that incite people to rebel against the authority of a state are considered ______.

• Seditious

• Amnesty

• Total War

• Human Rights

A system where farmers work a portion of land in return for a share of the crop rather than wages is called ______.

• Social Class

• Sharecropping

• Black Codes

• Confederacy

A division of society based on social and economic status is known as ______.

• Social Class

• Human Rights

• Amnesty

• Seditious