Ch. 8 Vocab Project

6. To withdraw from an organization or country
8. Someone who wants to end slavery
11. A geographic area with boundaries, residents, and a government with a constitution and laws. The United States has 50 states, and they share some governing power with the federal government
12. The United States of America often in reference to the northern states during the civil war
13. Proclamation An order issued by the U.S. President Abraham Lincoln on January 1, 1863. It announced that the enslaved people in the rebelling confederate states were free

1. A system of government in which power is divided between a federal, or national, government and its various state governments
2. A person who comes into a country to live there
3. The head of the executive branch in a state or territory
4. Somebody who encourages others to join a group or take action
5. A written document outlining how the government of a state or country is organized
7. The eleven southern states that seceded from the union during the civil war. Also called the Confederate States of America
9. Congress The group of people that makes laws for our country. It has representatives from all territories and states. It is divided into two groups, the Senate and the House of Representatives
10. A change to a government process or document steamboat: a boat powered by a steam engine. Steamboats were the main mode of travel for immigrants moving to Minnesota during the territorial period