Vocabulary 15

8. President of the U.S. during the Civil War.
9. When Texan officials took an oath of allegiance to the Confederacy.
11. The act of states formally withdrawing—separating--from the United States (noun)
13. A Political party that began as a liberal party, believing in strong government influence. Southerners believed that the rise of the Republican Party would cause them to lose their way of life because it would end slavery.
14. Taxes placed by the government on imported goods from other countries.

1. To pledge your loyalty to something; a country, cause or group.
2. War between the Northern and Southern states; fought over states rights from 1861-1865. It was the most deadly war in all of American history.
3. a.k.a. the Confederacy, what the southern states named themselves after they seceded from the United States.
4. The nickname for the United States of America during the Civil War (also known as “the North”)
5. The movement to end slavery.
6. When Texas amended (changed) its constitution so it could join the Southern states during the Civil War.
7. All rights not given to the federal government, but to the states. For example, individual states have the right to make laws like speed limits.
10. Rights belonging to the national government. For example, the legal voting age is 18 all across the country.
12. To officially leave--separate--from a country (verb)