Civil War Vocabulary

2. extreme loyalty to a region or homeland
5. a declaration that tried to end slavery in most of the US
6. the forced separation of people
7. a man who was enslaved and sued his owner for his freedom but the Supreme Court ruled that slaves could not sue
8. to set free
11. the belief that each state could decide about slavery instead of the national government
13. the period of physically, socially, economically, and morally rebuilding the country after the Civil War
14. to murder someone in a surprise attack for political or religious reasons
15. the leading general of the Confederate Army
16. a network of abolitionists that helped slaves escape to freedom and safety
22. a person who worked to eliminate slavery
25. slave states that remained loyal to the US in the Civil War
26. laws that took away rights and gave punishments to enslaved people
28. warfare meant to demoralize by crippling an enemy's ability to fight
30. a raw material that both the North and South depended on and that increased demand for enslaved labor
31. the abolitionist known as "Moses"
32. a law that made it illegal for anyone in the US to help slaves who had escaped

1. the right of people to decide an issue by voting
3. slave states that left the US in the US Civil War
4. to leave or withdraw
9. farming or the cultivation of plants and animals for human use
10. the leading general of the Union Army
12. to make something sacred or holy
17. the movement of people from rural areas into cities
18. free states that remained loyal to the US in the Civil War
19. to draft someone into the military
20. the leader of one of the largest rebellions by enslaved people in US history
21. a person who has escaped or is in hiding
23. the president of the Union during the Civil War
24. an attempt to end the power of a person or government by rebelling
27. the shift from a society where things are made by hand to a society where things are made by machine
29. a form of slavery where a person is enslaved and treated as property