Unit 4 Vocabulary

2. an official release form punishment for a crime
6. using naval ships to prevent shipments of food and supplies into or out of ports
7. to cancel
9. laws limiting the rights of African Americans passed by Southern governments after the Civil War
11. the position that the federal government should not interfere with the states exercising their constitutional powers
12. an agreement of a dispute that is reached by both sides giving up something
14. a change to the Constitution
15. a Republican who believed that Congress should direct Reconstruction

1. a formerly enslaved person
3. the effort, after the Civil War, to reorganize the seceded states and bring them back into the Union
4. focus on interests of one's regions
5. June 19th, the date celebrated as the anniversary of Emancipation Day for enslaved people in Texas
8. a member of a volunteer committee organized to punish criminals
10. a person who wants to stop slavery
11. to withdraw from a larger unit one belongs to
13. a local law or piece of legislation