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States’ Rights
The rights and powers held by
individual US states rather than by
the federal government.
Secede
The formal separation from an
alliance or federation; the withdrawal
of eleven Southern states from the
Union in 1860 which precipitated the
American Civil War
Abolitionist
A person who favors the abolition of
a practice or institution, especially
capital punishment or (formerly)
slavery.
Vigilante
A group of citizens who undertake
law enforcement in their community
without legal authority
Arsenals
A place where weapons and military
equipment are stored or made
Blockade
An act or means of sealing off a
place to prevent goods or people
from entering or leaving.
Blockade Runners
A lighter-weight ship used for
evading a naval blockade of a
port or strait, as opposed to
confronting the blockaders to
break the blockade.
Unionist
A person who opposed
secession during the Civil
War.
Reconstruction
Refers to the federal
government’s plan to restore
the South to the Union.
Amendment
A formal or official change
made to a law, contract,
constitution, or other legal
document.
Sharecropper
A system of agriculture in which a
landowner allows a tenant to use the
land in return for a share of the crops
produced on their portion of land.
Black Codes
Laws passed by Southern states in 1865
and 1866, after the Civil War. These laws
had the intent and the effect of restricting
African Americans' freedom, and of
compelling them to work in a labor
economy based on low wages or debt.
Tariffs
A tax imposed on imported
goods and services
Juneteenth
A holiday that commemorates the
announcement of
the abolition of slavery in Texas in June
1865, and more generally the
emancipation of African-American slaves
throughout the Confederate South.
Celebrated on June 19 and recognized
as a state holiday or special day of
observance in most states.
Fort Sumter
The bombardment and
surrender of Fort Sumter,
near Charleston, South
Carolina, by the Confederacy
that started the American Civil
War.
Battle of Palmetto
Ranch
On May 13, 1865, more than a
month after the surrender of
Gen. Robert E. Lee, the last land
action of the Civil War took
place at Palmito Ranch near
Brownsville, Texas.
Abe Lincoln
February 12, 1809 – April 15, 1865) was the 16th President of the
United States, serving from March 1861 until his assassination in April
1865. Lincoln led the United States through its Civil War—its bloodiest
war and its greatest moral, constitutional, and political crisis. In doing
so, he preserved the Union, abolished slavery, strengthened the federal
government, and modernized the economy.
Jefferson Davis
(June 3, 1808 – December 6, 1889) was an American
politician who was a U.S. Representative and Senator
from Mississippi, the 23rd U.S. Secretary of War, and
the President of the Confederate States of
America during the American Civil War.
Robert E. Lee
Robert Edward Lee (1807-70) was an
American soldier known for commanding
the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia
in the American Civil War from 1862 until
his surrender in 1865.
Ulysses S. Grant
In 1865, as commanding general, Ulysses S. Grant led the
Union Armies to victory over the Confederacy in the
American Civil War. As an American hero, Grant was later
elected the 18th President of the United States (1869–
1877), working to implement Congressional
Reconstruction and to remove the vestiges of slavery.
John Wilkes Booth
(May 10, 1838 – April 26, 1865) was an
American stage actor who assassinated President
Abraham Lincoln at Ford's Theatre, in Washington,
D.C., on April 14, 1865