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Chapter 8 civil war
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Abolitionist | Someone who wants to end slavery. |
| Secede | To withdraw from an organization or a country. |
| Union | The united states of America, often in reference to the northern states during the civil war. |
| Confederacy | The eleven southern states that seceded from the Union during the civil war.also called the confederate states of America. |
| Emancipation proclamation | An order issued by U.S. president Abraham Lincoln on January 1,1863. It announced that the enslaved people in the rebelling confederate states were free. |
| Amendment | A change to a government process or document. |