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Chapter 8 vocab
| 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 known as 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 rebelling confederate states were free. |
| Amendment | A change to a government process or document. |