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Civil War

8th Grade Vocabulary for Civil War

TermDefinition
Abraham Lincoln 16th U.S. President, wrote the Gettysburg Address (1809-1865)
Blockade any obstacle that is meant to stop passage through a certain area
Campaign to perform a series of tasks in order to produce a particular result such as winning an election
Compromise to reach an agreement after both sides give up part of what they asked for
Confederacy the Southern states that separated from the United States and the nation that they formed until the end of the Civil War
Civil War a war in which groups of people from the same country fight against each other
Emancipation Proclamation an order issued by President Lincoln in 1863 that freed all the slaves in the Confederate States
March to walk with other people to show support for a cause or to protest something
Secession the act of formerly separating from or leaving an organization or government
Slavery the state or condition of being enslaved or owned by or forced to work for another person, the condition of owning other people as property
Amendment a change or addition to a document of law
Assembly a large group of people who meet formally for a common purpose
Congress the highest lawmaking body of the U.S. government, which includes the Senate and the House of Representatives
Union a group of states that fought against the Confederacy during the American Civil War
Farming the job of growing plants or raising animals on a farm
Tenant Farmer a person who farms RENTED land
Sharecropper a tenant farmer who gives a part of each crop as rent
Anaconda Plan Lincolns plan to use naval blockades, to control Mississippi River, and positioning the army during the Civil War.
Reconstruction the period from 1865-1877
Abraham Lincoln 16th U.S. President, wrote the Gettysburg Address (1809-1865)
Blockade any obstacle that is meant to stop passage through a certain area
Campaign to perform a series of tasks in order to produce a particular result such as winning an election
Compromise to reach an agreement after both sides give up part of what they asked for
Confederacy the Southern states that separated from the United States and the nation that they formed until the end of the Civil War
Civil War a war in which groups of people from the same country fight against each other
Emancipation Proclamation an order issued by President Lincoln in 1863 that freed all the slaves in the Confederate States
March to walk with other people to show support for a cause or to protest something
Secession the act of formerly separating from or leaving an organization or government
Slavery the state or condition of being enslaved or owned by or forced to work for another person, the condition of owning other people as property
Amendment a change or addition to a document of law
Assembly a large group of people who meet formally for a common purpose
Congress the highest lawmaking body of the U.S. government, which includes the Senate and the House of Representatives
Union a group of states that fought against the Confederacy during the American Civil War
Farming the job of growing plants or raising animals on a farm
Tenant Farmer a person who farms RENTED land
Sharecropper a tenant farmer who gives a part of each crop as rent
Anaconda Plan Lincolns plan to use naval blockades, to control Mississippi River, and positioning the army during the Civil War.
Reconstruction the period from 1865-1877 after the Civil War when the federal government controlled the former Confederate states
Plan something that someone has prepared to do.
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