Transcript Chapter 12 Vocabulary

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Secede
Arsenals
Abolitionist
State’s Rights
Unionists
Confederacy
Battle of Palmito
Ranch
8. Emancipation
Proclamation
9. Reconstruction
10.Black Codes
11.Amendments
12.Blockade
13.Sharecropper
Secede ~ to withdraw from a larger
unit one belongs to
These states
left the United
States starting
in 1861.
Arsenals~ storehouse for weapons
Abolitionist~ a person who wanted
to end slavery
State’s Rights ~ the idea that
states have the right to limit the
power of the federal government
Unionists ~ people loyal to the Union
(USA) during the Civil War
Confederacy ~ the group of southern
states who seceded from (left) the
Union (USA) during the Civil War
Battle of Palmito Ranch ~ the last
battle of the Civil War
Emancipation Proclamation ~
President Lincoln’s speech declaring
slaves in the USA free
Black Codes ~ limited the rights of
African Americans
Reconstruction ~ the federal
government’s plan to restore the South
to the Union after the Civil War
Amendments ~ formal changes to a
document
Blockade~ the closing of a port by
positioning ships to keep people or
supplies from moving in or out
Sharecropper~ a far worker who works
someone else’s land and pays for its use
by giving the landowner a share of the
crops grown