a person who works to end or get rid of something especially slavery

a change or improvement

to murder someone famous or powerful, usually for political reasons

a group of laws passed in the late 1800s that denied African American men the right to vote, own guns, or take certain jobs

a barrier of troops or ships to keep people and supplies from moving in and out of an area

Northerners who went to the South after the Civil War to start businesses and make money

together, the Southern states that left the United States and formed their own nation

the freeing of a group from slavery

to join the military

the process of charging a high public official, such as the President, with a crime

the celebration of the day when enslaved African Americans were freed during the Civil War

a large farm, especially in the southern United States, that usually grows one kind of crop

an official announcement

the period when laws were passed that sought to rebuild and heal the northern and southern regions of the United States after the Civil War

the separation of a state from a nation

the division of groups of people by race

a system in which someone who owns land lets someone else "rent" the land to farm it

a military blockade and extended attack designed to make a city or other location surrender

the right of each U.S. state to make its own local laws

a method of warfare that seeks to destroy civilian as well as military targets to force a surrender

a series of secret routes out of the South along which escaped slaves traveled to freedom

the Northern States that remained part of the nation and fought against the Confederacy