Ch 9 - Civil War and Reconstruction

The Emancipation Proclamation freed ALL slaves in the United States.

laws in south that restricted black rights

Separation of people based on racial, ethnic, or other differences

Where did Lee surrender to Grant?

What amendment abolished slavery?

the southern states that seceded from the United States in 1861

a military blockade and attack on a city to force it to surrender

Maine entered the Union as a ________ state, and Missouri entered as a _________ state.

A formal document charging a public official with misconduct in office

What was important about the Dred Scott decision?

the period after the Civil War when the southern states were reorganized and reintegrated into the Union

to join the armed forces

a system of secret routes used by escaping slaves to reach freedom in the North or in Canada

Another name for the South

separating from something

Another name for the Union

a settlement of differences in which each side gives up something

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

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

What happened after Lincoln was elected president?

What amendment granted citizenship to all people born in the US and granted equal protection under the law?

large estate farmed by many slaves