Civil War Key Terms Quiz Prep

the use of hit-and-run tactics

proslavery bands from Missouri who often battled antislavery forces in Kansas

the legal separation of people based on racial, ethnic, or other differences

a betrayal of or action against one’s country

an 1857 Supreme Court case that brought into question the federal power over slavery in the territories

a government agency founded to help former slaves find jobs, as well as provided food and clothing to freedmen

one of two acts passed in 1793 and 1850 that provided for the capture and return of fugitive slaves

a runaway

a government pardon

a person willing to give up their life for his or her beliefs

to suggest something for people to consider

a Virginia town that was the site of the Confederate surrender in 1865

an 1863 declaration by President Lincoln freeing enslaved African Americans in Confederate territory

an agreement, proposed in 1819 by Henry Clay, to keep the number of slave and free states equal

to withdraw from membership in a group

an 1869 amendment that forbids any state to deny African Americans the right to vote because of race

an agreement over slavery by which California joined the Union as a free state and a strict fugitive law was passed

to find an answer or solution to something

an 1865 amendment to the United States Constitution that banned slavery throughout the nation

a place where guns are stored

the right of people to create their own government

to free

laws that separated people of different races in public places in the South

a war between people of the same country

an 1868 amendment to the United States Constitution that guarantees equal protection of the laws

a court case ruling that segregation in public facilities was legal as long as the facilities were equal