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Confederacy: all of the Southern states that seceded from the Union
Discrimination: unfair treatment of a group or individual
Secession: to break away
Cottongin: a machine that quickly separates cotton fibers from cotton seeds
Sectionalism: having concerns of a particular region or section of the country
Statesrights: powers saved for the state governments rather than the federal
Union: states that remained loyal to the U.S.
Manufacture: to make goods from raw material
13thamendment: amendment that freed slaves
14thamendment: amendment that gave citizenship to African-Americans 15thamendment: amendment that gave Afican-Americans the right to vote
Abolitionist: people who didn't agree with slavery
Massproduction: production of goods on a large scale
Civilwar: a war between people of the same country
Emancipationproclamation: a document that freed all the slaves
JohnWikesBooth: assassinated president Lincoln, April 14, 1865
AndrewJohnson: continued Lincoln's plan and pardoned a lot of Confederates
Carpetbaggers: people that moved South to start businesses
Scalawags: Southerners who worked with carpetbaggers
Sharecropper: system of farming where farmers rent land and pays the owner
Civil War Reconstruction
a document that freed all the slaves
unfair treatment of a group or individual
assassinated president Lincoln, April 14, 1865
production of goods on a large scale
amendment that freed slaves
amendment that gave citizenship to African-Americans 15thamendment: amendment that gave Afican-Americans the right to vote
people that moved South to start businesses
people who didn't agree with slavery
having concerns of a particular region or section of the country
system of farming where farmers rent land and pays the owner
powers saved for the state governments rather than the federal
all of the Southern states that seceded from the Union
to make goods from raw material
a machine that quickly separates cotton fibers from cotton seeds