Quarter 4 Vocab- History 6

RURAL

relating to farm areas and life in the country

AGRICULTURAL

farming

MANUFACTURING

The making of products by hand or machinery

TARIFF

tax on imports

URBAN

CITY (CITIES AND TOWNS)

FAGITIVE

A person who has escaped from a place or is in hiding

SECTIONALISM

The division of the country into sections leading up to the Civil War

SECEDE

to leave or withdraw

POPULAR SOVEREIGNTY

people in the new states will vote to decide if the new state will be a free or a slave state

UNION

The act of being joined together, and a term used to refer to the Northern states during the Civil War

CONFEDERACY

a political union (join together for a common cause) and a term used to refer to the Southern States during the war

ANTEBELLUM

Belonging to a period before a war, especially the American Civil War

ABOLITIONIST

A person who wanted to end slavery

ADVOCATE

to recommend; to speak in favor of a particular cause or policy

SUFFRAGIST

A person who worked for women's right to vote

REFORM

to change for the better or improve

DISENFRANCHISED

People deprived of legal rights, especially the right to vote

EMANCIPATION

the act of setting free; the freeing of enslaved people

CONFEDERATE

The government of the 11 southern states that seceded from the United States of America

UNION

During the Civil War, the United States was referred to as this; it also referred to the North

Secede

To leave or withdraw