Secession Vocabulary Quiz

Secession = The act of formally withdrawing from a political union or organization Confederacy = The breakaway government formed by Southern states after secession Union = The United States, especially referring to the Northern states during the Civil War Fort Sumter = The South Carolina fort where the first shots of the Civil War were fired in 1861

Secession Crisis = The period of heightened tension and political maneuvering leading up to the outbreak of the Civil War Emancipation Proclamation = President Abraham Lincoln's executive order in 1863, declaring the freedom of enslaved people in Confederate-held territory Abolitionist = A person who advocated for the immediate and complete abolition of slavery Reconstruction = The period after the Civil War (1865-1877) when the United States worked to rebuild the South and integrate it back into the Union

Secession = The act of formally withdrawing from a political union or organization Emancipation Proclamation = President Abraham Lincoln's executive order in 1863, declaring the freedom of enslaved people in Confederate-held territory Abolitionist = A person who advocated for the immediate and complete abolition of slavery Reconstruction = The period after the Civil War (1865-1877) when the United States worked to rebuild the South and integrate it back into the Union

<p>Confederacy = The breakaway government formed by Southern states after secession Union = The United States, especially referring to the Northern states during the Civil War Fort Sumter = The South Carolina fort where the first shots of the Civil War were fired in 1861 Secession Crisis = The period of heightened tension and political maneuvering leading up to the outbreak of the Civil War</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Emancipation Proclamation = President Abraham Lincoln's executive order in 1863, declaring the freedom of enslaved people in Confederate-held territory Abolitionist = A person who advocated for the immediate and complete abolition of slavery Reconstruction = The period after the Civil War (1865-1877) when the United States worked to rebuild the South and integrate it back into the Union Secession = The act of formally withdrawing from a political union or organization</p> Signup and view all the answers