Words to Know
A
- Abolitionists:
- people who worked to end slavery
B
- Black Codes:
- series of harsh laws passed by white legislators in Southern states during Reconstruction that discriminated against black people; the Black Codes returned black people to a condition very close to slavery
- Blockade:
- the act of surrounding a harbor with ships in order to prevent other vessels from entering or exiting the harbor; also the act of ships or other military forces surrounding and isolating a city, region, or country
C
- Civil War:
- conflict that took place from 1861 to 1865 between the Northern states (Union) and the Southern seceded states...
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