Blockade - a way to stop people or supplies from entering or leaving a port or country, Emancipation Proclamation - the official statement or announcement made by President Lincoln to free slaves in the southern states, Jim Crow Laws - state and local laws that were meant ot deny African Americans the right to vote, hold jobs, get an education or other opportunities, Reconstruction - the period from 1867-1877 in the U.S. when the southern states joined the northern states again after the Civil War, Secession - the act of separating from a nation or state and being independent, Union - the northern states name during the Civil War, Confederacy - states that separated themselves from the U.S. during the American Civil War, Nullify - a legal decision to make something have no effect, Poll Tax - a tax that each adult had to pay in order to vote in an election,

Civil War and Reconstruction Vocabulary (2026)

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