Civil War + Reconstruction Flashcards
Reform
make changes in (something, typically a social, political, or economic institution or practice) in order to improve it.
Nativist
a person who urges the promotion of the interests of inhabitants born in a country over those of immigrants:
Steam Engine
an engine worked by steam, typically one in which a sliding piston in a cylinder is moved by the expansive action of the steam generated in a boiler.
Reform Movement
a type of social movement that aims to bring a social or also a political system closer to the community’s ideal.
Suffrage
the right to vote, especially in a political election.
Co-Education
the practice of educating males and females together.
Abolitionist
(especially prior to the Civil War) a person who advocated or supported the abolition of slavery in the U.S.
Casualty
a member of the armed forces lost to service through death, wounds, sickness, capture, or because his or her whereabouts or condition cannot be determined.
Revolt
to break away from or rise against constituted authority, as by open rebellion; cast off allegiance or subjection to those in authority; rebel; mutiny:
Prohibition
the act of prohibiting.
Three Fifths Compromise
three out of every five slaves was counted when determining a state’s total population for legislative representation and taxation.
Popular Sovereign
the doctrine that sovereign power is vested in the people and that those chosen to govern, as trustees of such power, must exercise it in conformity with the general will.
Underground Railroad
Also called underground railway. a railroad running through a continuous tunnel, as under city streets; subway.
Dred Scott Decision
upheld slavery in United States territories, denied the legality of black citizenship in America, and declared the Missouri Compromise to be unconstitutional.
Bleeding Kansas
Kansas entered the Union as a free state on January 29
