Unit 6 Civil War and Reconstruction Voc

Question 1

discrimination

Answer 1

judging a group of people, or person, based on things other than a person?s merit

Question 2

segregation

Answer 2

action of setting someone apart from others

Question 3

oppression

Answer 3

prolonged cruel or unjust treatment or control

Question 4

Union

Answer 4

the states making the United State of America- mostly in the North

Question 5

secession

Answer 5

withdrawing formally from membership of a nation

Question 6

fugitive

Answer 6

a person who has escaped from a place and/or is in hiding to avoid arrest

Question 7

Confederacy

Answer 7

the states that seceded from the US to form the Confederate State of America

Question 8

emancipation

Answer 8

the fact or process of being set free from legal, social or political restrictions

Question 9

Wilmot Proviso

Answer 9

law (proposed) that would have outlawed slavery in any territory acquired from war with Mexico. (Led to formation of FREE-SOIL-PARTY.)

Question 10

habeas corpus

Answer 10

a writ requiring a person under arrest to be brought before a judge to secure a person?s release

Question 11

draft

Answer 11

men were involuntarily required to serve in the military