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Unit 8 Texas in the Civil War and
ReconstructionUnit 8 Texas in the Civil War and
Reconstruction Vocabulary
Amendment
Amendment – a change made to a law, bill or document, in this case the U.S. Constitution.
Federalism
Federalism – power is distributed between a national government and the states
Freedmen
Freedmen – a person who has been freed from slavery.
Martial Law
Martial Law – rule by an army instead of the usual civil authorities.
Reconstruction
Reconstruction – the post-Civil War period from 1865 to 1877; the U.S. re-admitted the southern states to the Union and the federal government implemented policies affecting southern states.
Secede
Secede – to withdraw, in this case, from the U.S.
Sectionalism
Sectionalism – excessive devotion to local interests and customs to a region of a nation.
Sharecropper
Sharecropper – a tenant farmer who receives a share of the value of the crop minus charges for rent and other expenses.
Draft
To select for some service as to conscript for military service
Ratified
To approve
Conscription
The forced enrollment of people into military service
Emancipation Proclamation President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation on January 1, 1863, as the nation approached its third year of bloody civil war. The proclamation declared "that all persons held as slaves" within the rebellious states "are, and henceforward shall be free."