Chapter 6 – Alabama in Conflict The Civil War
abolitionist
A person who wanted to end slavery
secede
Withdraw or break away from
inaugurate
To install in office with a ceremony
casualty
Person who is injured, killed or captured during a war
sharecropper
Person who farms land that belongs to someone else
carpetbagger
Person who moved to the South after the war and supported Reconstruction
tariff
Tax on goods brought into one country from another to be sold
regiment
A unit of soldiers
manufacturing
The process of making goods by hand or with machines
freedmen
African Americans who had once been enslaved
scalawag
representative Person elected to act or speak on behalf of others
scalawag Southerner who supported Reconstruction
representative
Person elected to act or speak on behalf of others