Abolish
To end/get rid of something
Union
North States
Federal
South states
To secede
To break away
Emancipation
Freedom
Constitution
Fundemental laws and values that make up a country
Amendment
Change
Reconstruction period
Period of time after the Civil war when the government focused on protecting the legal rights of African-Americans
Lynchings
To put to death, usually by hanging, without legal authority
Jim Crow Laws
Laws that made segregation legal
KKK
A white supremicist hate group/cult
White supremacy
The belief that black people are utterly inferior