INDIANA GROWS

An end to slavery in all states

ABOLITION

A large farm in the South where

many slaves worked

PLANTATION

The system of secret routes for enslaved African Americans escaping the South

THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD

To break away from a nation or

organization

SECEDE

A war that is fought among people in the same country; the north and south

fought against each other

CIVIL WAR

The name the seceded Southern

states called themselves

CONFEDERACY

The name the Northern states were referred to

UNION

The period following the Civil War in which the

United States Congress passed laws that would help rebuild the country

RECONSTRUCTION

Many African Americans

experienced this unfair treatment before and

after the war

DISCRIMINATION

Being able to provide for

almost all one’s own needs

SELF-SUFFICIENT

A horse-drawn machine that cut

and bundled grain

REAPER

All the businesses that make one kind

of product or provide one kind of service

INDUSTRY

A group of workers who demand better working conditions

LABOR UNION

To refuse to work until working

conditions improve

STRIKE