Glossary

  • Unanimous

    fully in agreement

  • unappropriated

    Not assigned or taken into possession.

  • Underground Railroad

    a network of secret routes and safe houses used by enslaved people to escape to freedom

  • Unionism

    ideology supporting keeping the United States unified and opposing secession

  • Unionism

    ideology supporting keeping the United States unified and opposing secession

  • Unionist

    A supporter of the United States staying unified and opposed secession.

  • Unions

    an association of workers with a common interest or purpose

  • Unitarian

    A member of a religious group, often a branch of Christianity that does not believe in the Holy Trinity.

  • Urban

    relating to cities.

  • Vested

    Rights from legal ownership of a property are acquired by a person.