Sentence:  The present <WSD>Federal</WSD> program of vocational education began in 1917 with the passage of the Smith-Hughes Act , which provided a continuing annual appropriation of $ 7 million to support , on a matching basis , state administered programs of vocational education in agriculture , trades , industrial skills and home economics . 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  being of or having to do with the northern United States and those loyal to the Union during the American Civil War