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civil war
the war between the north and south to free the slaves
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Abstain | formally decline to vote either for or against a proposal or motion. |
| Secede | withdraw formally from membership in a federal union, an alliance, or a political or religious organization. |
| Fugitive | a person who has escaped from a place or is in hiding, especially to avoid arrest or persecution. |
| Sectionalism | restriction of interest to a narrow sphere; undue concern with local interests or petty distinctions at the expense of general well-being. |
| Popular Sovereignty | Popular sovereignty, or the sovereignty of the peoples' rule, is part of the seven principles, that the authority of a state and its government is created and sustained by the consent of its people. |
| Border ruffians | In Kansas, Border Ruffians was the name applied to pro-slavery activists from the slave state of Missouri, |
| Arsenal | a collection of weapons and military equipment stored by a country, person, or group. |
| Secession | the withdrawal of eleven southern states from the Union in 1860, leading to the Civil War. |
| States rights | the rights and powers held by individual US states rather than by the federal government. |
| Border state | any of the slave states that bordered the northern free states during the US Civil War. |
| Blockade | an act or means of sealing off a place to prevent goods or people from entering or leaving. |
| Offensive | actively aggressive; attacking |
| Rebel | a person who rises in opposition or armed resistance against an established government or ruler. |
| Yankee | Originally a nickname for people from New England, now applied to anyone from the United States. Since the Civil War, American southerners have called all northerners Yankees. |
| Blockade runner | The blockade runners of the American Civil War were seagoing steam ships that were used to make their way through the Union blockade |
| Ironclad | An ironclad is a steam-propelled warship protected by iron or steel armor plates used in the early part of the second half of the 19th century. |
| Casualty | a person killed or injured in a war or accident. |
| Emancipate | When the American Civil War (1861-65) began, President Abraham Lincoln carefully framed the conflict as concerning the preservation of the Union rather than the abolition of slavery. |
| Ratify | sign or give formal consent to (a treaty, contract, or agreement), making it officially valid |
| Habeas corpus | a writ requiring a person under arrest to be brought before a judge or into court, especially to secure the person's release unless lawful grounds are shown for their detention. |
| Draft | The Enrollment Act, 12 Stat. 731, enacted March 3, 1863, also known as the Civil War Military Draft Act |
| Bounty | a sum paid for killing or capturing a person or animal. |
| Greenback | Greenbacks were paper currency (printed in green on the back) issued by the United States during the American Civil War |
| Inflation | a general increase in prices and fall in the purchasing value of money. |
| Entrenched | to place in a position of strength; establish firmly or solidly: safely entrenched behind undeniable facts |
| Total war | The American-English Dictionary defines total war as "war that is unrestricted in terms of the weapons used, the territory or combatants involved, or the objectives pursued |
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