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19 terms
Term | Definition |
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nativism | hostility towards immigrants |
utopia | community based on a vision of a perfect society |
transcendentalism | a philosophy stressing the relationship between human beings and nature, spiritual things over material things, and the importance of the individual conscience |
temperance | moderation in or abstinence from alcohol |
abolition | the immediate ending of slavery |
squatter | someone who settles on public land under government regulation with the hopes of acquiring the title to the land |
annexation | incorporating a territory within the domain of a country |
secession | withdrawal from the Union |
popular sovereignty | the idea that people living in a territory had the right to decide by voting if slavery would be allowed there |
transcontinental railroad | a railway system extending across the continent |
referendum | the practice of letting voters accept or reject measures proposed by the legislature |
martial law | the law administered by military forces that is invoked by a government in an emergency |
greenback | a piece of US paper money first issued by the North during the Civil War |
conscription | requiring people to enter military service |
habeas corpus | a legal order for an inquiry to determine whether a person has been lawfully imprisoned |
attrition | the act of wearing down by constant harassment or attack |
blockade runners | ship that runs through a blockade, usually to smuggle goods through a protected area |
hardtack | a had biscuit made of wheat flour |
siege | a military blockade of a city or fortified place to force it to surrender |