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Civil War Vocab
Vocab | Definition |
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Sectionalism | Rivalry based on the special interests of different areas |
Fugitive | A person who is running away from legal authority |
Secede | To withdraw or break away from an organization or country |
Abstain | To decline to vote either for or against a proposal or motion |
Popular Sovereignty | The belief that government is subject to the will of the people |
Border ruffians | An armed supporter of slavery that crossed the border from Mississippi to vote in Kansas during the mid 1850's |
Arsenal | A place to store weapons or military equipment |
Secession | withdraw or leave the Union |
States rights | The idea that states should have all powers that the Constitution does not give to the federal government or forbid to the states |
Border state | State between north and south that was divided over whether to remain in the Union or join Confederacy |
Blockade | To close off a country's ports |
Offensive | Causing someone to feel deeply hurt, upset, or angry |
Rebel | To have open defiance of authority |
Yankee | An inhabitant of New England or one of the northern states |
Blockade runner | A ship that manages to enter or leave a blockaded port. |
Ironclad | A warship equipped with iron plating for protection |
Casualty | A soldier who is killed, wounded, captured, or missing in battle |
Emancipate | The process of freeing enslaved people |
Ratify | To vote approval of something |
Habeas corpus | A court order that requires police to bring a prisoner to court to explain why they are holding the person |
Bounty | Reward or payment |
Greenback | A dollar bill |
Inflation | Increase in price for goods or services |
Entrenched | To place within a trench, or ditch, for defense. |
Total war | A strategy of bringing war to the entire society, not just the military |