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Civil War Vocab
Mr. Common - 1st Hour
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| border state | any of the slave states that bordered the northern (free) states during the United States Civil War |
| blockade | the sealing off of a place to prevent goods or people from entering or leaving |
| offensive | an attacking military campaign |
| rebel | a person who rises in opposition against an established government or ruler |
| Ya nkee | an inhabitant of New England or one of the northern states |
| blockade runner | a vessel that attempts to run into or out of a blockaded port |
| ironclad | a warship covered in armor plating |
| casualty | a person killed or injured in a war, disaster, or accident |
| emancipate | to set free from slavery |
| ratify | to sign 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 |
| draft | the recruitment for military service |
| bounty | a sum paid for killing or capturing a person (or animal) |
| greenback | a dollar bill |
| inflation | an increase in prices and fall in the purchasing value of money |
| entrenched | firmly established and unlikely to change |
| total war | a war that is unrestricted in terms of the weapons used, the territory or combatants involved, or the objectives pursued |
| sectionalism | restriction of interest to a narrow sphere |
| fugitive | a person who has escaped from a place or is in hiding |
| secede | to formally withdraw from membership in a federal union |
| abstain | to decline to vote either for or against a proposal |
| popular sovereignty | the principle that the authority of a state and its government is created and sustained by the consent of its people |
| border ruffians | pro-slavery activists from the slave state of Missouri |
| arsenal | a collection of weapons and military equipment |
| secession | to formally withdraw from a membership in a federation or body |
| states rights | the powers and rights held by individual states (as opposed to those held by the federal government) |
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