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Civil War
Vocabulary about the civil war
Question | Answer |
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an agreement or a settlement of a dispute that is reached by each side making concessions | Compromise |
government by the people | Democracy |
the federal principle or system of government | Federalism |
concerning past events | Historical |
the liberty of those persons who are free from external restraint in the exercise of those rights which are considered to be outside the province of a government to control | Individual Liberty |
The strong belief that the interests of a particular nation-state are of primary importance | Nationalism |
a dollar bill | Greenback |
denotes political principles focused on altering social structures through revolutionary means and changing value systems in fundamental ways | Radicalismm |
an organized effort by some portion of the civil population of a country to resist the legally established government or an occupying power and to disrupt civil order and stability | Resistance Movements |
the withdrawal of a group from a larger entity | Secession |
firmly established and difficult or unlikely to change | Entrenched |
the rights and powers held by individual US states rather than by the federal government | States' Rights |
a confederation of secessionist American states | Confederate States of America |
liberation | Emancipation |
the process of influencing others to accomplish the mission by providing purpose, direction, and motivation | Military Leadership |
a concept central to understanding political processes and outcomes | Political Leadership |
a war that is unrestricted in terms of the weapons used, the territory or combatants involved, or the objectives pursued | Total War |
a time at which a decisive change in a situation occurs | Turning Point |
the action or fact of joining or being joined | Union |
a person who lives in, or is from, the US. | Yankee |
covered or protected with iron or a 19th-century warship with armor plating. | Ironclad |
compulsory recruitment for military service. | Draft |
Political power belongs to the people | Popular sovereignty |
pro-slavery activists from the slave state of Missouri | Border Ruffians |
an act or means of sealing off a place to prevent goods or people from entering or leaving. | Blockade |
Favoring the interests of one section (region) over the interests of everyone (the country) | Sectionalism |
A continual increase in the price of goods and services | Inflation |
To separate from a nation or state and become independent | Secede |
Principles or measures fostering abolition especially of slavery | Abolitionism |
A euphemism for slavery and its economic ramifications in the American South | Institution of Slavery |