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Word | Definition |
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Sectionalism | loyalty to a region |
Fugitive | runaway or trying to run away |
Secede | to leave or withdraw |
Abstain | to not take part in some activity; such as voting |
Popular Sovereighnty | political theory that government is subject to the will of people |
Border ruffians | Missourians who traveled in armed groups to vote in Kansas's election during the mid-1850s |
Arsenal | a storage place for weapons and ammunition |
Martyr | a person who sacrifices his or her life for a principle or cause |
Secession | withdraw from the union |
States rights | rights and powers independent of the federal government that are reserved for the states by the Constitution |
Border state | the states between the North and the South that were divided over whether to stay in the Union or join the Confederacy |
Blockade | cut off an area by means of troops or warships to stop supplies or people from coming in or going out |
Offensive | position of attacking or the attack itself |
Rebel | to reject, resist, or rise in arms against one's government or ruler. |
Yankee | a native or inhabitant of a northern U.S. state, especially of one of the northeastern states that sided with the Union in the American Civil War. |
Blockade runner | a ship or person that passes through a blockade. |
Ironclad | covered or cased with iron plates, as a ship for naval warfare; armor-plated. |
Casualty | a member of the armed forces lost to service through death, wounds, sickness, capture, or because his or her whereabouts or condition cannot be determined. |
Emancipate | to free from restraint, influence, or the like. |
Ratify | to confirm by expressing consent, approval, or formal sanction |
Habeas corpus | a writ requiring a person to be brought before a judge or court, especially for investigation of a restraint of the person's liberty, used as a protection against illegal imprisonment. |
Draft | to do mechanical drawing |
Bounty | a premium or reward, especially one offered by a government |
Greenback | a U.S. legal-tender note, printed in green on the back since the Civil War, originally issued against the credit of the country and not against gold or silver on deposit. |
Inflation | a persistent, substantial rise in the general level of prices related to an increase in the volume of money and resulting in the loss of value of currency |
Entrenched | to place in a position of strength; establish firmly or solidly |
Total war | to place in a position of strength; establish firmly or solidly |