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CIVIL WAR
CHAPTER 15 & 16 VOCAB
Term | Definition |
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Sectionalism | excessive devotion to the interests of a particular region |
Fugitive | someone who is sought by law officers; someone trying to elude justice |
Secede | withdraw from an organization or communion |
Abstain | refrain from voting |
Popular Sovereighty | political theory that government is subject to the will of the people. |
Border Ruffians | Missourians who traveled in an armed group to vote in Kansas election during the mid 1850s |
Arsenal | all the weapons and equipment that a country has |
Martyr | one who voluntarily suffers death as the penalty for refusing to renounce their religion |
Secession | formal separation from an alliance or federation |
states Rights | the rights conceded to the states by the United States constitution |
Border States | States between the North and 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; to close off country's ports |
Offensive | Position of attacking or the attack itself |
Rebel | Confederate soldier,so called because of opposition to the established government. |
Yankee | Union Soldier |
Blockade Runner | Ship that sails into and out of a blockade area |
Ironclad | Armored naval vessels |
Casualty | A military person killed, wounded, or captured |
Emancipate | to free from slavery |
Ratify | to give official approval to |
Habeas Corpus | A legal order for an inquiry to determine whether a person a person has been lawfully imprisoned |
Draft | The section of person for military service |
Bounty | Money given as a reward,such as to encourage enlistment in the army. |
Greenback | A piece of U.S paper money first issue by the North during the Civil War |
Inflation | A continuous rise in the price of good and services |
Entrenched | Occupying a strong defensive position |
Total War | War on all aspects of the enemy's life |