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us history
Term | Definition |
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Sectionalism | Loyal to region |
Fugitive | Run away of trying to run away |
Secede | To leave or withdraw |
Abstain | To not take part in some activity such as voting |
Popular Sovereignty | Had to decide by voting if slavery would be allowed there |
Border Ruffians | Missourians who traveled in armed groups to vote in kansas elections. |
Arsenal | A storage place for weapons and ammunition. |
Martyr | A person how sacrifices his or her life for a principal or a cause |
Secession | Withdraw form the union |
States Rights | Rights and powers that the fed gov has reserved for the states by the constitution. |
Border State | The states between the north and south were divided by union and the confederacy. |
Blockade | Cut off an area by means troops or warships to stop supplies or people from coming or going to country to country |
Offensive | Position of attacking or the attack it self |
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 vessel |
Casualty | |
Emancipate | |
Ratify | |
Habeas corpus | |
Draft | |
Bounty | |
Greenback | |
Inflation | |
Entrenched | |
Total War |