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civil war
chapter 15 and 16 vocab
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Sectionalism | restriction of interest to a narrow sphere; undue concern with local interests or petty distinctions at the expense of general well-being |
Fugitive | a person who has escaped from a place or is in hiding, especially to avoid arrest or persecution |
Secede | withdraw formally from membership in a federal union, an alliance, or a political or religious organization. |
Abstain | formally decline to vote either for or against a proposal or motion |
Popular Sovereignty | Popular sovereignty or the sovereignty of the people's rule is the principle that the authority of a state and its government is created and sustained by the consent of its people, through their elected representatives |
Border ruffians | The Border Ruffians were pro-slavery activists from the slave state of Missouri, who in 1854 to 1860 crossed the state border into Kansas Territory, to force the acceptance of slavery there. |
Arsenal | a collection of weapons and military equipment stored by a country, person, or group |
Martyr | a person who is killed because of their religious or other beliefs. |
Secession | the action of withdrawing formally from membership of a federation or body, especially a political state. |
States rights | the rights and powers held by individual US states rather than by the federal government |
Border state | any of the slave states that bordered the northern free states during the US Civil War |
Blockade | an act or means of sealing off a place to prevent goods or people from entering or leaving |
Offensive | causing someone to feel deeply hurt, upset, or angry. |
Rebel | a person who rises in opposition or armed resistance against an established government or ruler. |
Yankee | a person who lives in, or is from, the US |
Blockade runner | an act or means of sealing off a place to prevent goods or people from entering or leaving |
Ironclad | a 19th-century warship with armor plating. |
Casualty | a person killed or injured in a war or accident. |
Emancipate | set free, especially from legal, social, or political restrictions |
Ratify | sign or give formal consent to (a treaty, contract, or agreement), making it officially valid |
Habeas coupes | a writ requiring a person under arrest to be brought before a judge or into court, especially to secure the person's release unless lawful grounds are shown for their detention |
Draft | a preliminary version of a piece of writing. |
Bounty | a monetary gift or reward, typically given by a government, in particular |
Greenback | a dollar bill; a dollar. |
Inflation | a general increase in prices and fall in the purchasing value of money |
Entrenched | (of an attitude, habit, or belief) firmly established and difficult or unlikely to change; ingrained. |
Total war | a war that is unrestricted in terms of the weapons used, the territory or combatants involved, or the objectives pursued, especially one in which the laws of war are disregarded |