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Civil war vocab
Chapter 15/16 vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Sectionalism | Loyalty to one's own region or section. |
| Fugitive | A runaway. |
| Secede | Go away, withdraw, separate, rebel, revolt. |
| Abstain | Not to cast votes. |
| Popular Sovereignty | Allowing people to decide. |
| Border Ruffains | Missourians that traveled in armed groups. |
| Arsenal | A storage place for weapons and ammo. |
| Martyr | A person who dies for a great cause. |
| Secession | Withdrawal from the union. |
| States Rights | States can chose to enter the Union. |
| Border State | Slave states that bordered free states. |
| Blockade | Sealing off a certain place. |
| Offensive | On the attack . |
| Rebel | The confederate army. |
| Yankee | The Union army. |
| Blockade Runner | A vessel that tries to destroy a blockade. |
| Ironclad | A confederate warship that attack the Union in 1862. |
| Casualty | People killed or wounded. |
| Emancipate | To free all slaves in the south. |
| Ratify | To approve. |
| Habeas Corpus | Habeas corpus is a writ that is used to bring a party who has been criminally convicted in state court into federal court. |
| Draft | a preliminary version of a piece of writing. |
| Bounty | generosity; liberality. |
| Greenback | a dollar bill; a dollar. |
| Inflation | Increase in cost. |
| 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. |