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Civil War
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Sectionalism | excessive regard for sectional or local interests; regional or local spirit, prejudice, etc. |
| Fugitive | a person who is fleeing, from prosecution, intolerable circumstances, etc.; a runaway: |
| Secede | to withdraw formally from an alliance, federation, or association, as from a political union, a religious organization, etc. |
| Abstain | to hold oneself back voluntarily, especially from something regarded as improper or unhealthy (usually followed by from) to refrain from casting one's vote |
| Popular Sovereignty | a doctrine, held chiefly by the opponents of the abolitionists, that the people living in a territory should be free of federal interference in determining domestic policy, especially with respect to slavery |
| Border ruffians | 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 place of storage or a magazine containing arms and military equipment for land or naval service. |
| Martyr | a person who willingly suffers death rather than renounce his or her religion a person who is put to death or endures great suffering on behalf of any belief, principle, or cause: |
| Secession | the withdrawal from the Union of 11 Southern states in the period 1860–61, which brought on the Civil War. |
| 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 | the isolating, closing off, or surrounding of a place, as a port, harbor, or city, by hostile ships or troops to prevent entrance or exit. any obstruction of passage or progress: |
| 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. an inhabitant of New England or one of the northern states. |
| Blockade Runner | a vessel that runs or attempts to run into or out of a blockaded port. the owner, master, or one of the crew of a blockade runner. |
| Ironclad | a 19th-century warship with armor plating |
| Casualty | a person killed or injured in a war or accident. |
| Emancipate | free from slavery. |
| Ratify | sign or give formal consent to (a treaty, contract, or agreement), making it officially valid. |
| Habeas Corpus | Habeas Corpus |
| Draft | a preliminary version of a piece of writing |
| Bounty | generosity; liberality. 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. |
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