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civil war
Term | Definition |
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Sectionalism | loyalty to a region |
fugitive | runaway or trying to run away |
secede | to leave or withdrawal |
abstain | to not take part in some activity, such as voting |
popular sovereignty | political theory that gov. is subject to the will of people |
border ruffians | Missourians who traveled in armed groups to vote Kansas' election during mid 1850s |
arsenal | a storage place for weapons and ammuntion |
martyr | a person who sacrifices his or her life for a principal or a cause |
secession | withdrawal from the union |
states rights | the states between the north and south that were divided over whether to stay with the union or the join the confederacy |
blockade | cut off an area by means of troops or warship to stop supplies or people from coming in or going out to close off a country ports |
offensive | position of attacking or attacking itself |
rebel | confederate soldier so called because of opposition to the established gov |
Yankee | Union solider |
blockade runner | ship that sails into and out of a blockaded area |
ironclad | armored naval vessel |
casualty | a military person killed wounded or captured |
emancipate | to free from slavery |
ratify | to give official approval to |
harbeas corpus | a legal order for for an inquiry to determine whether a person has been lawfully imprisoned |
draft | the selection of people for military service |
bounty | money given as a reward, such as to encourage enlistment in the army |
greenback | a peice of U.S paper money first issued by the north udring the civil war |
inflation | a general increase in prices |
entrenched | set up in a strong position |
total war | a war that is unrestricted in terms of the weapons used |