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Sectionalism | restriction of interest to 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 | restrain oneself from doing or enjoying something |
Popular sovereignty | Image result for Popular Sovereigntywww.thinglink.com Popular sovereignty or the sovereignty of the people's rule, is the principle that the authority of a state and its government |
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 |
arsenal | a collection of weapons and military equipment stored by a country, person, or group. |
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 | southern solder in the civil war` |
Yankee | northern solder in the civil war |
Blockade runner | a vessel that runs or attempts to run into or out of a blockaded port. |
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 corpus | 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 sum paid for killing or capturing a person or animal. |
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. |