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Civil War Vocabulary
Vocabulary words relating to the Civil War
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| 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 | restrain oneself from doing or enjoying something. |
| 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 |
| Border ruffians | 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. |
| 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 | an attacking military campaign. |
| Rebel | rise in opposition or armed resistance to an established government or ruler. |
| Yankee | a person who lives in, or is from, the US. |
| Blockade runner | 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 | 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 | compulsory recruitment for military service. |
| 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 | 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. |
Created by:
Matthew Terry
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