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Civil War
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Sectionalism | excessive regards for local interests, regional or local spirit, prejudice. |
| Fugitive | A person who is fleeing, from prosecution, |
| secede | to withdraw formally from an alliance |
| Abstain | to refrain from casting one's vote |
| popular sovereignty | the authority of a state and its government is created and sustained by the consent of its people, through their elected representatives |
| border ruffians | They were pro-slave activists from the state of Missouri, who in 1845- 1860 crossed the state border in Kansas to force people to accept slavery |
| arsenal | a collection of weapons and military equipment stored by a country, person etc. |
| secession | the action of withdrawing formally from a membership of a federation or body , especially a political state |
| state rights | political powers reserved for the state governments rather than the federal government according to the United States constitution |
| Border state | any of the states that bordered the northern free states during the Civil War |
| Blockade | to seal of a place to stop goods or people from entering. |
| offensive | an attacking military campaign |
| Rebel | rise in opposition against an established government or power |
| Yankee | a person who lives in or is from the U.S |
| Blockade runner | a vessel that runs or attempts to run in to a blockaded area |
| ironclad | covered or protected from iron |
| casualty | a person killed or hurt in a war or accident |
| emancipate | set free from |
| ratify | sign or give formal consent (treaty, contract or agreement) to make it valid |
| Habeas corpus | a writ requiring a person who is arrested to be brought before a court or judge, especially to secure the person'd release unless lawful grounds are shown for their detention. |
| draft | a preliminary draft of something or piece of writing. |
| Bounty | a sum paid to encourage trade |
| greenback | a dollar bill (another name or it) |
| inflation | a general increase in the prices and fall in the purchasing value of money |
| entrenched | a habit or belief firmly established and unlikely to change |
| total war | war - unrestricted 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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