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Civil War Vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| 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 | is the principle that the authority of a state and its government is created and sustained by the consent of its people, through their elected representatives |
| Border ruffians | pro-slavery activists from the slave state of Missouri, |
| 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 | seal off (a place) to prevent goods or people from entering or leaving. |
| Offensive | actively aggressive; attacking |
| Rebel | a person who rises in opposition or armed resistance against an established government or ruler. |
| Yankee | someone from the north |
| 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 | compulsory recruitment for military service. |
| Bounty | a sum paid to encourage trade. |
| 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. |
| Sectionalism | undue concern with local interests or petty distinctions at the expense of general well-being. |
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