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Civil War
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| sectionalism | excessive regard for sectional or social interests |
| fugitive | a person that is fleeing from prosecution |
| secede | to formally withdraw from an alliance |
| abstain | to hold oneself voluntarily |
| popular sovereignity | the doctrine that sovereign power is vested in the people and that those chosen to govern, as trustees of such power, must exercise it in conformity with the general will |
| border ruffians | 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 place of storage or a magazine containing arms and military equipment for land or naval service |
| secession | the act of seceding |
| states rights | the rights belonging to the various states |
| border state | the slave states of Delaware, Maryland, Kentucky, and Missouri that refused to secede from the union |
| blockade | the isolating, closing off, or surrounding of a place, as a port, harbor, or city, by hostile ships or troops to prevent entrance or exit |
| offensive | offense or attack |
| rebel | a person who refuses allegiance to, resists, or rises in arms against the government or ruler of his or her country |
| yankee | a native or inhabitant of the united states |
| blockade runner | a ship or person that passes through a blockade |
| ironclad | a ship for naval warfare covered in iron plates |
| casualty | someone injured or killed in an accident |
| emancipate | to free from restraint |
| ratify | to confirm by expressing consent |
| habeas corpus | a writ requiring a person to be brought before a judge or court |
| draft | a first or preliminary form of any writing, subject to revision, copying |
| bounty | a premium or reward, especially one offered by a government |
| greenback | a U.S. legal-tender note, printed in green on the back since the Civil War |
| inflation | a persistent, substantial rise in the general level of prices related to an increase in the volume of money and resulting in the loss of value of currency |
| entrenched | to place in a position of strength |
| total war | a war in which every available weapon is used and the nation's full financial resources are devoted |
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