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Civil War Vocab
| Sectionalism | Answer |
|---|---|
| Sectionalism | : an exaggerated devotion to the interests of a region |
| Fugitive | : running away or intending flight |
| Secede | : to withdraw from an organization (such as a religious communion or political party or federation) |
| Abstain | : to choose not to do or have something : |
| Popular Sovereignty | : a doctrine in political theory that government is created by and subject to the will of the people |
| Border ruffians | : one of a group of proslavery Missourians who used to cross the border into Kansas to vote illegally, make raids, and intimidate the antislavery settlers |
| Arsenal | a : an establishment for the manufacture or storage of arms and military equipment |
| Border state | a : a state (such as Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, Kentucky, or Missouri) bordering on an antislavery state and favoring slavery before the Civil War |
| Blockade | : to subject to a blockade |
| Offensive | making attack |
| Rebel | a : opposing or taking arms against a government or ruler |
| Yankee | a : a native or inhabitant of New England |
| Blockade runner | : a ship or person that runs through a blockade |
| Ironclad | : sheathed in iron armor —used especially of naval vessels |
| Casualty | losses that befall them by mere casualty — Sir Walter Raleigh |
| Emancipate | : to free from restraint, control, or the power of another; especially : to free from bondage |
| Ratify | : to approve and sanction formally |
| Habeas corpus | : any of several common-law writs issued to bring a party before a court or judge; |
| Draft | a : the act of drawing or pulling in a net |
| Bounty | : something that is given generously nature's bounty |
| Greenback | : a legal-tender note issued by the U.S. government |
| Inflation | : an act of inflating : a state of being inflated: such as |
| Entrenched | a : to place within or surround with a trench especially for defense |
| 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. |
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