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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 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 of a federal union, an alliance, or a political or religious organization. |
| Abstain | normally decline to vote either for or against a proposal or motion. |
| Popular Sovereignty | is the principle that the authority of a state and its government are created and sustained by the consent of its people. |
| Border ruffians | In Kansas, Border Ruffians was the name applied to 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 | |
| Secession | |
| States rights | |
| Border state | |
| Blockade | |
| Offensive | |
| Rebel | |
| Yankee | |
| Blockade runner | |
| Ironclad | |
| Casualty | |
| Emancipate | |
| Ratify | |
| Habeas corpus | |
| Draft | |
| Bounty | |
| Greenback | |
| Inflation | |
| Entrenched | |
| Total war |