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Old U.S. History
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Sectionalism | Sectionalism is loyalty to one's own region or section of the country, rather than to the country as a whole. |
| Fugitive | A person who has escaped from a place or is in hiding, especially to avoid arrest or persecution. |
| Secede | To withdraw formally from membership of a federal union. |
| Abstain | To choose to not to vote. |
| Popular Sovereignty | A law that makes all people equal by the government. |
| Border ruffians | The name applied to pro slavery activists. The territory to force the acceptance of slavery there. |
| Arsenal | A collection of weapons and military equipment stored by a country, person, or group. |
| Secession | the withdrawal of eleven southern states from the Union in 1860, leading to the Civil War. |
| States rights | The rights held by individual US states rather than by the federal government for slaves. |
| Border state | Any of the slave states that bordered the northern free states during the US Civil War. |
| Blockade | A blockade is an effort to cut off supplies, war material, or communications from a particular area by force. |
| Offensive | Going on defensive mode. (Military) |
| Rebel | A rise in opposition resistance to an established government. |
| Yankee | A person who lives in the US. |
| Blockade runner | A ship that manages to enter or leave a blockaded port. |
| Ironclad | A 19th-century warship with armor plating. |
| Casualty | A person killed or injured in a war or accident. |
| Emancipate | Free from slavery. |
| Ratify | 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. |
| Draft | Compulsory recruitment for military service. |
| Bounty | A sum paid to encourage trade. |
| Greenback | A dollar bill. |
| Inflation | Prices fall in the purchasing value of money. |
| Entrenched | A habit of belief, established and difficult or unlikely to change. |
| Total war | A war that is in terms of the weapons used, the territory or combatants involved, or the objectives pursued. |
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Samantha McGow
Popular U.S. History sets