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What is Sectionalism? | Sectionalism is the restriction of interest to a narrow sphere; undue concern with local interests or petty distinctions at the expense of general well-being. |
What is a Fugitive? | A fugitive is a person who has escaped from a place or is in hiding, especially to avoid arrest or persecution. |
What does it mean to Secede? | To secede means to withdraw formally from membership of a federal union, an alliance, or a political or religious organization. |
What does Abstain mean? | To abstain means to restrain oneself from doing or enjoying something. |
What is Popular Sovereignty? | |
What are 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. |
What does Arsenal mean? | An arsenal is a collection of weapons and military equipment stored by a country, person, or group. |
What is Succession? | Succession is a number of people or things sharing a specified characteristic and following one after the other. |
What are State Rights? | In American political discourse, states' rights are political powers held for the state governments rather than the federal government according to the United States Constitution. |
What is a Border State? | A border state is any of the slave states that bordered the northern free states during the US Civil War. |
What is a Blockade? | A blockade is an act or means of sealing off a place to prevent goods or people from entering or leaving. |
What does Offensive mean? | Offensive means to be actively aggressive; attacking. |
What is a Rebel? | A rebel is a person who rises in opposition or armed resistance against an established government or ruler. |
What is a Yankee? | A yankee is a person who lives in, or is from, the US. |
What is a Blockade Runner? | A blockade runner is a ship that manages to enter or leave a blockaded port. |
What does Ironclad mean? | Ironclad means to be covered or protected with iron. |
What is a Casualty? | A casualty is a person killed or injured in a war or accident. |
What is Emancipation? | Emancipation is the fact or process of being set free from legal, social, or political restrictions; liberation. |
What does Ratify mean? | To ratify a document means to sign or give formal consent to (a treaty, contract, or agreement), making it officially valid. |
What is Habeas Corpus? | Habeas Corpus is 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. |
What does it mean to Draft someone? | To draft someone into the army means to draw them into service, or make them serve. |
What is a Bounty? | A bounty is a sum paid for killing or capturing a person or animal. |
What were Greenbacks? | Greenbacks were the form of currency used during the Civil War. |
What is Inflation? | Inflation is the action of inflating something or the condition of being inflated. |
What does Entrenched mean? | Entrenched means of an attitude, habit, or belief) firmly established and difficult or unlikely to change; ingrained |
What is Total War? | Total war is 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. |