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History Vocab 15/16
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Popular sovereignty | Idea that political power belongs to the people |
| Secede | Formally withdraw from the Union |
| Confederate States of America | Also called Confederacy |
| Implications | Things that are inferred or deduced |
| Complex | Difficult, not simple |
| Border States | Slave states that didn't join the Confederacy |
| Cotton Diplomacy | The idea that Great Britain would support the Confederacy because it needed the South's raw cotton to supply its booming textile industry |
| Ironclads | Ships heavily armored with iron |
| Emancipation | Freeing of slaves |
| Contrabands | Escaped slaves who joined the Union Army in SC |
| Copperheads | Midwesterners that sympathized with the South and opposed abolition |
| Habeas Corpus | Constitutional protection against unlawful imprisonment |
| Total War | Destroying civilian and economic resources |
| Innovation | New idea or way of doing something |
| Execute | To perform, carry out |