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Chapter 8
U.S HTY Vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Causalities | Soldiers unable to fight due to death, injury, capture or other reasons |
| Draft | The act of requiring people to serve in the military |
| Enlist | To join the military |
| Ironclads | Wooden ships covered in metal armor |
| Popular Sovereignty | The idea that citizens of a state or territory should choose whether to practice slavery |
| Pardon | To officially excuse a crime without punishment |
| Secede | To leave or quit |
| Sharecropping | The practice of a landowners paying farmers by letting them keep some of the crops that they grow |
| Siege | A strategy of forcing a fortified place to surrender by surrounding it and waiting for the people to run out of food and supplies |
| Strategy | A method or system for achieving a goal |