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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 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 is fleeing or trying to escape, especially from justice or danger. |
| Secede | withdraw formally from membership of a federal union, an alliance, or a political or religious organization. |
| Abstain | estrain oneself from doing or enjoying something; formally decline to vote either for or against a proposal or motion. |
| Popular Sovereignty | asserts that the authority of a government is derived from the consent of the people |
| Border ruffians | pro-slavery Missourians who crossed the border into the Kansas Territory to influence territorial elections and ensure it entered the Union as a slave state |
| Arsenal | a collection of weapons and military equipment stored by a country, person, or group. |
| Secession | the action of withdrawing formally from membership of a federation or body, especially a political state. |
| States rights | the rights and powers held by individual US states rather than by the federal government. |
| Border state | the physical demarcation between two different U.S. states |
| Blockade | an act or means of sealing off a place to prevent goods or people from entering or leaving. |
| Offensive | actively aggressive; attacking. |
| Rebel | a person who rises in opposition or armed resistance against an established government or ruler. |
| Yankee | people from the United States, particularly those from the northern states or New England. |
| Blockade runner | a merchant vessel that evades a naval blockade to transport goods, particularly during wartime |
| Ironclad | a 19th-century warship with armor plating. |
| Casualty | someone injured or killed in an accident or war, or someone or something that is harmed or destroyed as a result of an event |
| Emancipate | set free, especially from legal, social, or political restrictions. |
| Ratify | to formally approve or confirm something, usually a treaty, agreement, or law, making it legally binding. |
| Habeas corpus | a fundamental legal principle that ensures individuals are not held in custody unlawfully. |
| Draft | compulsory recruitment for military service. |
| Bounty | a reward, especially a reward offered for the capture or killing of someone or something. |
| Greenback | a dollar bill; a dollar. |
| Inflation | the rate of increase in prices over a given period of time. |
| Entrenched | (of an attitude, habit, or belief) firmly established and difficult or unlikely to change; ingrained. |
| Total war | 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. |
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