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Civil War Vocab

TermDefinition
Sectionalism the intense loyalty to one's own region or section of the country, rather than to the country as a whole
Fugitive an enslaved person who had escaped from their owner.
Secede to formally withdraw or separate from a political union
Abstain to choose not to do or have something
Popular Sovereignty the principle that residents of a territory, not the federal government, should decide whether or not to permit slavery within their borders
Border ruffians proslavery Missourians who crossed into Kansas Territory, primarily between 1854 and 1860, to influence elections and force slavery on the territory
Arsenal a place where weapons and military equipment were stored or manufactured
Secession the act of eleven Southern states withdrawing from the Union, primarily due to the issue of slavery and states' rights, and forming their own government, the Confederate States of America
States rights slave-holding states that remained loyal to the Union despite their proximity to the Confederacy
Border state slave-holding states that remained loyal to the Union despite their proximity to the Confederacy
Blockade a military strategy where one party, typically a nation, restricts the entry of goods or the exit of people and goods from a defined area, most often a port or coast controlled by an enemy
Offensive a military operation involving an aggressive push by armed forces to achieve a goal, like occupying territory, gaining an objective, or winning a battle.
Rebel primarily refers to the people, especially soldiers, fighting for the Confederate States of America
Yankee a soldier or civilian from the Union (northern) side of the conflict
Blockade runner a warship with a wooden hull covered in iron or steel armor plates
Ironclad a warship with a wooden hull covered in iron or steel armor plates
Casualty a military person lost through death, wounds, injury, sickness, internment, capture, or through being missing in action
Emancipate the act of freeing enslaved people from bondage
Ratify the process by which the U.S. Constitution was amended following the war, particularly the Thirteenth, Fourteenth, and Fifteenth Amendments
Habeas corpus the right of any person to appear before a court to ensure their detention is lawful
Draft the conscription laws implemented by both the Union and Confederate governments to raise troops for the war effort
Bounty program of cash bonuses paid to entice enlistees into the army
Greenback the paper currency issued by the Union government to finance the war effort
Inflation the depreciation of the currency, particularly the paper money issued by both the Union and Confederacy to finance the war
Entrenched a military position that is fortified by digging trenches or other earthworks for defense
Total war a military position that is fortified by digging trenches or other earthworks for defense
 

 



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