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Civil War Vocab

TermDefinition
Sectionalism An exaggerated devotion to the interests of a region over those of a country as a whole.
Fugitive A person who is fleeing from custody, such as from jail, government arrest, or legal questioning.
Secede To formally withdraw from a political entity, such as a state or nation.
Abstain To choose not to do something on purpose, such as refraining from voting or participating in a decision.
Popular Sovereignty The idea that the government is authorized by citizens and influenced by their will; specifically, it refers to the policy that new U.S. territories could decide for themselves whether to allow slavery.
Border ruffians Pro slavery raiders from Missouri who crossed into Kansas Territory to influence whether Kansas would enter the Union as a slave state, often using violence and fraud.
Arsenal A building or place where weapons and military equipment are made or stored, or a collection of weapons.
Secession The formal withdrawal of a group from a political entity, such as a state or nation.
States rights The rights of individual states to pass and enforce laws and operate independently of the federal government, within constitutional limits.
Border state During the American Civil War, these were slave states that remained in the Union (Delaware, Maryland, Kentucky, Missouri, and West Virginia.
Blockade A military operation that prevents or blocks the flow of goods or people into or out of a specific area, often as an act of war.
Offensive A large military attack or an action designed for attacking an enemy; also, relating to the way players try to score in a game.
Rebel A person who resists or rises up against a government or authority, often by force.
Yankee A term used to refer to people from the northern United States, especially Union soldiers during the Civil War.
Blockade runner A ship or person that attempts to evade a blockade to deliver goods or messages (inferred from context and common usage).
Ironclad A warship covered with protective iron plates (inferred from common historical usage).
Casualty A person killed, wounded, or missing in action during a war or disaster (inferred from common usage).
Emancipate To set free, especially from legal, social, or political restrictions such as slavery (inferred from common usage).
Ratify To formally approve or confirm something, such as a treaty or amendment (inferred from common usage).
Habeas corpus A legal principle that protects against unlawful detention by requiring a person under arrest to be brought before a judge or court (inferred from common legal usage).
Draft The system of selecting individuals for compulsory military service (inferred from common usage).
Bounty A reward, often monetary, offered for the capture of a person or completion of a task (inferred from common usage).
Greenback A slang term for paper currency issued by the U.S. during the Civil War (inferred from common historical usage).
Inflation A general increase in prices and fall in the purchasing value of money (inferred from common usage).
Entrenched Firmly established and difficult to change; in military terms, placed in a strong defensive position (inferred from common usage).
Total war A war strategy that involves mobilizing all of a society's resources-economic, political, and civilian-as well as military, toward the war effort (inferred from common usage).
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