Chapter 15 Texas History Notes :)
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Blockade | to isolate a particular enemy area (as a harbor) by a warring nation using troops or warships to prevent the passage of supplies and people
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conscription | the forced enrollment of people into military service
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homespun | a coarse, loosely woven, homemade fabric
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ordinance | a local law
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perpetual | continuing forever
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preventive strike | an action taken to prevent a possible future attack
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quinine | a drug used for fighting malaria and other fevers
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secede | withdraw
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sovereignty | the state of being free from outside control; self-governing
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states' rights | the position that the federal government should not interfere with the states’ exercise of their constitutional powers
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Unionists | a person who supported the Union cause during the Civil War era
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vigilante | a member of a volunteer committee organized to punish criminals
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What were the 4 issues they disagreed on? | tariffs
states' rights
slavery
distribution of public lands
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where did slavery used to exist? | Northern states
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What did the northerners want to impose? | high tariff, a homestead act, and internal improvements
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More than how many Texans joined the Confederacy? | 60,000
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