Ch 15 & 16 vocab
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| Sectionalism | loyalty to a region
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| Fugitive | runaway or trying to run away
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| Secede | to leave or withdraw
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| Abstain | to not take part in some activity, such as voting
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| Popular Sovereignty | political theory that government is subject to the will of the people;before the Civil War, the idea that people living in a territory had the right to decide by voting if slavery would be allowed there.
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| Border ruffians | Missourians who traveled in armed groups to vote in Kansas's election during the mid-1850s
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| Arsenal | a storage place for weapons and ammunition
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| Martyr | a person who sacrifices his or her life for a principle or cause
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| Martyr | a person who sacrifices his or her life for a principle or cause
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| Secession | withdrawal from the Union
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| Border state | the states between the North and the South that were divided over whether to stay in the Union or join the Confederacy
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| States rights | rights and power independent of the federal government that are reserved for the states by the Constitution; the belief that states' rights supersede federal rights and law
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| Blockade | cut off an area by means of troops or warships to stop supplies or people from coming in or going out; to close off a country's ports
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| Border state | the states between the North and the South that were divided over whether to stay in the Union or join the Confederacy
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| Offensive |
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| Arsenal | a storage place for weapons and ammunition
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| Offensive |
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| Martyr | a person who sacrifices his or her life for a principle or cause
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| Secession | withdrawal from the Union
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| States rights | rights and power independent of the federal government that are reserved for the states by the Constitution; the belief that states' rights supersede federal rights and law
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| Border state | the states between the North and the South that were divided over whether to stay in the Union or join the Confederacy
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| Blockade | cut off an area by means of troops or warships to stop supplies or people from coming in or going out; to close off a country's ports
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| Arsenal | a storage place for weapons and ammunition
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| Martyr | a person who sacrifices his or her life for a principle or cause
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| Secession | withdrawal from the Union
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| Blockade | cut off an area by means of troops or warships to stop supplies or people from coming in or going out; to close off a country's ports
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| Offensive | position of attacking or the attack itself
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| Rebel | Confederate soldier, so called because of opposition to the established government
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| Yankee | Union soldier
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| Blockade runner | ship that sails into and out of a blockaded area
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| Ironclad | armored naval vessel
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| Casualty | a military person killed, wounded, or captured
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| Emancipate | to free from slavery
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| Ratify | to give official approval to
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| Habeas corpus | a legal order for an inquiry to determine whether a person has been lawfully imprisoned
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| Draft | the selection of persons for military services
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| Bounty | payments to volunteers who enlist in the army
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| Greenback | northern paper money
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| Inflation | general increase in prices
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| Entrenched | set up in a strong position
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| Total war | Sherman's march to Savannah, Georgia
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