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Civil War

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Sectionalism   excessive regard for sectional or local interests; regional or local spirit, prejudice, etc.  
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Fugitive   a person who is fleeing, from prosecution, intolerable circumstances, etc.; a runaway:  
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Secede   to withdraw formally from an alliance, federation, or association, as from a political union, a religious organization, etc.  
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Abstain   to hold oneself back voluntarily, especially from something regarded as improper or unhealthy (usually followed by from) to refrain from casting one's vote  
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Popular Sovereignty   a doctrine, held chiefly by the opponents of the abolitionists, that the people living in a territory should be free of federal interference in determining domestic policy, especially with respect to slavery  
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Border ruffians   pro-slavery activists from the slave state of Missouri, who in 1854 to 1860 crossed the state border into Kansas Territory, to force the acceptance of slavery there.  
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Arsenal   a place of storage or a magazine containing arms and military equipment for land or naval service.  
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Martyr   a person who willingly suffers death rather than renounce his or her religion a person who is put to death or endures great suffering on behalf of any belief, principle, or cause:  
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Secession   the withdrawal from the Union of 11 Southern states in the period 1860–61, which brought on the Civil War.  
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States Rights   the rights and powers held by individual US states rather than by the federal government.  
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Border State   any of the slave states that bordered the northern free states during the US Civil War.  
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Blockade   the isolating, closing off, or surrounding of a place, as a port, harbor, or city, by hostile ships or troops to prevent entrance or exit. any obstruction of passage or progress:  
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Offensive   causing someone to feel deeply hurt, upset, or angry.  
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Rebel   a person who rises in opposition or armed resistance against an established government or ruler  
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Yankee   a person who lives in, or is from, the US. an inhabitant of New England or one of the northern states.  
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Blockade Runner   a vessel that runs or attempts to run into or out of a blockaded port. the owner, master, or one of the crew of a blockade runner.  
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Ironclad   a 19th-century warship with armor plating  
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Casualty   a person killed or injured in a war or accident.  
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Emancipate   free from slavery.  
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Ratify   sign or give formal consent to (a treaty, contract, or agreement), making it officially valid.  
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Habeas Corpus   Habeas Corpus  
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Draft   a preliminary version of a piece of writing  
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Bounty   generosity; liberality. a monetary gift or reward, typically given by a government, in particular.  
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Greenback   a dollar bill; a dollar  
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Inflation   a general increase in prices and fall in the purchasing value of money.  
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Entrenched   (of an attitude, habit, or belief) firmly established and difficult or unlikely to change; ingrained.  
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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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