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by: niranjana magesh

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Sectionalism   a belief where your sections issues is more important then the others  
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Fugitive   a wanted person who escaped from something and is most likely avoiding arrest  
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Secede   withdraw from something (union)  
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Abstain   stopping yourself from doing or enjoying something  
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Popular Sovereignty   government is created and has all political power run by elected people  
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Border ruffians   pro-slavery activist who crossed the border of kansas to force acceptence of slavery.  
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Arsenal   weapons and military equipment stored by someone  
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Secession   withdrawing from something (political state)  
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States rights   individual US state holding all the rights and powers rather then a Federal government  
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Border state   slave states that bordered the northern free states  
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Blockade   selling a place to prevent goods or from people entering or leaving  
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Offensive   causing someone to feel hurt, upset, angry, etc...  
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Rebel   someone who's in opposition of a rule or leader  
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Yankee   person who's from the US  
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Blockade runner   vessel that attempts to run into or out of a blockaded port  
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Ironclad   something protected with iron  
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Casualty   someone killed or injured in a war or accident  
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Emancipate   set free from legal restrictions  
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Ratify   give or sign a agreement making it official  
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Habeas corpus   requiring a judge to the person being arrested to securer persons release, unless lawful grounds are shown  
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Draft   introductory version of a piece of writing  
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Bounty   amount of money paid for capturing or killing someone or animal  
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Greenback   dollar bill  
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Inflation   inflating something  
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Entrenched   belief established and unlikely to change  
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Total war   war that is unrestricted because the laws of war are disregarded.  
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