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Civil War

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Definition
sectionalism   excessive regard for sectional or social interests  
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fugitive   a person that is fleeing from prosecution  
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secede   to formally withdraw from an alliance  
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abstain   to hold oneself voluntarily  
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popular sovereignity   the doctrine that sovereign power is vested in the people and that those chosen to govern, as trustees of such power, must exercise it in conformity with the general will  
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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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secession   the act of seceding  
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states rights   the rights belonging to the various states  
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border state   the slave states of Delaware, Maryland, Kentucky, and Missouri that refused to secede from the union  
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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  
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offensive   offense or attack  
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rebel   a person who refuses allegiance to, resists, or rises in arms against the government or ruler of his or her country  
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yankee   a native or inhabitant of the united states  
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blockade runner   a ship or person that passes through a blockade  
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ironclad   a ship for naval warfare covered in iron plates  
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casualty   someone injured or killed in an accident  
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emancipate   to free from restraint  
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ratify   to confirm by expressing consent  
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habeas corpus   a writ requiring a person to be brought before a judge or court  
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draft   a first or preliminary form of any writing, subject to revision, copying  
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bounty   a premium or reward, especially one offered by a government  
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greenback   a U.S. legal-tender note, printed in green on the back since the Civil War  
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inflation   a persistent, substantial rise in the general level of prices related to an increase in the volume of money and resulting in the loss of value of currency  
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entrenched   to place in a position of strength  
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total war   a war in which every available weapon is used and the nation's full financial resources are devoted  
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