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civil war vocab

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Border State   show
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show an act or means of sealing off a place to prevent goods or people from entering or leaving.  
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show causing someone to feel deeply hurt, upset, or angry.  
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Rebel   show
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Yankee   show
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Blockade runner   show
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show a 19th-century warship with armor plating.  
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show the relationship between cause and effect.  
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show set free, especially from legal, social, or political restrictions.  
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Ratify   show
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Habeas corpus   show
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show compulsory recruitment for military service  
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Bounty   show
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Greenback   show
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inflation   show
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show of an attitude, habit, or belief, firmly established and difficult or unlikely to change; ingrained.  
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show 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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Sectionalism   show
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Fugitive   show
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Secede   show
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Abstain   show
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show the authority of a government comes from the people, and the government is subject to their will.  
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show pro-slavery Missourians who crossed the border into Kansas Territory during the mid-19th century to influence territorial elections and ensure the territory entered the US as a slave state  
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show a collection of weapons and military equipment stored by a country, person, or group.  
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show the action of withdrawing formally from membership of a federation or body, especially a political state.  
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States rights   show
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