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Civil War Vocab

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Sectionalism   show
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Fugitive   show
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Secede   show
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show To deliberately choose not to participate in something, such as voting.  
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show The principle that the people living in a territory should have the right to decide by voting if slavery would be allowed there.  
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Border ruffians   show
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Aresenal   show
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Secession   show
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States rights   show
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show During the Civil War, a slave state that did not secede from the Union (e.g., Kentucky, Missouri, Maryland, Delaware).  
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Blockade   show
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show A major military attack, or the act of actively attacking rather than defending.  
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Rebel   show
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Yankee   show
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show A ship that tries to slip past a blockade to deliver goods or supplies.  
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Ironclad   show
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show A person killed, wounded, or missing in action during a war or accident.  
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Empanicate   show
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Ratify   show
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Habeas corpus   show
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show The system of requiring people to serve in the military, usually through a lottery or selection process.  
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show A reward or payment, often given as an incentive for enlisting in the military or capturing someone.  
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Greenback   show
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Inflation   show
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show Firmly established and difficult to change; in military terms, placed in a strong defensive position, often protected by trenches.  
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show A strategy of war in which all resources and people are mobilized for the war effort, and civilian as well as military targets may be attacked.  
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