Civil War Word Scramble
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Term | Definition |
Sectionalism | Loyalty to region. |
Fugitive | A Runaway or a person trying to run away. |
Secede | To leave. |
Abstain | To not take part in some activity, such as voting. |
Popular Sovereignty | Political theory that government is subject to the will of the people. |
Border Ruffians | Missourians who traveled in armed groups to vote in Kansas' election during the mid-1850s. |
Arsenal | A storage place for weapons and ammunition. |
Martyr | A person who sacrifices his or her life for a principal or cost. |
Secession | Withdrawal from from the Union. |
States Rights | The rights and powers held by individual US states rather than by the federal government. |
Border State | Any of the slave states that bordered the northern free states during the US Civil War. |
Blockade | An act or means of sealing off a place to prevent goods or people from entering or leaving. |
Offensive | Position of attacking or the attack itself. |
Rebel | Confederate soldier, so called because of opposition to the established government. |
Yankee | A Union Soldier. |
Blockade Runner | A ship that sails into and out of a blockaded area. |
Ironclad | An armored naval vessel. |
Casualty | A military person killed, wounded or captured. |
Emancipate | To free from slavery. |
Ratify | To give official approval to. |
Habeas Corpus | A legal order for an inquiry to determine whether a person has been lawfully imprisoned. |
Draft | A preliminary version of a piece of writing. |
Bounty | A sum of money paid to entice enlistment in the military. |
Greenback | A dollar bill |
Inflation | An general increase in prices and fall in the purchasing value of money. |
Entrenched | To dig trenches for defensive purposes around (oneself, a military position, etc.). |
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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Layomi Akande
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