civil war vocab Word Scramble

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Term	Definition
Border State	The physical demarcation between two different U.S. states
Blockade	an act or means of sealing off a place to prevent goods or people from entering or leaving.
Offensive	causing someone to feel deeply hurt, upset, or angry.
Rebel	a person who rises in opposition or armed resistance against an established government or ruler.
Yankee	an inhabitant of New England or one of the northern states.
Blockade runner	a ship that manages to enter or leave a blockaded port.
Ironclad	a 19th-century warship with armor plating.
causality	the relationship between cause and effect.
Emancipate	set free, especially from legal, social, or political restrictions.
Ratify	sign or give formal consent to (a treaty, contract, or agreement), making it officially valid.
Habeas corpus	a writ requiring a person under arrest to be brought before a judge or into court, especially to secure the person's release unless lawful grounds are shown for their detention.
Draft	compulsory recruitment for military service
Bounty	a sum paid to encourage trade.
Greenback	a dollar bill; a dollar.
inflation	a general increase in prices and fall in the purchasing value of money.
Entrenched	of an attitude, habit, or belief, firmly established and difficult or unlikely to change; ingrained.
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.
Sectionalism	restriction of interest to a narrow sphere; undue concern with local interests or petty distinctions at the expense of general well-being.
Fugitive	a person who has escaped from a place or is in hiding, especially to avoid arrest or persecution.
Secede	withdraw formally from membership of a federal union, an alliance, or a political or religious organization.
Abstain	formally decline to vote either for or against a proposal or motion.
Popular Sovereignty	the authority of a government comes from the people, and the government is subject to their will.
Border ruffians	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
Arsenal	a collection of weapons and military equipment stored by a country, person, or group.
Secession	the action of withdrawing formally from membership of a federation or body, especially a political state.
States rights	the rights and powers held by individual US states rather than by the federal government.

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