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civil war vocab
| Word | Def |
|---|---|
| Fugitive | Person who is running away from legal authority. |
| Border State | State between North and South that was divided over whether to remain in the Union or join the Confederacy: Delaware, Maryland, Kentucky, and Missouri. |
| Bounty | Reward or payment. |
| Draft | A system of selecting people for required military service. |
| Inflation | When it takes more and more money to buy the same amount of goods; a continuous rise in prices of goods and services. |
| Casualty | A solider who is killed, wounded, captured, or missing in battle. |
| Sectionalism | Rivalry based on the special interests of different areas. |
| Secede | To withdraw or break away from a nation or organization; to officially leave an organization |
| Abstain | To refrain deliberately and often with an effort of self-denial from an action or practice. |
| Popular Sovereignty | The belief that government is subject to the will of the people |
| Border ruffians | A group of pro-slavery Missourians during the period from 1854 until the beginning of the Civil War who used to cross the border into Kansas to vote illegally, make raids, and intimidate the antislavery settlers. |
| Arsenal | A place to store weapons and military equipment. |
| Secession | Withdrawal; to leave the Union |
| States rights | The idea that states should have all powers that the Constitution does not give to the federal government or forbid to the states; theory that individual states are independent and have the right to control their most important affairs. |
| Blockade | Actions that keep a country from communicating and trading with other nations. |
| Offensive | Causing someone to feel deeply hurt, upset, or angry. |
| Rebel | Open defiance of authority. |
| Yankee | A term used by Southerners to describe their rivals from the Union, or northern, side of the conflict. |
| Blockade runner | A merchant vessel used for evading a naval blockade of a port or strait. |
| Ironclad | A warship equipped with iron plating for protection |
| Emancipate | To free from restraint, control, or the power of another. |
| Ratify | To vote approval of. |
| Habeas corpus | Court order that requires police to bring a prisoner to court to explain why they are holding the person. |
| Greenback | A slang term for U.S. dollars. |
| Entrenched | To place within a trench, or ditch, for defense; to place in a strong defensive position |
| Total war | A strategy of bringing war to the entire society, not just the military. |
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