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FREE AND STUDY GAMES ABOUT VOCAB 15 AND 16 EXAM
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Question 1: Popular Sovereignty
Answer:
the people's rule is the principle that the authority of a state and its government is created and sustained by the consent of its people
Question 2: Border state
Answer:
any of the slave states that bordered the northern free states during the US Civil War.
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Question 4: Abstain
Answer:
restrain oneself from doing or enjoying something.
Question 5: Yankee
Answer:
a person who lives in, or is from, the US.
Question 6: Blockade
Answer:
an act or means of sealing off a place to prevent goods or people from entering or leaving.
Question 7: Blockade runner
Answer:
a vessel that runs or attempts to run into or out of a blockaded port.
Question 8: Casualty
Answer:
a person killed or injured in a war or accident.
Question 9: Inflation
Answer:
the action of inflating something or the condition of being inflated.
Question 10: Greenback
Answer:
a dollar bill; a dollar.
Question 11: Entrenched
Answer:
(of an attitude, habit, or belief) firmly established and difficult or unlikely to change; ingrained.
Question 12: Secede
Answer:
withdraw formally from membership in a federal union, an alliance, or a political or religious organization.
Question 13: Border ruffians
Answer:
pro-slavery activists from the slave state of Missouri
Question 14: States rights
Answer:
the rights and powers held by individual US states rather than by the federal government.
Question 15: Martyr
Answer:
a person who is killed because of their religious or other beliefs.
Question 16: Ironclad
Answer:
covered or protected with iron.
Question 17: Fugitive
Answer:
a person who has escaped from a place or is in hiding, especially to avoid arrest or persecution.
Question 18: Rebel
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a person who rises in opposition or armed resistance against an established government or ruler.
Question 19: Bounty
Answer:
generosity; liberality.
Question 20: Sectionalism
Answer:
restriction of interest to a narrow sphere; undue concern with local interests or petty distinctions at the expense of general well-being.
Question 21: Offensive
Answer:
causing someone to feel deeply hurt, upset, or angry.
Question 22: Habeas corpus
Answer:
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.
Question 23: Secession
Answer:
the action of withdrawing formally from membership of a federation or body, especially a political state.
Question 24: Ratify
Answer:
sign or give formal consent to (a treaty, contract, or agreement), making it officially valid.
Question 25: Emancipate
Answer:
set free, especially from legal, social, or political restrictions.
Question 26: Draft
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a preliminary version of a piece of writing.
Question 27: Arsenal
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a collection of weapons and military equipment stored by a country, person, or group.
Question 28: Total war
Answer:
a war in which every available weapon is used and the nation's full financial resources are devoted
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