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Civil War Vocabulary Unit 9
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Words to define FugitiveArsenalEmancipation Proclamation SecedeTributaries Border ruffiansState’s RightsHabeas Corpus Civil WarBorder StatesGreenbacks ConfederacyEmancipate
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Fugitive A person who is running away from legal authority
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secede To officially leave an organization
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Border ruffians An armed pro-slavery supporter who crossed the border from Missouri to vote in Kansas
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Civil War A conflict between citizens of the same country
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confederacy the states that separated from the United States during the Civil War made up the Confederacy
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Arsenal A place to store weapons and military equipment
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State's rights The idea that states should have all power that the Constitution does not give to the Federal government or forbid to the states
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Border states A state on the border between the North and the South. Delaware, Maryland, Kentucky, and Missouri.
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emancipate To free
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Emancipation Proclamation The decree issued by President Lincoln freeing enslaved people in those parts of the Confederacy still in the rebellion on January 1, 1863
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Tributaries A stream or smaller river that feeds into a larger river
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Habeas Corpus A legal writ, or order, that guarantees a prisoner the right to be heard in court
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Greenbacks Paper money issued by the United States government
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