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A person who wanted to end slavery
What is Abolitionist?
To join
What is Enlist?
To set free
What is Emancipate?
State between the North and South that was divided over whether to remain in the Union or join the Confederacy
What is Border State?
Rule or control
What is Sovereignty?
A war between citizens of the same country
What is Civil war?
Withdrawl; To leave the Union
What is Secession?
The selection system for required military service
What is Draft?
An attempt to force surrender by blocking the movement of people or goods into or out of place; Military blockade
What is Siege?
To formally withdraw or break away from an organization, nation, alliance, or union
What is Secede?
A person who runs away from legal authority
What is Fugitive?
Soldier who is killed, wounded or captured
What is Casualty?
A person who dies or suffers for a cause
What is Martyr?
A ship covered with iron armor
What is Ironclad?
A legal process that prohibits the government from jailing anyone without lawful grounds
What is Habeas Corpus?