Chapter 15 Vocabulary
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11 terms
Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 sectionalism | an exaggerated loyalty to a particular region of the country |
| fugitive | a runaway (slave) |
| secede | leave (a country) |
| abstain | not to cast votes |
| popular sovereignty | allowing the people to decide |
| border ruffians | Missourians who traveled in armed groups to vote in Kansas's election during the mid-1850's |
| civil war | a conflict between citizens of the same country |
| arsenal | a storage place for weapons and amunition (Harpers Ferry, Virginia) |
| martyr | a person who dies for a great cause |
| secession | withdrawal from the Union |
| states' rights | belief that because the states created the United States, individual states have the power to nullify federal laws |
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