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ss ch 17 vocab

Terms in this set (14)

border state
state on the border between the North and South: Delaware, Maryland, Kentucky, and Missouri.
Enlist
To formally join a military force
Tributary
Stream or smaller river that feeds into a larger river
Ironclad
A warship equipped with iron plating for protection
casualty
a soldier who is killed, wounded, captured, or missing in battle
Emancipation Proclamation
Decree issued by president Lincoln freeing enslaved people in those parts of the Confederacy still in rebellion on January 1, 1863
Habeas Corpus
A legal writ, or order, that guarantees a prisoner the right to be heard in court
Draft
A system of selecting people for required military service
bounty
reward or payment
Greenback
Paper money issued by the United States government
entrench
to place within a trench, or ditch, for defense; to place in a strong defensive position
Flank
The side or edge of a military formation
Resistance
Refusal to give in
Total War
A strategy of bringing war to the entire society, not just the military
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