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  • To withdraw from a group or nation
    impressment
    secession
    traitor
  • secession
    confederate
    traitor
    withdrawal (leave)
  • a belief in the 1850’s stating that the people living in a newly organized territory can decide whether or not slavery would be permitted there
    dictatorship
    soverignty
    democracy
    popular sovereignty
  • system of selecting people for required military service
    impressment
    secession
    draft
  • a place to store weapons and military equipment
    storage house
    arsenal
    military arms facility
  • strategy of bringing war to the entire society, not just the military.
    aggressive war
    total war
    defensive war
  • a conflict between citizens of the same country
    world war
    civil war
    civil hostilities
  • statement made by President Lincoln on January 1, 1863 stating that the slaves in the rebelling southern states are free
    Declaration of Independence
    Proclamation of Freedom
    Emancipation Proclamation
  • a person who is running away from a legal authority
    fugitive
    abolotionist
    martyr
  • The theory that individual states are independent and have the right to control most important affairs for their state
    state's rights
    popular sovereignty
    civil hostilities
  • a person who dies for a cause
    soldier
    traitor
    martyr
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