"The Americans: Reconstruction to the 21st Century," Vocabulary from Chapter 4

This list focuses on the Union in peril (Unit 1, Chapter 4).

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  1. secession
    formal separation from an alliance or federation
  2. popular
    representing or appealing to the people at large
  3. sovereignty
    government free from external control
  4. fugitive
    someone who flees from an uncongenial situation
  5. debate
    a discussion with reasons for and against some proposal
  6. confederacy
    a union of political organizations
  7. blockade
    a war measure isolating an area of importance to the enemy
  8. tactics
    branch of military science dealing with detailed maneuvers
  9. casualty
    someone injured or killed in a military engagement
  10. conscription
    compulsory military service
  11. desert
    leave in order to join an opposing cause, country, or army
  12. sympathizer
    someone who shares your feelings or opinions
  13. habeas corpus
    the right to a writ protecting against illegal imprisonment
  14. income
    the amount of money one makes over a period of time
  15. percentage
    a proportion in relation to a whole
  16. armistice
    a state of peace agreed to between opponents
  17. civil war
    a war between factions in the same country
  18. amendment
    a statement that is added to a proposal or document
  19. assassinate
    murder; especially of socially prominent persons
  20. reconstruction
    the activity of building something again
  21. bureau
    an administrative unit of government
  22. amnesty
    a warrant granting release from punishment for an offense
  23. radical
    a person who has revolutionary ideas or opinions
  24. sharecropper
    a tenant farmer who owes a portion of each harvest for rent
  25. vigilante
    a person who takes the law into his or her own hands
Created on Wed Nov 16 11:54:12 EST 2016 (updated Thu Nov 17 13:04:05 EST 2016)

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