A Divided Nation Vocabulary

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The loyalty to a part of a nation or region, but not the nation as a whole.

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sectionalism

Front

the action or an act of abolishing a system, practice, or institution.

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abolition

Front

Withdrawal from the Union.

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Secession

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A type of strategy in which an army destroys its opponents ability of fighting by targeting civilian and economic as well as military resources

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Total War

Front

A Union Soldier

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Yankee

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A Confederate soldier, so called because of the opposition to the established government.

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Rebel

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To free from slavery

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Emancipation

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Enlistment required by law in the armed forces.

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Conscription

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Someone who is killed because of their beliefs

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Martyr

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Occurring or existing before a particular war, especially the American Civil War

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Antebellum