Sectionalism/Civil War Vocabulary

Loyalty to a region or section of the country, instead of to the country as a whole.

• Nationalism

• Sectionalism

• Popular Sovereignty

• Union

The act of separating something into parts.

• Division

• Address

• Confederate

• Secede

A course of action adopted and pursued by a government, ruler, political party, or individual.

• Provision

• Rebel

• Policy

• Habeas Corpus

A condition or requirement in a legal document.

• Policy

• Provision

• Equality

• Union

The act of being freed; liberation

• Draft

• Secede

• Border

• Emancipation

The state of being equal, especially in status, rights, and opportunities.

• Equality

• Union

• Secede

• Emancipation Proclamation

The act of being joined. Also used to describe the North during the Civil War.

• Confederacy

• Secede

• Division

• Union

Joined by an agreement or treaty. Also used to describe the South during the Civil War.

• Union

• Confederacy

• Habeas Corpus

• Popular Sovereignty

The people of federal territories should decide for themselves whether their territories would enter the Union as free or slave states.

• Emancipation Proclamation

• Border

• Popular Sovereignty

• States' Rights

To withdraw formally from an alliance, federation, or association.

• Secede

• Border

• Address

• Draft