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 Secede |
 Withdraw from organization |
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Sovereign
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 Having supreme power |
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Ordinance
|
 Order, or direction |
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Cotton Diplomacy
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 Withholding cotton shipments to British, trying to force Britan to offer help to the South |
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States' Rights
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 State power is greater than federal power |
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Exemption
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Act of being freed from duty
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Unionist
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 A person who supports the Union (United States) |
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Blockade
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 Block or obstruct |
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Vigilante
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 Member of a group that acts as the police power for its area without legal authority |
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Homespun
|
 Course, loosely woven fabric made in homes rather than factories |
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Reconstruction
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 Effort to recognize the seceded states and bring them back into the union |
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Freedmen
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 People who had been enslaved |
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Radical Republican
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 A Republican who believed that Congress should direct Reconstruction |
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Ratify
|
 To approve |
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Amendment
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 Change made in a constitution |
