Civil War Erupts Vocabulary

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Civil War Erupts Vocabulary

• Copy the vocabulary and the definitions on a
  piece of paper.

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draft

• a picking of persons for required military service

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casualty

• a person or thing injured, lost, or destroyed 

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Maneuvered To move or guide something Very
carefully
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Border States

• States between the North and the South -
  Missouri, Kentucky, and Maryland

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civilian

• a person not on active duty in the armed services
  or not on a police or firefighting force 

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telegraph

• an electric device or system for sending messages
  by a code over wires 

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Persuading To try to get someone to
agree With your plan or opinion
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Perseverance To try hard and to not give up
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Destiny To believe that certain things Will
happen because they are Meant to be.
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Encountered To meet or run into someone
unexpectedly
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Crucial Something that is extremely important
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Appealed To make a request with a lot
of feeling
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Crisis A situation that suddenly Becomes very
dangerous or Difficult.
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strategy

• a careful plan or method

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blockade

• The cutting off of an area by means of troops or
  warships to stop the coming in or going out of
  people or supplies 

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riot

•  public violence, disturbance, or disorder

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emancipation

• to free from someone else's control or power 
• especially to free from slavery