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Unit 9: Civil War Vocabulary

Published on Dec 06, 2015

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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

CIVIL WAR

Vocabulary
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SLAVE CODES

Laws that deny basic rights to slaves

POPULAR SOVEREIGNTY

LETTING PEOPLE IN THE TERRITORIES VOTE ON WHETHER TO ALLOW SLAVERY

BLOCKADE

An action to isolate an enemy and cutoff it's supplies.
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BORDER STATES

SLAVE STATES THAT DID NOT SECEDE FROM THE UNION: MARLAND, DELAWARE, KENTUCKY, AND MISSOURI

HABEAS CORPUS

A DOCUMENT REQUIRING A PERSON UNDER ARREST TO BE BROUGHT BEFORE A JUDGE
"Have the body"
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