| A | B |
|---|
| state's rights | the position that the federal government should not interfere with the states' exercise of their constitutional powers |
| secede | withdraw |
| sovereignty | the state of being free from outside control; self-governing |
| ordiance | a local law |
| perpetual | countinuing forever |
| conscription | the forced enrollment of people into millitary service |
| Unionist | a person who supported the Union cause during the Civil War era |
| vigilante | a member of a volunteer committee organized to punish criminals |
| preventive strike | an action taken to prevent a possible future attack |
| blockade | to isolate a particular enemy area (as a harbor) by a warring nation using troops or warships to prevent the passage of supplies and people. |
| homespun | a coarse, loosely woven, homemade fabric |
| quinine | a drug used for fighting malaria and other fevers |
