Chapter 14 & 15 Vocab.

Question 0

2. Change.

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Amend

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1. Having to do with a lawmaking body; congressional.

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Legislative

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3. A meeting of delegates of a political party to form policies and select candidates.

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Convention

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4. To give up, especially by treaty. A cession is the transfer of land from one country to another.

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Cede

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5. A person who works to end slavery.

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Abolitionist

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6. A counting of the population done by the government at regular intervals.

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Census

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7. A person who drives or directs a team of animals.

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Teamster

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8. Proceeding from an ancestor.

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Descendant

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9. The position that the federal government should not interfere with the states’ exercise of their constitutional powers.

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States’ Rights

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10. Withdraw.

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Secede

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11. The state of being free from outside control; self-governing.

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Sovereignty

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12. A local law.

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Ordinance

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13. Continuing forever.

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Perpetual

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14. The forced enrollment of people into military service.

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Conscription

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15. A person who supported the union cause during the civil war era.

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Unionist

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16. A member of a volunteer committee organized to punish criminals.

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Vigilante

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17. An action taken to prevent a possible future attack.

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Preventive Strike

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18. 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.

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Blockade

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19. A coarse, loosely woven, homemade fabric.

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Homespun

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20. A drug used for fighting malaria and other fevers.

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Quinine