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martyr

a person who sacrifices his or her life for a principle or cause

arsenal

a storage place for weapons and ammunition

fugitive

running away or trying to run away

secession

withdrawal from union

abstain

to not take part in some activity such as voting

border ruffians

Missourian who traveled in armed groups to vote in Kansas’s election during the mid- 1850s

States’ rights

the rights and powers independent of the federal government that are reserved for the states by the constitution

Civil War

a conflict between citizens

popular sovereignty

the poltical theory that government is subject to the will of the people; before the civil war, the idea that people living in a territory had the right to decide by voting if slavery would be allowed there

secede

to leave or withdraw

sectionalism

loyalty to a region