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| Question | Answer |
| Border State | A slave state that stayed in the Union |
| Emancipation | The freeing of enslaved people |
| Civilian | Any citizen that is not in the military |
| Slave State | A state that permitted slavery |
| Casualties | Solders that are killed or wounded |
| Telegraph | A machine that sends electrical signals over wires. |
| Free state | A state that does not (and never did) permit slavery. |
| Camp | A place where people live for a time in rough shelters. |
| Total War | The strategy of destroying an enemy's resources. |
| Draft | A selection of people for the military. |
| Homefront | All the people in the country who are in the military during wartime |
| Desert | To leave the military without permission. |
| Union | Another name for the U.S. |
| Confederacy | The name chosen by the states that left the Union at the time of the Civil War. |
| Secession | The withdrawal when a part of the country leaves or breaks off from the rest. |
| Popular Sovereignty (POP-YOU-lar sove-RENT-ee) | An idea that the people who live in a region make political decisions for themselves. |
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