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Key Vocab words from Chapter 16 in The American Journey
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a law requiring men to serve in the military for a specified number of years
substitute
draft
bounty
blockade
2
the systematic destruction of an entire land
total war
siege
entrench
inflation
3
A legal proceeding that is a protection against unlawful imprisonment
greenbacks
habeas corpus
inflation
entrenched
4
Slave states that remained loyal to the Union (Kentucky, Maryland, Delaware, Missouri)
blockade
border states
export
Confederate States of America
5
armored navy vessel
ship
metalboat
habeas corpus
ironclad
6
occupying a strong defensive position
blockade
entrench
encounter
siege
7
to sell goods abroad
export
contrast
blockade
import
8
a sum of money paid to encourage volunteers to join the army
draft
greenbacks
bounty
inflation
9
paper money printed in the North
greenbacks
inflation
draft
tributaries
10
people killed or wounded in battle
greenbacks
tributaries
substitutes
casualties
11
a general increase in prices
siege
inflation
encounter
greenback
12
an opposing force
bounty
total war
siege
resistance
13
Small rivers that flow into larger rivers
ironclads
export
tributaries
blockade
14
closing ports to prevent food and supplies from entering
siege
import
entrench
blockade
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blockading a town to prevent food and supplies from entering
total war
siege
resistance
blockade
