sectionalism
loyalty to a region
fugitive
a runaway or trying to run away
secede
to leave or withdraw
abstain
to not take part in some activity such as voting
popular sovereignty
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
border ruffians
Missourians who traveled in armed groups 6i vote in Kansas's election during the mid 1850s
civil war
conflict between opposing groups of citizens of the same country
arsenal
a storage place for weapons and ammunition
martyr
a person who sacrifices his or her life for a principle or cause
secession
withdrawl from the Union
states rights
rights and powers independent of the federal government that are received for the states by the Constitution; the belief that states' rights supersede federal rights and laws