History Vocab

1. a person who suffers or dies because of his or her beliefs or actions
3. a person injured, killed, or missing during a war, accident, or disaster
5. promissory notes issued during the Civil War, with green ink giving them their nickname
8. a place where weapons are kept
13. a force that opposes or slows motion
14. concept that laws should be made by each state and not by the federal government
15. a person who is running from something, usually legal authorities
16. a careful plan for solving a problem or achieving a goal
17. a river or stream that flows into a larger river
18. a payment made (often by authorities) as a reward
19. to enroll in a group such as the military
20. to firmly fix or establish

2. war strategy of destroying the enemy's means of survival
4. slave-owning states that stayed in the U.S.
6. an order issued by President Lincoln in 1863 that freed all the slaves in the Confederate states
7. the act of formally separating from or leaving an organization or government
9. to formally withdraw from membership in an organization or group
10. a war in which groups of people from the same country fight against each other
11. to give a good reason for something; to show something is right or reasonable
12. to strengthen or support