US History Ch17 Vocab

2. A system for selecting individuals for compulsory military service, often through a lottery or other means.
5. To leave something behind or to give up control, often in a sudden or unexpected manner.
6. A legal principle that protects against unlawful detention, ensuring that a person can report an unlawful imprisonment before a court.
8. Strongly protected or secure; often used to describe ships armored with iron plating, historically significant during naval warfare.
10. A plan of action designed to achieve a specific goal, often involving careful consideration of resources and conditions.
11. The side of a military formation or the side of a person or object.
13. To come across or meet someone or something unexpectedly.
14. To establish something firmly and securely, making it difficult to change or remove.
15. To join or recruit for military service or to enroll in support of a cause.
16. A slang term for U.S. paper currency, especially during the Civil War period.
17. A number of things or events of the same class coming one after another.
19. To change something to its opposite or to go backward.
20. To spread or hand out something among a group of people or across an area.
24. A river or stream that flows into a larger river or body of water, contributing to its flow.

1. An executive order issued by President Abraham Lincoln in 1863 that freed enslaved people in Confederate states.
3. To replace one thing with another; often used in the context of replacing someone in a role or position.
4. A person who is injured, killed, or otherwise adversely affected by an event, particularly in military contexts.
7. The state of being different or distinct; comparing two or more elements to highlight their differences.
9. The refusal to accept or comply with something; often used in a military context to describe opposition to an invading force.
12. To explain the meaning of something or to translate from one language to another.
18. To strengthen or support something, often by adding additional resources or forces.
21. war A conflict in which a country uses all its resources and strategies to defeat its enemy, often affecting both military and civilian targets.
22. A reward given for helping to achieve a goal, often in the form of money or goods.
23. state A state that is situated on the boundary between two regions, particularly during the Civil War, referring to slave states that did not secede from the Union.