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1
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a piece of U.S paper money first issued by the North during the Civil War

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Greenback

2
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Requiring people to enter military service

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Conscription

3
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a legal order for an inquiry to determine whether a person has been lawfully imprisoned

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Habeas Corpus

4
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the act of wearing down by constant harrassment or attack

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Attrition

5
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enough, adequate

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Sufficient

6
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to put into action, to asemble

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Implement

7
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money given as a reward as to encourage enlistment in the army

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Bounty

8
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ship that runs through a blockade, usually to smuggle goods through a protested area

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Blockade Runner

9
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to bring together in a certain place for a particular purpose

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Assemble

10
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something considered important or essential

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Crucial

11
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a hard biscuit made of wheat flour

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Hardtack

12
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a person captured in war

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Prisoner of War

13
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refusal to satisfy a request or desire

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Denial

14
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an addition to something meant to make it complete

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Supplement

15
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to search or raid for food

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Forage

16
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a military blockade of a city or fortified place to force it to surrender

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Siege

17
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to come upon face to face as an enemy or adversary

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Encounter

18
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to advance in station rank, or honor

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Promote

19
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to loot or plunder

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Pillage

20
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authorization to act given to a representative

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Mandate

21
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one who is under the authority of a superior

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Subordinate

22
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something that is composed or arranged into a unified whole, as a building or edifice

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Structure