Chapter 15 vocab

Quinine

a bitter crystalline compound present in cinchona bark, used as a tonic and formerly as an antimalarial drug.

Vigilante

a member of a self-appointed group of citizens who undertake law enforcement in their community without legal authority, typically because the legal agencies are thought to be inadequate.

Unionist

a person who opposed secession during the Civil War.

Ordinance

a piece of legislation enacted by a municipal authority.

Sovereignty

a supreme ruler, especially a monarch.

Blockade

an act or means of sealing off a place to prevent goods or people from entering or leaving.

Conscription

compulsory enlistment for state service, typically into the armed forces.

Homespun

simple and unsophisticated.

States rights

the rights and powers held by individual US states rather than by the federal government.

Secede

withdraw formally from membership in a federal union, an alliance, or a political or religious organization.