Alabama History Ch 7 Vocabulary

Sectional differences; the belief by people of a certain region that their ideas and ways of life are better and more important than other regions

an area of cities and towns; more densely populated than rural areas or the suburbs

areas where most people live on farms, not towns; the population is more spread out than in urban areas

to withdraw from something as some states did from the Union in the Civil War era

to swear into office in a ceremony

a parade; a group moving forward in a ceremonial type of parade

a person who wanted to stay in the United States and not secede

to give up or to "lay down arms" in war

the use of naval forces to stop shipping

a brief fight as in a war