Chapter 19: Drifting Toward Disunion, 1854-1861
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Apportionment
| the allotment or distribution of legislative representatives in districts according to population
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Bandwagon
| in politics, a movement or candidacy that gains rapid momentum because of people's purported desire to join a successful cause.
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Bigoted
| blindly or narrowly intolerant.
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border state
| the northernmost slave states contested by North and South; during the Civil War the four border states (Maryland, Delaware, Kentucky, and Missouri) remained within the Union, though they contained many Confederate sympathizers and volunteers.
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martial law
| temporary rule by military authorities imposed on a civilian population in time of war or when civil authority has broken down.
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Martyr
| one who is tortured or killed for adherence to a belief.
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puppet government
| a government set up and controlled by outside forces.
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Splintering
| concerning the small political groups left after a larger group has divided or broken |
