territorialize

verb

ter·ri·to·ri·al·ize ˌter-ə-ˈtȯr-ē-ə-ˌlīz

territorialized; territorializing

transitive verb

: to organize on a territorial basis

territorialization

ˌter-ə-ˌtȯr-ē-ə-lə-ˈzā-shən

noun

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Sumner and Stevens’s plan to territorialize the Confederate states might have kept any reinvigorated Southern elite from storming back into Congress and joining forces with their one-time Northern Democratic allies. —