MY ABC BOOKOF U.S HISTORY

BLAKE BEARDEN4TH

MAY 12, 2011

AAbolitionist- A person who strongly favors doing away with slavery.

Adams, John- 2nd president of the United States.

Antifederalists- Individuals who opposed ratification of the constitution.

Arsenal- a storage place for weapons and ammo

BBorder states- The states between the North and the South that were divided over whether to stay in the Union or join the Confederacy.

Boycott- To refuse to buy items from a particular country.

Burgesses- Elected representatives to an assembly.

Blockade runner- ship that sails in and out of a blocked area

CCabinet- A group of adviser to the president.

Civil War- Conflict between opposing groups of citizens of the same country.

Constitution- A formal plan of government

Cash crop- farm crop raised to be sold for money

DDouglas, Fredrick- Is an African American leader who was born into slavery.

Declaration Of Independence- Was written in 1776 .

Domestic Tranquility- Maintain peace within the nation.

Dissent- disagreement with or opposition to an opinion

EEmancipate- To free from slavery. Embargo-

An other prohibiting trade with another country.

Executive Branch- The branch of government, headed by the president that carries our the nations laws and policies.

Export- to sell goods abroad

FFamine- An extreme shortage of food. Federalis

m- The sharing of power between federal and state government.

Federalists- Supporters of the constitution.

Frigate- warship

GGarrison, William Lloyd- Stimulated the growth of the antislavery movement.

Global Warming- A steady increase average world temperatures.

Greenback- A peace of U.S paper money first issued by the North during the civil ear.

Guerilla tactics- reffering to surprise attacks

H

Hancock, John-Sign the Declaration Of Independence.

Henry, Patrick- “Give me liberty or give me death”.

Homestead Act- Which gave 160 free acres of land to any settler who paid a filling free and lived on the land for spears.

Hieroglyphics- an ancient form of writing

IImport- To buy goods from foreign markets.

Impressments- Forcing people into service, as in the Navy.

Industrial Revolution-  the transformation in the 18th and 19th centuries of first Britain and then other W European countries and the US into industrial nations

Imports- to buy goods from markets

JJefferson, Thomas- The 3rd president. Judicial

Branch- The branch of the United States government responsible for the administration of justice

Judicial Review- the power of a court to adjudicate the constitutionality of the laws of a government or the acts of a government official.

John paul jones- founder of u.s. navy

KKansas- Bleeding Kansas

Kansas Nebraska Act- The act of Congress in 1854 annulling the Missouri Compromise, providing for the organization of the territories of Kansas and Nebraska, and permitting these territories self-determination on the question of slavery.

Kentucky- A state of the east-central United States. It was admitted as the 15th state in 1792. Daniel Boone's Transylvania Company made the first permanent settlement in the area in 1775. By the Treaty of Paris (1783) the territory became part of the United States. Frankfort is the capital and Lexington the largest city.

L

Legislative Branch- The branch of government that makes the nations laws.

Lincoln, Abraham- The 16th president.

Loyalists- American colonists who remained loyal to Britain and opposed the war for independence.

Landslide- an overwhelming victory

MMajority- More than half

Mayflower Compact- A formal document, written in 1820 that provided law and other to the Plymouth colony.

Militia- A group of citizens trained to fight in emergencies.

Martyr-person who dies for a great cause

NNaturalization Act- To grant full citizenship to a foreigner. Neutral-

Faking no side in a conflict.

Nullify- To cancel or make ineffective.

National debt- the amount of money a gov owns

O

Offensive- Position of attacking.

Ordinance- A law or regulation.

Override- To overturn or defeat, as a bill proposed in congress.

Overseer- a person who supervises a large operation

P

Partisan- Favoring one side of an issue.

Patriots- American colonists who were determined to fight the British until American independence was won.

Petition- A formal request.

Pontiac- a series of raids

Q

Quakers- Slavery movement.

Quebec, Battle- The capital of New France.

Quechua- Incan language.

R

Ratify- To give official approval to. Revenue-

Incoming money.

Revival- A series of meetings conducted by a preacher to arouse religious emotions.

Repeal- to cancel an act or law

SSeparatists- Protestants who, during the 1600s wanted to leave the Anglican church in order to found their own churches.

Slave code- The laws passed in the southern states that that controlled and restricted enslaved people.

States Rights- rights- and powers of the federal independent government that are reserved for the states by the constitution.

Sufferage- the right to vote

TTariff- A tax on imports or exports. Telegraph- A

device or system that uses electric signals to transmit messages by a code over wires.

Tubman, Harriet- Wrote Uncle Toms Cabin.

Temperance- drinking little or no alcohol

UUnalienable Right- A right that cannot be surrendered.

Unconstitutional- Not agreeing or consistent with the constitution.

Underground Railroad- A system that helped enslaved African Americans follow a network of escape routes out of the south to freedom in the North

Utopia- a perfect community

Vaquero- Hispanic ranch hand.

Veto- To reject a bill and prevent it from becoming a law.

Vigilantes- people who take the law into their own hands.

Veto- to reject a bill

WWar Hawks- Republicans during Madison's presidency who pressed for war with Britain.

Washington, George- 1st president.

Writ Of Assistance- Legal document that enabled officers to search homes and were houses for goods that might be smuggled.

Washington- the nations capital

XXYZ Affair- The incident.

Y

Yankee- Union solider.

Yellow Journalism- A type of sensational, based and often false reporting.

Yeoman- Southern owner of a small farm who did not have enslaved people

Yellowstone- a national park

ZZenger, John Peter- He chargers of libel for printing a critical report about the royal governor.

Zuni, The- Adobe