ABC history By: Chauzney Hooks Mrs. Rogers. A Abraham Lincoln –He was the 16 th president of the united states.He guided his country through the most.

ABC history By: Chauzney Hooks

Mrs. Rogers

A• Abraham Lincoln –He was the 16th

president of the united states .He guided his country through the most devastating things in national history .

B• Boston tea party – The royal whose

house had been destroyed by stamp act protesters ,refused to let ships turn back .On December 16 a group of men disguised as Mohawks and armed with hat chest marched to the wharves .At midnight they boarded the ships and threw 342 chests of tea over board .

D• Declaration of independence - The

declaration of independence states what Jefferson and many Americans thought were universal principles .it begins with a description of traditional English political rights .

C• – Southern democrats blocked

Kenny's civil right bill . Johnson eventually persuaded congress to pass the civil rights act of 1964 ,which outlawed discrimination in haring banned segregation .

E• Eighth Amendment – The congress

and several states shall have concurrent power to enforce this article by appropriate leg isolation .

F• First amendment – freedom of

speech ,freedom of religion , of press .

G• Great awakening – From 1720s

through the 1740s religious revival called the great awakening swept through the colonies.

H• House of Burgess-Ten towns in the

colony each sent two representatives called burgesses to an assembly . The assembly had the right to make local laws .

I• Impeachment- the house of

representatives can impeach or bring formal charges against, any federal official it suspects of wrong doing or misconduct.

J

• Jefferson Thomas- Presidential term was 1809 he lived to 1743 through 1826He was Born in Virginia .He was elected from Virginia . The party he represent was republican

K

• Korean War –The cold war has not limited to Europe .In 1949 Moa Zedong formed a new communist government in China .shortly afterward ,American troops found themselves fighting Mao's forces in Korea .

L

Lexington and concord –At dawn the redcoats approached Lexington. When they reached the center of the town they discovered a group of about 70 minutemen who had been alerted by Revere and Dawes .Led by captain John Parker,the minutemen had positioned themselves on the town common with muskets in hand.

M

• Mo hawks –The Iroquois lived near Canada in what is now northern New York State .There were five Iroquois groups or nations: the Onondaga ,the Seneca , the Mohawk ,the Oneida, and the Cayuga.

N

• North-During the war prices rose faster than wages in the north .the inflation a general increase in prices –caused great hardship for working people .

O

• Oklahoma Territory-The last part of the plains to be settle was the Oklahoma Territory ,which congress had designated as "Indian Territory” in the 1830’s

P

• Parks ,Rosa – In December 1955 a woman was arrested in Montgomertry , Alabama, for refusing to leave a section of a bus reserved for white people. Shortly afterward ,African Americans in Alabama began to boycott.

Q

• Quakers –William Penn belonged to a protestant group of dissenters called a society of friends, or Quakers. The Quakers believed that every individual had an inner light that cold guide him or her to salvation.

R

• Revivals- The new religious movement began with frontier camp meetings called revivals .

S

• Second amendment-a well regulated militia ,begin necessary to the security of a free state ,the right of the people to keep and bear arms .

T

• Tubman, Harriet-Some enslaved African American tried to runaway to the north .a few succeeded like Harriet Tubman .

U

• Utah territory –Young decided the Mormons should move again, this time near the great salt lake in present-day Utah.

V

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

W

• War hawks –Republican during Madison's presidency who pressed for a war with Britain.

XYZ

• Xyz affair-Referring to the three French agents as x,y,z,the president urged congress to prepare for war .The incident became known as the xyz affair.