My ABC Book of U.S History

My ABC Book of U.S History

Whitney Michaelis 5-12-11

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

Abstain- to not take part in some activity, such as voting.

Annex- to add territory to one’s own territory .

BBoomtown- a community experiencing a sudden growth in business or population.

Burgesses-elected representatives to an assembly

Bond-a note issued by the government which promises to pay off a loan with interest.

CCabinet-a group of advisers to the president.

Cash Crops-farm crop raised to be solid for money.

Cede-to give up by treaty.

DDebtor-person or country that owns money.

Decree-an order or decision given by one in auythority

Desert-to leave without permission

EEmbargo- an order prohibiting trade with other countries.

Emigrant-a person who leaves there country or region to live else where.

Export- to sell goods aboard.

F

Famine-an extreme shortage of food.

Free man- a person freed from slavery.

Frigate-war ship.

GGlobal warming- a steady increased in average world temperatures.

Guerrilla tactics-referring to surplice attacks or raid rather then organized war fare

Genocide-the destruction of areca or cultural group.

HHabeas corpus- a legal order from an inquiry to determined whether a person has been lawfully imprisoned.

Holocaust- the name given to the mass slaughter of Jews and other groups by the Nazis during world war 2.

Horizontal integration- the combining of competing firms into one corporation.

Import- to buy goods from foreign markets.

Impressments-forcing people into the navy.

Ironclad- armored naval vessel.

I

JJoint occupation- the possession and settling of an area shaded by two or more countries.

Judicial branch-the branch of government including the federal court system that interprets the nation laws.

Judicial review-the right to supreme court to determine if a law violates the constution .

KKansas bleeding Kansa

Kentucky-civil war

Knox Henry- secretary of war.

LLandslide-an over whelming victory.

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

Lynching-putting to death a person by the illegal action of a mod.

MMaize- an early from of corn grown by the Native Americans.

Martuyr- a person who sacrifices his or her life for a principle or cause.

Majority- more then half.

NNeutral- taking no side of a conflict.

Neutral rights-the right to sail the sea and not take sides in a war.

Nullify- to cancel or make ineffective.

OOffensive-position of attacking or the attacked.

Ordinance-a law or regulation.

Override- to over turn or defeat as a bill proposed in congress.

PPrecedent-a tradition.

Prejudice- an unfair opinion

Privateer- armed private ship.

QQuakers- antislavery movement and women's right to vote.

Quebec Act- passed shortly after the coercive act

Quechua-incan language.

R

Radical- extreme.

Ranchero- Mexican ranch owner.

Ratify- to give official approval to.

S

Secede- to leave or withdraw.

Secession- withdraw from union.

Suffrage- the right to vote.

TTariff- a tax on imports or export.

Tide water-a region of flat, low-lying plains along the sea coast.

Tribute-money paid for protection.

UUnalienable rights- a right that can not be surrendered.

Unconstituonal- not agreeing or consistent.

Underground railroad- a system that helped enslaved African Americans follow a new network of escape routes out of the south and freedom to the north.

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

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

Vaquero- Hispanic ranch hand.

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

Washington, George- the first president.

Whitney, Eli- cotton gin.

X

XYZ affair- the incident became the XYZ affair.

Y

Yankee-Union soldier.

Yellow journalism- a type of sensational, bia

Yeoman-southern owner of a small farm who did not have enslaved.

Z

John Peter Zenger- from New York weekly journal faced changes of libel for printing a critical report about the royal government of New York.