ABC BOOK ! BY : Kaitlin Johnson

Date : 05-12-11Period : 6th

A’s :) Abolitionists : a

person who strongly favors doing away with slavery.

Amendment : an addition to a formal document such as the constitution.

Adams, Samuel : helped start an organization called “Sons of Liberty”

B’s :) Blockade Runner:

ship that sails into and out of a blockade area.

Boycott : refuse to buy items for a particular country.

Burgesses : elected representatives to an assembly

C’s :)

Cotton Gin : machine that removed seeds from cotton fiber. Civil War :

conflict between opposing groups.

Cash Crop : form crop raised to be sold for money.

D’s :) Depression :

period of law economic activity and widespread.

Decree: order of decision given by one authority.

Davis, Jefferson: senator of Missouri

E’s :)

Emancipation : freeing of slavery.

Export : sells goods aboard .

Embargo : order prohibiting trade w/ another country .

F’s :)

Federalism : sharing of power between federal and state government .

Fredrick Douglass: black abolitionists

Federalists : supports of the constitution .

G’s :)

Guerilla Warfare:

hit-and-run

Gadsden Purchase: portion of present day Arizona & New

Mexico

Gettysburg: city and civil war battle site in south central Pennsylvania.

H’s :)

Holocaust: name given to the mass slaughter .

Human rights : rights reguarding to all person’s

Habeas Corpus: legal order for an inquiry to determine whether that person has been lawfully

I’s :)

Impressments: forcing people into service, as in the navy

Import: buy goods from foreign markets.

Imperialism: actions used by one nation to excirse political or economic control

J’s :) Judicial Branch:

branch of government, including the federal court system

Jefferson, Thomas : 3rd president

Judicial review: right of the supreme court to determine if a law violates the constitution .

K’s :)

Kansas-Nebraska Act: supporting democrats

Kennedy, John F: assassinated

King Jr., Martin : ” I Have a

Dream”

L’s :)

Laissez-Faire: policy that government should interference little as possible in the nation’s economy.

Landslide: overwhelming Victory.

Loyalists: American colonists who remains loyal to Britain and opposed war for independence .

M’s :)

Majority: more than ½

Maize: early farm corn grown by native Americans

Militia : group of civilians trained to fight in emergencies.

N’s :)

Neutral : taking no side .

Nullify : cancel

Non-importation: act of not importing

O’s :)

Ordinance: law

Offensive : position of attracting

Overseer: person who surprises a larger operation .

P’s :)

Plantation : large estate

Precedent: tradition

Patriots: American colonists

Q’s :) Quebec: city in

Canada, capital of Quebec province

Quakers : society of friends .

Quarters: to provide living accommodations.

R’s :) Ratify : to give

official approval to.

Radical: extreme

Revival: meetings conducted by a preacher

Secede: leave or withdraw

Sedition: activities aimed at weakling est. government

Secession: withdrawal from union

S’s :)

Tribute: money paid for protection

Temperance: no alcohol

Tariff: tax on imports

T’s :)

U’s :)

Underground Railroad: system that helped enslaved African Americans follow network.

Utopia: community based on a vision

Unconstitutional: not agreeing or consistent with the constution.

V’s :)

Veto : reject a bill a prevent it from becoming a law

Viceroy: Person who rules a country or provice.

Vaquero: Hispanic Ranchhand

W’s :)

War hawks : republicans

William Penn: Quaker/ Pennsilvaya

Writ of assistance: legal document

XYZ affair : 3 french agents “x” , “y” , And “z”

X’s :)

Y’s :) Yellow

Journalism: sensational, biased.

Yeoman: southern owner of small farm who didn’t have enslaved people .

Yankee: union soldier

Z’s :) Zenger, John

Peter: New York weekly journal