ABC Terms

By : Shakarian Royston

A

• Anne Hutchinson- Banshied from Massachusttes colony; one of the found ers of Orhode Island

• Anti- Federlist- Oppose ratificationof the constitution

B

• Benjamin Franklin-Author, publisher, inventor, and diplomet

• Bernardo De Galves-Spanished who held off British in New Orleans ,but allowed americans use of part

C

• Crispus Attucks- American hero and Mayor of the Boston Massacre

• Conferdertion- United in a leadgue, alliance,or conspiracy

D

• Dorothea Dix- Reformer who fought to in prove the care of the mentally ill

• Dawes Act- Indian policy that broken up reservations into individual land plots

E

• Emancipation Proclamation-Freed all slaves in the Southern States

• Eli Whitney- invented the cotton gin and interchangeable parts

F

• Federalist- Support the ratification of the constitution

• Federalism- Power of the government is shared between the states and national government

G

• Gibbons v. Ogden(1824)- Said that a state could not tax a national bank; increase trade between states

• Gadsden purchase(1853)- Land Purchase form Mexico in used to complete the transcontinental railroad

H

• Harriett Beecher Stowe- wrote “Uncle Tom’s” cabin which portrayed slavery in the south

• Harriet Tubman- former slave and conductor of the Underground Railroad

I

• Industrailization- an economy that begins to be based on factories rather than farming

• Individual Right- the first 10 amendments of the constitution protect individual rights

J

• John Deere- inventor of the steel plow • John Peter Zenger- Journalist; his trail helped

establish idea of freedom of the press

K

• King George III- king of England during the America Revolution

• James K. Polk- America and Mexico argued over the border between the Texas and Mexico

L

• Lexington and Concord- first battle • Louisiana Purchase- land bought by U.S. in

1803; from Rocky Mts. To Mississippi River.

M

• Minimum Government Intrusion- idea that citizens have the right to privacy and independence from government control

• Magna Carta- Limited the power of the king; guarteed the right of trail by jury

N

• Northwest Ordinance- established government for the northwest Terrtiory

• Nullification compromise- Henry Clay’s compromise to end the nullification crisis

O

• Ogden v. Gibbons- said that federal government had the power to regulate trade between states

• Organ Trail- across the Great Plains, along the Platte River, and through the South Pass of the rocky mountains

p

• Property Rights- the right to own property • Protective traiffs- taxes on important goods

that are desinged to help Untied States companies compete in sale of goods