my abc book of u.s history

MY ABC

BOOKOF U.S

HISTORY

REBECCA ANDERSON4TH

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

FFamine- An extreme shortage of food.

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

Federalists- Supporters of the constitution.

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.

HHancock, 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.

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

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.

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.

LLegislative 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.

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.

NNaturalization Act- To grant full citizenship to a foreigner.

Neutral- Faking no side in a conflict.

Nullify- To cancel or make ineffective.

OOffensive- Position of attacking.

Ordinance- A law or regulation.

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

PPartisan- 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.

QQuakers- Slavery movement.

Quebec, Battle- The capital of New France.

Quechua- Incan language.

RRatify- To give official approval to.

Revenue- Incoming money.

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

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.

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.

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

VVaquero- 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.

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.

XXYZ Affair- The incident.

YYankee- 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

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

Zuni, The- Adobe