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My ABC Book of U.S History
By: Bre’ayah McDonald
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A: Abolitionist
• A person who strongly favors doing away with slavery
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B: Border States
• The states between the North and the South that were divided over whether to stay in the Union or join the Confederacy
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C: Canal
• An artificial waterway
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D: Dictator
• A leader who rules with total authority, often in a cruel or brutal manner
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E: Electoral College
• A special group of voters selected by their state’s voters for the president and vice president
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F: Federalists
• Supporters of the Constitution
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G: Guerrilla Warfare
• A hit-and-run technique used in fighting a war; fighting by small bands of warriors using tactics such as sudden ambushes
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H: Holocaust• The name given to the mass slaughter of Jews
and other groups by the Nazis during World War ll
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I: Interchangeable Parts
• Uniform pieces that can be made in large quantities to replace other identical pieces
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J: Judicial Branch
• The branch of government, including the federal court system, that interprets the nation’s laws
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L: Loyalist
• American colonists who remained loyal to Britain and opposed the war for independence
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M: Morse Code
• A system for transmitting messages that uses a series of dots and dashes to represent the letters of the alphabet, numbers, and punctuation
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N: Northwest Passage
• Water route to Asia through North America sought by European explorers
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O: Ozone
• The layers of gas composed of a form of oxygen that protects the earth and its people from cancer-causing sun rays
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P: Pilgrims
• Separatists who journeyed to the colonies during the 1600s for a religious purpose
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R: Republic
• A government in which citizens rule through elected representatives
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S: Smuggling
• Trading illegally with other nations
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T: Tidewater
• A region of flat, low-lying plains along the seacoast
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U: Unalienable Right
• a right that cannot be surrendered
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V: Vertical Integration
• The combining of companies that supply equipment and services needed for a
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