My ABC Book of U.S. historyby: Jordan Lewis6th period5-12-11

A

American System- policies devised by Henry clay to simulate the growth of industries

Abolitionist- a person who strong favors doing away with slavery

Amendment- an addition to a formal document such as the constitution

B

Blockade runner- ships that sails into and out of blockaded areas

Boycott- to refuse to buy items from a particular country

Burgesses- elected representatives to an assembly

C

Californios- Mexicans who lived in California

Constitution- a formal plan of government

Cotton Gin- a machine that removed seed from cotton fibers

D

Debtor- person of country that owes money

Depression- a period of low economy activity and widespread unemployment

Draft- the selection of persons for required military service

E

Emancipation- to free from slavery

Embargo- an order prohibiting trade with other countries

Export- to sell goods aboard

F

Federalists- supporters of the constitution

Federation- a type of government that links groups together

Fugitive- runaway of trying to run away

G

Genocide- the deliberate destruction of a racial, political, or curtail

Global warming- a steady in average world temperature

Guerrilla Warfare- a hit and run technique used in fighting in wars

H

Habeas corpus- a legal order for an inquiry to determine weather a person has been law fully imprisoned

Hieroglyphics- an accent format writing using symbols and pictures represent words, sounds, and concepts

Horizontal integration- the combing of competing firms into on corporation

I

Import- to buy goods from foreign market

Inflation- a continues rise in the price of goods and service

Impeach- to formally a public official with misconduction office

J

Judicial branch- the branch of government including the federal court systems that interprets the nations laws

judicial review- the right of the supreme court to determine if a law violates the constitution

Jackson, Andrew- he is the 3rd president of the U.S.

K

Key, Frances Scott- he wrote the star spangle banner

Kansas- Nebraska act- to help keep slavery legal

Kentucky- were the civil war had took place

L

Legislative branch- the branch of government that makes the laws

Literacy- the ability to redden write

Loyalists- American colonist who remained loyal to Britain and opposed the war for independence

M

Mayflower compact- a formal document written in 1620 that provided law and order to Plymouth colonist

Militia- a group of civilians trained to fight in emergences

Minute men- companies of civilian soldiers who boasted that they ready to fight in a minutes notice

NNational dept- the amount of money a national government owes the other government or its people

Neutral- taking no side in conflict

Nullify- to cancel or make ineffective

O

Offensive- position of attacking or the attack itself

Ordinance- a law or regulation

Override- to overturn or deflect as a bill proposed in congress

P

Partisans- favoring one side of an issue

Precedent- a tradition

Privateer- armed private ships

Q

Quakers- the society of friends

Quartering- to provide living a accommodations

Quechua- a incc language

R

Recruit- to enlist soldiers in the army

Resolution- a formal expression of opinion

Revenue- incoming money

S

Secede- to leave or withdraw

Secession- withdrawal from the union

Sectionalism- loyalty to fission

T

Tariff- a tax on imports or exports

Temperance- the use of little or no alcoholic drink

Total war- war on all aspects of the enemies life

U

Unalienable rights- a right that cannot be surrendered

Unconstitutional- not agreeing or consisting with the constitution

Utopia- community based of a perfect society sought by reformers

V

Veto- to reject a bill and prevent it form becoming a law

Virginia- state in the eastern U.S.

Vermont- state in the northeastern U.S.

W

War hawk- republican during Madison presidency who pressed for war with Britain

Washington, George- the first president of the U.S.

Washington, Martha- wife of George Washington

X

XYZ affair- American attempt to help the British in the war

Y

Yankee- union solider Yorktown- town in Virginia and site of the final battle of the American revolution

Yeoman- owner of a small farm who didn’t have enslaved people

Z

Zenger, John Peter- have a paper named New York weekly journal