ABC’S OF HISTORY

LARRY DOUGLAS5-13-11

A• JOHN ADAMS-WAS IN

THE 2ND CONGRESS• ABOLITIONIST-A

PERSON AGAINST SLAVERY.

• ALIEN-IS A IMMGRANT FROM A DIFFERENT COUNTRY.

B• JOHN BROWN-HE WAS

A ABOLITIONIST• BILL OF RIGHTS-15

ADMENDMTS• BOSTON MASSACHE-

WERE 5 PEOPLE DIED

C• CEDE-TREATY• COTTON GIN- MACHINE

THAT REMOVES SEEDS• CHECKS AND BALANCE-

SYSTEM IN EACH BRANCH

D• DRAFT-MILITARY

SERVICE• DRED SCOTT-• DISARMAMENT-

WEAPON REMOVAL

E• EMANCPATE-FREE

SLAVES• EMBARGO-TRADE WITH

OTHER COUNTRY’S• ELI WHITNEY-MADE THE

COTTON GIN

F• FUGITIVE-RUNAWAY

SLAVE• FREDRICK DOUGLASS-

AGAINST SLAVE OWNING

• FACTORY SYSTEM-MANUFACTURING

G• GUERRILLA WARFARE-

HIT AND RUN• GUERRILLA TACTICS-

RAIDS• GREENBACK-PAPER

MONEY

H• HABEA CORPUS-

LAWFULLY• JOHN HANCOCK-

FOUGHT IN THE ALAMO• HUMAN RIGHTS-

FREEDOM FROM UNLAWFUL IMPRISONMENT

J• JUDICIAL BRANCH-

NATION’S LAWS• JUDICIAL REVIEW-

SUPREME COURT• JOHN JAY- CHIEF OF

JUSTICE

K• KANSAS-KNEW AS

BLEEDING KANSAS• KENTUCKY AND

VIRGINIA RESOLUTION-ALIEN AND SEDITION ACTS

• KING HERNY VIII-KING OF ENGLAND

L• LANDSLIDE-OVERWHELMIG

VICTORY• LOYALIST-AMERCAN COLONIST

WHO REMAINED LOYAL TO BRITAIN AND OPPOSED THE WAR FOR INDEPENDENCE

• LOCK-IN A CANAL,AN ENCLOSURE WITH GATES AT EACH END USED IN RAISIG OR LOWERING BOAT AS THEY PASS FROM LEVEL TO LEVEL

M• MISSION-RELIGIOUS

SETTLEMENT• MAY FLOWER

COMPACT-PLYMOUTH COLONY

• MANUMISION-THE FREEING OF SLAVES

N• NEUTRAL-TAKING NO

SIDES• NULLIFY-TO CANCEL• NONIMPORTATION-ACT

OF NOT IMPORTING OR USING CERTAINB GOODS

O• ORDINANCE-A LAW OR

REGULATION• OFFENSIVE-POSITION

OF ATTACKING OR THE ATTACK ITSELF.

• OVERRIDE-TO OVERTURN OR DEFEAT,AS A BILL PROPOSED IN CONGRESS.

P• POPULAR

SOVEREIGNTY-POLITICAL THEORY THAT GOVERNMENT IS SUBJECT TO THE WILL OF THE PEOPLE

• PRIVATEER-ARMED PRIVATE SHIP

• PILGRIMS-SEPARATIST WHO JOURNEYED TO THE COLONIES DURING THE 1600s FOR A RELIGIOUS PURPOSE

Q• QUAKER-FREE

RELIGIOUS• BATTLE OF QUEBEC-IT

WAS A BATTLE BETWEEN FRANCE AND BRITAIN AND FRANCE WON

• QUARTERING OF TROOPS-LETTING TROOPS STAY IN YOUR HOUSE DURING WAR TIME

R• REPEAL-TO CANCEL AN

ACT OR LAW• RECONSTRUCTION-THE

REORGANIZATION AND REBUILDING OF THE FORMER CONFEDERATE STATES AFTER THE CIVIL WAR.

• REVENUE-INCOMING MONEY

S• SUFFRAGE-THE RIGHT

TO VOTE• SECESSION-

WITHDRAWAL FROM THE UNION

• JOHN SMITH-HELPED JAMESTOWN

T• HARRIET TUBMAN-

FREED 300 SLAVES• TRIANGULAR TRADE-A

TRADE ROUTE THAT EXCHANGED GOODS BETWEEN THE WEST INDIES, THE AMERICAN COLONIES, AND WEST AFRICA

• TARIFF- ATAX ON IMPORTS OR EXPORTS

U• UNDERGROUND

RAILROAD- ESCAPE ROUTE OUT OF THE SOUTH

• UNALIENABLE RIGHT-RIGHTS THA CANNOT BE SURRENDERED

• UNCLE TOMS CABIN-WROTE BY HARRIET BEECHER STOWE

V• VETO-TO REJECT A BILL• VIGILANTES-PEOPLE

WHO TAKE THINGS IN THERE OWN HANDS

• VIRIGINA PLAN-DELEGATES FROM WANTED A STRONG NATIONAL GOVERNMENT

W• WAR HAWKS-

PRESIDENCY WHO PRESSED WAR WITH BRITAIN

• WRIT OF ASSISTANCE-OFFICER WHO SEARCH HOMES AND WAREHOUSES

• GEORGE WASHINGTON-WAS OUR 1st PRESIDENT

X• XYZ AFFAIR- 3 FRENCH

AGENTS

Y• YANKEE-UNION SOLDIER• YEOMAN-SOUTHERN

OWNER WHO DIDN’T OWN SLAVES

• YORKTOWN VIRIGINA-THE LAST BATTLE OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTARY WAR THE CONTINENTAL ARMY WON

Z• JOHN PETER ZENGAR-

FREEDOM OF THE PRESS