my abc book of u.s history whitney michaelis 5-12-11 6 th
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My ABC Book of U.S History
Whitney Michaelis 5-12-11
6th
AAbolitionist- a person who strongly favors doing away with slavery.
Abstain- to not take part in some activity, such as voting.
Annex- to add territory to one’s own territory .
BBoomtown- a community experiencing a sudden growth in business or population.
Burgesses-elected representatives to an assembly
Bond-a note issued by the government which promises to pay off a loan with interest.
CCabinet-a group of advisers to the president.
Cash Crops-farm crop raised to be solid for money.
Cede-to give up by treaty.
DDebtor-person or country that owns money.
Decree-an order or decision given by one in auythority
Desert-to leave without permission
EEmbargo- an order prohibiting trade with other countries.
Emigrant-a person who leaves there country or region to live else where.
Export- to sell goods aboard.
F
Famine-an extreme shortage of food.
Free man- a person freed from slavery.
Frigate-war ship.
GGlobal warming- a steady increased in average world temperatures.
Guerrilla tactics-referring to surplice attacks or raid rather then organized war fare
Genocide-the destruction of areca or cultural group.
HHabeas corpus- a legal order from an inquiry to determined whether a person has been lawfully imprisoned.
Holocaust- the name given to the mass slaughter of Jews and other groups by the Nazis during world war 2.
Horizontal integration- the combining of competing firms into one corporation.
Import- to buy goods from foreign markets.
Impressments-forcing people into the navy.
Ironclad- armored naval vessel.
I
JJoint occupation- the possession and settling of an area shaded by two or more countries.
Judicial branch-the branch of government including the federal court system that interprets the nation laws.
Judicial review-the right to supreme court to determine if a law violates the constution .
KKansas bleeding Kansa
Kentucky-civil war
Knox Henry- secretary of war.
LLandslide-an over whelming victory.
Legislative branch-the branch of government that makes the nations laws .
Lynching-putting to death a person by the illegal action of a mod.
MMaize- an early from of corn grown by the Native Americans.
Martuyr- a person who sacrifices his or her life for a principle or cause.
Majority- more then half.
NNeutral- taking no side of a conflict.
Neutral rights-the right to sail the sea and not take sides in a war.
Nullify- to cancel or make ineffective.
OOffensive-position of attacking or the attacked.
Ordinance-a law or regulation.
Override- to over turn or defeat as a bill proposed in congress.
PPrecedent-a tradition.
Prejudice- an unfair opinion
Privateer- armed private ship.
QQuakers- antislavery movement and women's right to vote.
Quebec Act- passed shortly after the coercive act
Quechua-incan language.
R
Radical- extreme.
Ranchero- Mexican ranch owner.
Ratify- to give official approval to.
S
Secede- to leave or withdraw.
Secession- withdraw from union.
Suffrage- the right to vote.
TTariff- a tax on imports or export.
Tide water-a region of flat, low-lying plains along the sea coast.
Tribute-money paid for protection.
UUnalienable rights- a right that can not be surrendered.
Unconstituonal- not agreeing or consistent.
Underground railroad- a system that helped enslaved African Americans follow a new network of escape routes out of the south and freedom to the north.
V•Veto-to reject a bill and prevent it from becoming a law.
Vigilantes- people who take the law into their own hands.
Vaquero- Hispanic ranch hand.
WWar Hawks- republicans during Madison's presidency who pressed for war with Britain.
Washington, George- the first president.
Whitney, Eli- cotton gin.
X
XYZ affair- the incident became the XYZ affair.
Y
Yankee-Union soldier.
Yellow journalism- a type of sensational, bia
Yeoman-southern owner of a small farm who did not have enslaved.
Z
John Peter Zenger- from New York weekly journal faced changes of libel for printing a critical report about the royal government of New York.
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