MY ABC Book Of U.s. History

Alexis Bradley5th period Rosehill kids

May 13,2011

A

AbolitionistPerson who favors doing away with slavery

AbstainTo not take part in some activity such as voting

AmbushA surprise attack

B

BoycottTo refuse to buy items from particular country

BurgessesElected representatives to an assemblyBlockade Runner

Ship that sails into and out of a blockade area

C

CabinetA group of advisers to the president

CanalAn artificial waterway

CaravelSmall fast ship with a broad bow

D

Douglas FrederickAfrican American abolitionist taught himself to read and write

Douglas Stephen AYoung senator from Illinois resolve crisis

Dix DorotheaTried to change the way prisoners were treated

E

EmancipationTo free from slavery

EmbargoAn order prohibiting trade with another countryExport

To sell goods aboard

F

Fifth AmendmentNo person shall be deprived of life liberty

Fist AmendmentReligion assembly petition press speech

Fort SumterFort on an island guarding Charleston harbor

G

Garrison William Lloyd Abolitionist antislavery movement

Global WarmingA steady increase in average world temperature

GenocidesDeliberate destruction of a racial political or cultural group

H

Henry PatrickPersuaded the burgesses to take action against the stamp act

House of BurgessesMake local laws for the colony

Hamilton AndrewSecretary of war

I

ImportTo buy goods from foreign markets

ImpressmentsForcing people into service as in the navy

IroncladArmored navel vessel

JJay’s TreatyBritish agreed to withdraw from American soil: did not deal with issue of impressments

Jay JohnChief Justice of supreme court to negotiate

Jackson AndrewHero of war of 1812

K

Key Francis-ScottWrote the poem the star spangled banner in 1931

Kentucky & VirginiaClaimed that alien & sedition acts could not be put into action because they violated the constitution

Kansas-Nebraska-ActBoth lay North 36 degrees 30 latitude line

L

Legislature BranchThe branch of government that makes the nation’s law

LandslideAn overwhelming victory

Lynching Putting to death a person by the illegal action of a mob

M

ManumissionThe freeing of some enslaved people

MartyrA person who sacrifices his/her life for a principle

MilitiaA group of civilians trained to fight in emergencies

NNorthwest OrdinanceSingle northwest territory out of lands north of the Ohio river east of Mississippi river

NeutralTaking no side in a conflict

National DebtThe amount of money a national government owes to other governments or its people

O

OrdinanceA law or regulation

OverseerPerson who supervises a large operation or its workers

OverrideTo overturn or defeat as a bill proposed in congress

P

PacifistPerson opposed to the use of war or violence to settle disputes

Pain Thomaswrote the book common sense

Penn WilliamBelong to protestant group was a Quaker

Q

QuakersBelieved every individual had an inner light that could guide him/her to salvation

Quatering of troopsNo soldier shall, in time of peace be quartered in any house without the consent of the owner nor in time of warQuebec Act

Permanent government for Quebec & granted religious freedom to French Catholics

R

RancheroMexican ranch owners

RatifyTo give official approval to

ReconcilitaionSettling by agreements or coming together again

S

Saratoga battle ofPersuaded the burgesses to take action against the stamp act

SuffrageRight to vote

StraitA narrow passageway connecting two larger body of ater

T

TariffTax on imports or exports

Total warWar on all aspects of the enemy's life

TolerationThe acceptance of different beliefs

U

Uncle Tom’s CabinInjustices of slavery –urgency during the age of reform

Unalienable RightRight that cannot be surrendered

Underground RailroadNetwork of safe houses owned by free black and whites who opposed slavery

V

Vicksburg MississippiJuly 4 1863 Vicksburg surrendered to Ulysses s. grant

VigilantesPeople who take the law into their own hands

Virginia planTwo-house legislature & court system

W

War HawksRepublican during Madison’s presidency who pressed for war with britain

Washington GeorgeCommander of the continental army during the American revolution

War of 1812Person opposed to the use of war or violence to settle disputes

X

XYZ affairSent 3 agents who demanded a bribe and a loan for France from the Americans

Y

Yellow Journalism Type of sensational biased & often false reporting

YankeeUnion soldier

Yorktown VirginiaPatriots had won; Cornwallis surrendered

Z

Zenger John RetenWrote critical report about the royal governor of new york