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ABC Book of U.S. History Marteyjah Beard 3 rd period 1607-1865

A person who strongly favors doing away with slavery. Abolitionist- Abstain- Not to take part in some activity, such as voting. Ambush- A surprise attack

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ABC Book of U.S. History

Marteyjah Beard

3rd period

1607-1865

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A

A person who strongly favors doing away with slavery.

Abolitionist- Abstain-

Not to take part in some activity, such as voting.

Ambush-

A surprise attack.

Annex-

To add a territory to one’s ownTerritory.

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B

A region of hills, and forests west of the tidewater.

Backcountry- Blockade runner-

Ship that sails into, and out of a blockade area.

Boycott-

To refuse to buy items from a particular country.

Bureaucracy-

System in which non-elected officials carry out laws, and policies.

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C

A group of advisers to the president.

Cabinet- Californios-

Mexicans who lived in California.

Cede-

To give up by treaty.

Census-

Official count of population.

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D

Person or country that owes money.

Debtor- Decree-

An order or decision give by one in authority.

Depreciate-

To fall in value.

Desert-

To leave without permission.

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E

Rag figure representing an unpopular individual.

Effigy- Emancipate-

To free from slavery.

Embargo-

An order prohibiting trade with another Country.

Export-

To sell goods abroad.

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F

An extreme shortage of food.

Famine- Freedman-

A person freed from slavery.

Frigate-

An order prohibiting trade with another Country.

Fugitive-

Runaway or trying to runaway.

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G

To deliberate destruction of a racial, political, or cultural group.

Genocide- Global warming-

A steady increase in average world temperatures.

Greenback-

A piece of United Stats paper money first issued by North in Civil War.

Guerilla tactics-

Referring to surprise attacks or raids rather Than organized warfare.

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H

A legal order for an inquiry to determine whether a person has been lawfully imprisoned.

Habeas Corpus Hamilton, Andrew-

Howe, Elias-

Was an American inventor and sewing machine pioneer.

Human Rights-

Rights regarding as belonging to all persons, such as freedom unlawful imprisonment,Torture, and execution.

A Scottish lawyer in Colonial America, best known for his legal victory on behalf of printer and newspaper publisher John Peter Zenger.

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IA 17 minute public speech by Martin Luther King, Jr. delivered on August 28, 1963, in which he called for racial equality and an end to discrimination.

“ I have a Dream” speech- Immigrants-

Import-

To buy goods from foreign markets.

Inflation-

A continuous rise in the price of goods, and services.

A person who comes to live permanently in a foreign country.

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JJackson, Andrew- Jefferson, Thomas-

Joint occupation-

The possession and settling of an area shared by two or more countries.

Judicial review-

The right of the supreme court to determine if a law violates the Constitution.

The seventh President of the United States, he started the modern democratic party.

The third President of the United States ,and the principal author of the Declaration of Independence. An influential Founding Father.

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KKeller, Helen- Key, Francis Scott-

Kennedy, John F.-

He was the 35th President of the United States,assassinated, after one term influential speaker.

Kansas-Nebraska Act-

She was an American author, political activist, and lecturer. She was the first deaf/blind person to earn a Bachelor of Arts degree.

He was a American lawyer, author, and amateur poet, from Georgetown, who wrote the lyrics to the United States' national anthem, "The Star-Spangled Banner".

created the territories of Kansas and Nebraska, opened new lands that would help the settlers settle in them, repealed the Missouri Compromise of 1820, and allowed settlers in those territories to determine if they would allow slavery within their boundaries and to settle there.

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LLandslide- Lee, Robert E.-

Legislative branch-

The branch of government that makes the nation’s laws.

Loyalists-

An overwhelming victory.

American colonists who remained loyal with Great Britain, and opposed the war for independence.

He was a career military officer who is best known for having commanded the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia in the American Civil .

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MMajority- Manifest Destiny-

Manumission-

The freeing of some enslaved persons.

Mason, George-

More than half.The 19th-century doctrine or belief that the expansion of the US throughout the American continents was both justified and inevitable .

He was an American Patriot, statesman and a delegate from Virginia to the U.S. Constitutional Convention.

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NNullify- New Jersey plan-

Nineteenth Amendment- Nixon, Richard M.-

To cancel or make ineffective.was a proposal for the structure of the United States Government proposed by William Paterson at the Constitutional Convention on June 15, 1787.

to the United States Constitution prohibits any United States citizen to be denied the right to vote based on sex.

was the 37th President of the United States, he served as the 36th Vice President of the United States, the only person to be elected twice to both the Presidency and the Vice Presidency. A member of the Republican Party, he was the only President to resign from office.

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OOregon Country- Otis, James-

Ordinance- Offensive-

A law or regulation. Position of attacking, or the attack itself.

was a predominantly American term referring to a disputed ownership region of the Pacific Northwest of North America.

was a lawyer in colonial Massachusetts, a member of the Massachusetts Legislature, and an early advocate of the political views that led to the American Revolution.

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PPaine , Thomas- Partisan-

Perjury- Preamble-

Lying when one has sworn an oath to tell the truth.

Introduction to a formal document, especially the Constitution.

Favoring one side of an issue.was an author, pamphleteer, radical, inventor, intellectual, revolutionary, and one of the Founding Fathers of the United States.

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QQuebec act- Quartering of troops-

Quakers- Quebec, Battle of-

Third amendment, no soldier shall, in time of peace be quartered in any house, without the consent of the owner, nor in time of war, but in a manner to be prescribed by law.

Set up a permanent government for Quebec, and granted religious freedom for French catholic's.

members of the Religious Society of Friends, a faith that emerged as a new Christian denomination in England during a period of religious turmoil in the mid-1600's.

fought on December 31, 1775 between American Continental Army forces and the British defenders of the city of Quebec, early in the American Revolutionary War.

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RRepublic- Revenue-

Rush-Bagot treaty- Ratify-

Incoming money. Government in which citizens rule through elected representatives.

United States, and GB agreed to set limits on number of naval vessels each could have on Great Lakes, provided removal of weapons along border between U.S, and British Canada.

To give approval to.

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SSecede- Secession-

Suffrage- Second amendment-

Withdrawal from Union. To leave or to withdraw.

Right to vote. Right to bear arms.

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TTariff- Temperance -

Twelfth amendment- Toleration-

The use of little or no alcohol. A tax on imports.

Election of president, and vice- president, provides for electoral college to use separate ballots, in voting for president, and vice- president.

The acceptance of different beliefs.

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UUnalienable rights-Unconstitutional -

Underground Railroad- Utopia-

Not agreeing, or consistent with the Constitution.

A right that cannot be surrendered.

A system that helped enslaved African- Americans follow a network of escape routes out of South, and to freedom in the North .

Community based on a vision of a perfect society sought by reforms.

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VVaquero-Unconstitutional -

Underground Railroad- Utopia-

Not agreeing, or consistent with the Constitution.

Hispanic ranch hand.

A system that helped enslaved African- Americans follow a network of escape routes out of South, and to freedom in the North .

Community based on a vision of a perfect society sought by reforms.