My A B C book of history

By: Robin Bruins5/17/11Grade 8th

a

Abolitionist- a person who STRONGLY favors doing away with slavery

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

Articles of Confederation- Americas’ first constitution

Adams John- one of the three men who helped with the treaty of Paris

b Blockade- cut off an area by means of troops or war ship stop supplies or people from coming or going in or out

•Blockade runner-a ship that sails in or out of a blocked area

•Boycott- to refuse to buy items from a particular country

•Barton Clara- helped wounded soldiers also known as the “Angel of the Battlefield”

J

Cash crop- crop raised to be sold for moneyConstitution- a formal plan of government

Cotton gin- a machine that moved seeds from cotton

Civil war- a conflict between opposing groups of citizens of other countries

d

• Douglass Fredrick- a former slave that escaped who lived and became an abolitionist leader

• Dorothea Dix – founded an institution for the mentally ill and the criminals who committed no crime

• Dred Scott- a slave who fought for freedom

• Delaware- one of the middle colonies

e• Emancipate-to free from slavery• Enlightenment- a movement in the

1700’s that spread the idea of knowledge , reason, and science could improve society

• Eighth Amendment- no cruel or unusual punishment

• Erie canal- a 363 mile canal that opened in October, 26, 1825

f

• Federalist-someone who supports the constitution

• Federal debt- the amount of money owned by the government

• Fort Sumter- a us fort on an island guarding Charles Harbor.

• Franklin Benjamin-one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence

g

• Guerrilla warfare-a hit and run technique used in fighting wars

• Guerrilla tactics - surprised attacks or raids

• Garrison, William Lloyd-an abolitionist who created a newspaper & lead an abolitionist group

• Gettysburg Address- where Lincoln made a speech about to him what the war came to mean

h• Habeas Corpus – a legal order for an

inquiry to determine whether a person has been lawfully imprisoned

• Human rights- rights regarded as belonging to all persons such as freedom from unlawfully imprisonment torture and execution

• Henry, Patrick- he made the famous speech

“ Give me liberty or give me death”• House of Burgesses- they make local laws

I

• Imperialism- the actions used by one nation to exercise political or economic control over smaller or weaker nations

• Indentured servant – a laborer who agreed to work without pay for a certain time in exchange for a passage to America

• Implied powers- powers not specifically mentioned in the Constitution

• Import- to buy goods from foreign markets

j

• Judicial branch-a branch of government including the federal court system that interprets the nations laws.

• Judicial review- the right of the supreme court to determine if a law violates the Constitution

• John Jay- said a famous quote” I have not yet begun to fight”

• Jamestown- The first colony to settle in America

• Kansas- Also known as the “Bleeding” Kansas

because of the war there• Key, Francis Scott-wrote the “ St r

Spangled Banner” • Ku Klux Klan– holding English

explorers’ captive.• Kansas-Nebraska act – Allowed

Kansas and Nebraska to be free state’s.

l

• Laissez-Faire- policy that government should interfere as little as possible in the action

• Legislative branch- the branch of government that makes the nation’s laws.

• Lee, Robert L.-general of the Confederates

• Lafayette, Marquise- Lincoln's best friend