My ABC Book Of U.S History!!

Alicia Maye 4th period

May 11th 2011

A Abolitionist-A person who strongly favors doing away with slavery.

Annex-To add a territory to ones own territory

Abraham Lincoln- the 16 president

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

Blockades- laws passed in the south just after the civil war aimed control ling freedom

Blockade runner- ship that sails into and out of a blockade area

C Canal- an artificial waterway

Capital- money for investment

Cash crop- farm crop raised to be sold for money

D Dictator- a leader who rules with total authority

Diversity-variety or difference

Drought- a long period of time with little or no rain fall

E Effigy- figure representing an unpopular individual

Embargo- an order prohibiting trade with another country

Export- to sell goods aboard

F Famine-an extreme shortage of food

Federalism- the sharing of power between federal and state government

Fredrick Douglas- famous get away slave

G Guerrilla warfare- a hit and run technique used in war

Global Warming- a steady increase in world temperature

Greenback-a piece of U.S paper money first issued during the Civil War

H Holocaust- the name given to the mass slaughter of Jews by the Nazis

Human Rights-rights regarded as belonging to all persons

Harriet Tubman- famous slave that controlled the underground railroad

I Import- to buy goods from foreign markets

Impeach-to formally charge a public official with misconduct in office

Implied powers- powers not specifically mentioned in the constitution

J Judicial branch- the branch of government including the federal court system that interoperates laws

Judicial Review- the right of the supreme court to determine if a law violates the constitution

joint occupation- the possession and setting of an area shared by two or more countries

K Kansas Nebraska Act- signed May 1854

John F. Kennedy- 35th president

Bleeding Kansas- where a small civil war happened

L

Laissez-faire- policy that government should interfere as little as possible in the nations economy

Landslide- an overwhelming victory

Legislative Branch- the branch that makes nations laws

M

Maize- an early form of corn grown by native Americans

Majority- more than half

Manifest destiny- the idea popular in the united states during 1800 that the country must extend its boundaries

N

Nationalism- loyalty to a nation

Neutral-taking no sides in a conflict

National debt- amount of money a national government owes to another government

O

Ordinance- a law or regulation

Override- to overturn or defeat

Offensive- position of attacking or the attack its self

P

Purism- favoring on side of an issue

patriots- wanted American revolution

Pilgrims- separatists who journeyed to the colonies during 1600s

Q

Quakers- believed every individual had inner rights

Quebec act- guaranteed freedom to French colonist

quarter- to provide living accommodations

R

Radical- extreme

ratify- to give official approval

ranchero- Mexican ranch owner

S

secede- to leave or withdraw

sectionalism- loyalty to a region

sedition- activities aimed at weakening established government

T

tariff- a tax on imports and exports

temperance- the use of little or no alcoholic drink

Tide water- a region of flat low lying plains along the seacoast

U

Unalienable rights- a right that cannot be surrendered

utopia- a community based on happy visions

Un constitunal- not agreeing or consistent with the constitution

V

vaquero- Hispanic ranch hand

veto- to reject a bill and preventing it to becoming a law

vigilantes- people who take the law into their own hands

W

War hawks- republicans during Madison presidency who pressed a war with Britain

Writ of assistance- legal document that enabled officials to search homes ad ware houses for smuggled goods

War of 1812- a war with Britain and the U.S.

XXYZ affair- sending 3 French agents to say prepare for war

Y

Yankee- union soldier

Yeo man- southern owner of a small farm who did not take enslaved people

Yellow journalism- a type of sensatational biased and often false reporter

ZZuni the- certain types of people