My ABC Book of U.S. History

Nick Hon 5-16-116th

A

• Anitfederalists- People who opposed the constitution

• Annex- to add a territory to ones territory• Arsenal- A

storage place for weapons and ammunition

B

• Burgesses- Elected representative to an assembly

• Bleeding, Kansas- A mini civil war that happened in Kansas

• Boycott- Refusal to buy gods from a country

C

• Cabinet- A group of advisers to the president

• Capital- Money for investment

• Calhoun, John C.- leading War Hawk

D

• Debtor- Person or county that owes money

• Desert- To leavee without permission

• Diversity- Variety or difference

E

• Embargo- Prohibiting trade with another country

• Export- To sell goods abroad

• English Bill of Rights- An important model for Americans

F

• Famine- An extreme shortage of food

• Frigate- Warship

• Fugitive- Runaway or trying to runaway

G

• Guerrilla Warfare- Hit and run technique

• Genocide- Destruction of a racial, political, or cultural group• Gadsen

Purchase- A strip of land along the Southern edge of present day Arizona

H

• Human Rights- Belonging to all persons

• Hamilton, Alexander- Was killed in a duel by Aaron Burr

• Hayes, Lemanuel- Joined the Patriots and fought at Concord

I

• Import- To buy goods from foreign markets

• Inflation- A continue in the rise in price of goods

• Ironclad- Armored naval vessel

J

• Judicial Review- Supreme Court`s power

• Joint Occupation- Setting of an area

• Judicial Branch- Federal law branch

K

• Keelboat- Boat that Lewis and Clark traveled in to explore the West

• Keller, Helen- She was deaf, blind, and mute

• Ku Klux Klan- White mobs in Memphis

L

• Landslide- An overwhelming victory

• Literacy- The ability to read and write

• Lynching- Putting a person to death by illegal action of a mob

M

• Maize- An early form of corn grown by Native Americans

• Majority- More than half

• Mission- Religious settlement

N

• Neutral- Taking neither sides in a conflict

• Naturalization- To grant full citizenship

• Neutrality- A position of not taking sides in a conflict

O

• Offensive- Position of attacking or attacking itself

• Ordinance- A law

• Override- To overturn or defeat

P

• Partisan- Favoring one side of an issue

• Petition- A formal request

• Plurality- Largest single share

Q

• Quakers- A Protestant group

• Quartering of troops- 3rd Amendment

• Quebec Act-

R

• Radical- Extreme

• Ranchero- Mexican ranch owner

• Recruit- To enlist soldiers into the army

S

• Secede- To leave without permission

• Spiritual- African American folk song

• Suffrage- The right to vote

T

• Tariff- Tax on imported goods

• Tejano- Mexican who claims land in Texas

• Tribute- Money paid for protection

U

• Unalienable Right- A right that cannot be taken away

• Unconstitutional- Not agreeing or consistent with the Constitution

• Utopia- A perfect society

V

• Vaquero- Hispanic ranch hand

• Veto-To reject a bill

• Vigilantes- People who take the law into their own hands

W

• War Hawks- Republicans during Madison`s presidency

• Writ of Assistance- Legal document that enables officers to search homes

• War of 1812- War between Britain and the original 13 colonies

X

• XYZ Affair- Three French agents

Y

• Yankee- Union Soldier

Z

• Zenger, John Peter- Faced charges of libel for printing a critical report about the loyal governor of New York