Post on 02-Jan-2016
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AbolitionistPerson who favors doing away with slavery
AbstainTo not take part in some activity such as voting
AmbushA surprise attack
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BoycottTo refuse to buy items from particular country
BurgessesElected representatives to an assemblyBlockade Runner
Ship that sails into and out of a blockade area
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CabinetA group of advisers to the president
CanalAn artificial waterway
CaravelSmall fast ship with a broad bow
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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
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EmancipationTo free from slavery
EmbargoAn order prohibiting trade with another countryExport
To sell goods aboard
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Fifth AmendmentNo person shall be deprived of life liberty
Fist AmendmentReligion assembly petition press speech
Fort SumterFort on an island guarding Charleston harbor
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Garrison William Lloyd Abolitionist antislavery movement
Global WarmingA steady increase in average world temperature
GenocidesDeliberate destruction of a racial political or cultural group
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Henry PatrickPersuaded the burgesses to take action against the stamp act
House of BurgessesMake local laws for the colony
Hamilton AndrewSecretary of war
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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
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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
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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
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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
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OrdinanceA law or regulation
OverseerPerson who supervises a large operation or its workers
OverrideTo overturn or defeat as a bill proposed in congress
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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
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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
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RancheroMexican ranch owners
RatifyTo give official approval to
ReconcilitaionSettling by agreements or coming together again
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Saratoga battle ofPersuaded the burgesses to take action against the stamp act
SuffrageRight to vote
StraitA narrow passageway connecting two larger body of ater
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TariffTax on imports or exports
Total warWar on all aspects of the enemy's life
TolerationThe acceptance of different beliefs
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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
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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
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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
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Yellow Journalism Type of sensational biased & often false reporting
YankeeUnion soldier
Yorktown VirginiaPatriots had won; Cornwallis surrendered