MY ABC BOOK OF US HISTORY
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MY ABC BOOK OF US HISTORY
Andre Poteat4
5-12-11
AAbolitionist-A person who strongly favor’s doing away with slavery.
Abstain-to not take part in some activity, such as Voting
Adobe-A sun dried mud brick use to build the homes of some Native Americans
BBounty-money given as a reward, such as to encourage enlistment in the army
Bureaucracy-System in which nonelected officials carry out laws and policies.
Burgesses- Elected representatives to an assembly.
CCabinet- A group of advisers to the president
California-Mexicans who lived in California
Canal-an artificial waterway
DDebtor-Person or country that owes money.
Decrease- an Oder or decision given by one in authority
Demilitarize- to remove armed forces from an area
EEffigy-rag figure representing an unpopular individual
Emancipate-to free from slavery
Embargo-An Oder prohibiting trade with another country
FFamine- An extreme shortage of food
favorite son-Candidate that receives the backing of his home state rather than of the national party
Federal Debt-the amount of money owed by the government
GGreenback-A piece U.s paper money first issued by the north during the civil war
Guerrilla- Referring to surprise attacks or raids rather than organized war face.
Guerrilla War face-A hit-and-run technique used in fighting a war; fighting by small bands of warriors using tactics such as sudden ambushes
HHabeas Corbusier-A legal order for an inquiry to determine whether a person has been lawfully imprisoned.
Hieroglyphic-An ancient from of writing using symbols and pictures to represent words, sounds, and concepts
Holocaust-the name given to the mass slaughter of Jews and other groups by the Nazis during world war 2
IImport- to buy goods from foreign markets
Impressments-Forcing people into serviceman in the navy.
Indentured-Laborer who agreed to work without pay of vertain period of time in exchange of passage to American
JJoint occupation-the possession and settling of an area shared by two or more countries
Joint stock – company-a Company in which inventors bay stock in the company in return for a share of its future profits
Judicial branch-the branch or government,inculuding the federal court system, that interprets the nations laws
LLaissez-faire policy that government should interfere as little as possible in the actions economy
Landslide-An Overwhelming victory.
Legiative Branch-the Branch or government that makes the nation’s laws
MManumission-the freeing of some enslaved person
Martyr-a person who sacrifices his or her life for a principle or cause
Mayflower Compact-a format document, written in 1620, that provide law and Oder the Plymouth colony
NNormal school-a two-year school for training high school gradients as teachers
Northwest Passage- water route to Asia through north America sought by European explorers
Nullify- to Cancel to make ineffective
OOffensive- position of attacking of the attack itself
Ordinance-a law or regulation
Override-to overturn or defeat, as a bill proposed in congress
PPacifist-person opposed to the use of war or violence to settle disputes.
Partisan-favoring one side of an issue.
Patent-A document that gives an inventor the sole legal right to an invention for a period of time.
QQuebec, Battle of-the capital of new france,was thought to be to impossible.
RRadical-Extreme
Ranchero-Mexican ranch power
Rancho-Huge properties for raising livestock step up by Mexican settlers in California
SSecede-to leave or with draw
-withdrawal from the union
Sectionalism-loyalty to a region
Tariff-a tax imports or exports
T
Technology-the application of scientific discover to practical use
Tejano-A Mexican who clan is Texas as his home
UUnalienable right- a right that cannot be surrendered.
Unconstitutional- not agreeing of consistent with the constitution.
Underground railroad-a system that helped enslaved Africans Americans fellow a network of escape routes out of the south to freedom in the north.
VVaquero-hispanic ranch land
Veto- to reject a bill prevent it form becoming a law
Vigilantes-people who take the law into their own hands
WWar hawks- republicans during madison’s presidency who pressed for war with
YYankee-Union soldier.
Yellow journalism-a type of sensational, biased, and often false reporting.
Yeoman-Southern own a small farm who did not have enslaved people.