My ABC Book of U.S History Katie Cole 5 th period May 12,2011.
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A
Ambush – a surprise attack
Abolitionist – a person who strongly favors doing away with slavery
Abstain – to not take part in some activity , such as voting
B
Boycott – to refuse to buy items from a certain country.
Barton , Clara – organized the American red cross , and helped nurse soldiers on the battlefield .
Burgesses – elected representatives to an assembly.
C
Cede – to give up by treaty.
John Calhoun – opposed to antislavery .
Cash Crop – farm crop raised to be sold for money.
D
Desert – to leave without permission
Dix , Dorothea – helped improve prisons and mentally ill people
Debtor – a person or country that owes money.
E
Export – to sell goods a broad
Edwards , Jonathan – preacher in the great awakening.
Embargo – an order prohibiting trade with another country.
F
Famine – an extreme shortage of food .
Ford , Henry – made a gas powered automobile that could be made cheaply.
Frigate – warship
G
Global warming – a steady increase in average world temperature .
Garrison , William Lloyd - A major abolitionist who made a big impact toward antislavery.
Genocide – the deliberate destruction of a racial , political ,or cultural group .
H
Horizontal integration – the combining of competing firms into one corporation .
Hamilton , Alexander – helped revise articles of confederation , died in a duel with Arron Burr .
Habeas Corpus – a legal order for an inquiry to determine whether a person has been lawfully imprisoned .
I
Import – to buy goods from foreign markets .
Implied powers – powers not specifically mentioned in the constitution .
Ironclad – armored naval vessel
J
Judicial branch – the branch of government , including the federal court system , that interprets nations laws .
Jay , John – chief justice of America
Joint occupation – the possession and settling of an area shared by two or more countries .
K
Knox , Henry – secretary of war .
Keller , Helen – overcame the challenges of being born blind and deaf .
Key , Francis Scott – wrote the star spangled banner .
L
Landslide – an overwhelming victory
Lee , Robert E – was the commander of the confederate army in the civil war
Literacy – the ability to read and write .
M
Mann , Horace – a lawyer who became the head of education in 1837
Maize – an early form of corn grown by Native Americans .
Majority – more than half .
N
Nixon , Richard m- lawyer from California who became our 37 president .
Naturalization – to grant full citizenship to a foreigner .
Neutral – taking no side in a conflict .
O
Owen , Robert – established new harmony , Indiana .
Ordinance – a law or regulation . Offensive – position of attacking or the attack itself .
P
Parks , Rosa – was arrested because she wouldn’t leave the section of the bus for white people .
Perjury – lying when one has sworn an oath to tell the truth .
Plurality – largest single share .
Q
Quakers – believed everyone was equal in Gods eyes .
Quebec act – was when British attacked the capital of France .
Quechua – Incan language
R
Revere , Paul – warned Lexington the British were coming .
Radical - extreme Ranchero – Mexican ranch owner .
S
Sacagawea – was a Indian guide for Louis and Clark .
Secede – to leave or withdraw .
Suffrage – the right to vote .
T
Taney , Roger B – said Dredd Scott –was still a slave and as a slave Scott wasn’t a citizen .
Tejano – Mexicans who claimed Texas has their home .
Tariff – a tax on imports or exports .