My ABC Book of U.S. History

Jacob Qualls5th period5-12-11

My ABC Book of

U.S. History

AAmbush-surprise attack

Annex-Added territory to ones property

Arsenal-storage facility for weapons and ammunition

BBoycott-refuse to by a certain product

Backcountry-region of hills and forests west of tidewater

Burgesses-elected representatives to an assembly

Cabinet-group of advisors to the president

Canal-artificial waterway

Caravel-small, fast ship with broad bows

C

Debtor-person that owes money to someone or government

Depreciate-fall in value

Diversity-variety

D

Emancipation-to free someone from slavery

Effigy-rag figure representing unpopular individual

Embargo-order prohibiting trade with other countries

E

Federalists-supporters of constitution

Freedman-person freed from slavery

Frigate-small warship

f

Genocide- destruction of racial, political, or cultural group

Greenback-U.S. paper money first issued in north

Guerrilla tactics-referring to surprise attacks

g

Horizontal interrogation-combining combining competing firms into one

Human rights- rights regarding to belong to all people

Habeas corpus-legal order to lawfully imprison a person

H

Import-to buy goods from a foreign market

Impressments -forcing people into service

Iron clad-armored naval vessel

Jackson,Andrew-7th president of U.S.

James the first-king of England

Jefferson,Thomas-3rd president of U.S.

J

Kansas, bleeding-riot in Kansas lasting 4 days

Keys, Francis Scott-wrote national anthem

Keel boat-small row boat

K

Landslide-overwhelming victory

Literacy-ability to read and write

Lynching-putting a person to death by illegal actions

L

Manumission-free people from enslavement

Mission-religious settlement

Majority-more than half

Neutral-taking no side in conflict

Naturalization-full citizenship to a foreigner

Nullify-to cancel

Ordinance-a law

Offensive-position of attacking

Override-to overrule or defeat

Partism-favoring one side

Petition-formal request

Precedent-a tradition

Quakers- people tolerant of other religions

Quebec act—permits government for Quebec and free religion to the French

Quechua-Incan language

Ranchero- Mexican ranch owners Ratify- official

approval

Repeal-to cancel an act

Secede-to leave a nation Sectionalism-loyalty to region

Suffrage-right to vote

Tariff-tax on imported and exported goods

Tejano -Mexican who claim Texas as home

Tribute-money paid for protection

Unalienable rights-rights that cannot be taken away

Unconstitutional-not agreeing with the constitution

Utopia-community based on perfect society

Veto-to reject act

Vaquero- Hispanic ranch hand

Vigilantes-people who take law into their own hands

War of 1812-2nd war between U.S. and G.B.

Writ of assistance-legal document to search a house

War hawks-republican who press for war

Xyz affair-three agent demanded loan from America

Yorktown ,Virginia -end of American revolution

Yankee-union solider

Yellow journalism-type of false journalism

Zenger , John Peter-reporter for new weekly journal