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ABC BOOK !. BY : Kaitlin Johnson Date : 05-12-11 Period : 6 th. A’s :). Abolitionists : a person who strongly favors doing away with slavery. Amendment : an addition to a formal document such as the constitution. Adams, Samuel : helped start an organization called “Sons of Liberty”. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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ABC BOOK ! BY : Kaitlin Johnson
Date : 05-12-11Period : 6th
A’s :)
Abolitionists : a person who strongly favors doing away with slavery.
Amendment : an addition to a formal document such as the constitution.
Adams, Samuel : helped start an organization called “Sons of Liberty”
B’s :)
Blockade Runner: ship that sails into and out of a blockade area.
Boycott : refuse to buy items for a particular country
Burgesses : elected representatives to an assembly
C’s :)
Cotton Gin : machine that removed seeds from cotton fiber. Civil War :
conflict between opposing groups.
Cash Crop : form crop raised to be sold for money.
D’s :) Depression :
period of law economic activity and widespread.
Decree: order of decision given by one authority.
Davis, Jefferson: senator of Missouri
E’s :)
Emancipation : freeing of slavery.
Export : sells goods aboard .
Embargo : order prohibiting trade w/ another country .
F’s :)
Federalism : sharing of power between federal and state government .
Fredrick Douglass: black abolitionists
Federalists : supports of the constitution .
G’s :)
Guerilla Warfare:
hit-and-run
Gadsden Purchase: portion of present day Arizona & New
Mexico
Gettysburg: city and civil war battle site in south central Pennsylvania.
H’s :)
Holocaust: name given to the mass slaughter .
Human rights : rights reguarding to all person’s
Habeas Corpus: legal order for an inquiry to determine whether that person has been lawfully
I’s :)
Impressments: forcing people into service, as in the navy
Import: buy goods from foreign markets.
Imperialism: actions used by one nation to excirse political or economic control
J’s :) Judicial Branch:
branch of government, including the federal court system
Jefferson, Thomas : 3rd president
Judicial review: right of the supreme court to determine if a law violates the constitution .
K’s :)
Kansas-Nebraska Act: supporting democrats
Kennedy, John F: assassinated
King Jr., Martin : ” I Have a
Dream”
L’s :)
Laissez-Faire: policy that government should interference little as possible in the nation’s economy.
Landslide: overwhelming Victory.
Loyalists: American colonists who remains loyal to Britain and opposed war for independence .
M’s :)
Majority: more than ½
Maize: early farm corn grown by native Americans
Militia : group of civilians trained to fight in emergencies.
N’s :)
Neutral : taking no side .
Nullify : cancel
Non-importation: act of not importing
O’s :)
Ordinance: law
Offensive : position of attracting
Overseer: person who surprises a larger operation .
P’s :)
Plantation : large estate
Precedent: tradition
Patriots: AAmerican colonists
Q’s :) Quebec: city in
Canada, capital of Quebec province
Quakers : society of friends .
Quarters: to provide living accommodations.
R’s :) Ratify : to give
official approval to.
Radical: extreme
Revival: meetings conducted by a preacher
Secede: leave or withdraw
Sedition: activities aimed at weakling est. government
Secession: withdrawal from union
S’s :)
Tribute: money paid for protection
Temperance: no alcohol
Tariff: tax on imports
T’s :)
U’s :)
Underground Railroad: system that helped enslaved African Americans follow network.
Utopia: community based on a vision
Unconstitutional: not agreeing or consistent with the constution.
V’s :)
Veto : reject a bill a prevent it from becoming a law
Viceroy: Person who rules a country or provice.
Vaquero: Hispanic Ranchhand
W’s :)
War hawks : republicans
William, Penn: Quaker/ Pennsilvaya
Writ of assistance: legal document
XYZ affair : 3 french agents “x” , “y” , And “z”
X’s :)
Y’s :)
Yellow Journalism: sensational, biased.
Yeoman: southern owner of aa small farm eho didn’t have enslaved people .
Yankee: union soldier
Z’s :)
Zenger, John Peter: New York weekly journal