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Jacob Qualls 5 th period 5-12-11 My ABC Book of U.S. History

My ABC Book of U.S. History

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My ABC Book of U.S. History. Jacob Qualls 5 th period 5-12-11. A. Annex-Added territory to ones property . Ambush-surprise attack. Arsenal-storage facility for weapons and ammunition . B. Boycott-refuse to by a certain product. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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Page 1: My ABC Book  of  U.S. History

Jacob Qualls5th period5-12-11

My ABC Book of

U.S. History

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AAmbush-surprise attack

Annex-Added territory to ones property

Arsenal-storage facility for weapons and ammunition

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BBoycott-refuse to by a certain product

Backcountry-region of hills and forests west of tidewater

Burgesses-elected representatives to an assembly

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Cabinet-group of advisors to the president

Canal-artificial waterway

Caravel-small, fast ship with broad bows

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Debtor-person that owes money to someone or government

Depreciate-fall in value

Diversity-variety

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Emancipation-to free someone from slavery

Effigy-rag figure representing unpopular individual

Embargo-order prohibiting trade with other countries

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Federalists-supporters of constitution

Freedman-person freed from slavery

Frigate-small warship

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Genocide- destruction of racial, political, or cultural group

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

Guerrilla tactics-referring to surprise attacks

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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

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Import to buy goods from a foreign market

Impressments -forcing people into service

Iron cad armored naval vessel

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

James the first-king of England

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

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Kansas, bleeding-riot in Kansas lasting 4 days

Keys, Francis Scott-wrote national anthem

Keel boat-small row boat

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Landslide-overwhelming victory

Literacy-ability to read and write

Lynching-putting a person to death by illegal actions

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Manumission-free people from enslavement

Mission-religious settlement

Majority-more than half

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Neutral-taking no side in conflict

Naturalization-full citizenship to a foreigner

Nullify-to cancel

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Ordinance-a law

Offensive-position of attacking

Override-to overrule or defeat

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Partism-favoring one side

Petition-formal request

Precedent-a tradition

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Quakers- people tolerant of other religions

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

Quechua-Incan language

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Ranchero- Mexican ranch owners Ratify- official

approval

Repeal-to cancel an act

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Secede-to leave a nation Sectionalism-loyalty to region

Suffrage-right to vote

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Tariff-tax on imported and exported goods

Tejano -Mexican who claim Texas as home

Tribute-money paid for protection

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Unalienable rights-rights that cannot be taken away

Unconstitutional-not agreeing with the constitution

Utopia-community based on perfect society

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Veto-to reject act

Vaquero- Hispanic ranch hand

Vigilantes-people who take law into their own hands

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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

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Xyz affair-three agent demanded loan from America

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Yorktown ,Virginia -end of American revolution

Yankee-union solider

Yellow journalism-type of false journalism

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Zenger , John Peter-reporter for new weekly journal