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By Lateara Fairchild

Article –a part OF A DOCUMENT ,SUCH AS THE CONSTITYTION THAT DEAL WITH A SINGLE SUBJECT

AAMENDMENT- AN ADDITION TO A FORMAL DOCUMOENT SUCH AS THE CONSTITUTION .

ANIMMIGRANT-LIVING IN A COUNTRY IN WHICH HE OR SHE IS NOT A CITIZEN

BBORDER STATES - THE STATES BETWEEN THE NORTH AND THE SOUTH THAT WERE DIVIDE OVER WHETHER TO STAY IN THE UNION OR JOIN THE CONFEDERACY

BURGESSES-ELECTED REPRESS ENTATIVES TO AN

ASSEMBLY

BLACK CODES-LAW PASSED IN THE SOUTH JUST AFTER IN CIVIL CAR AMIED AT CONTROLLING FREEMEN AND ENABLING PLANTTION OWNER TO EXPLOIT AFRICAN AMERICAN WORKER

CCASH CROP-FROM CROP RASIED TO BE SOLD FOR MONEY

CABINET-A GROUP OF ABRISERS TO THE PRESIDENT.

COTTON GIN-A MACHINE THAT REMOVED SEED FROM COTTON FIDER.

DDROUGHT-A LONG PREIOD OF TIME WITH LITTLE RAINFALL.

DESERT-TO LEAVE WITHOUT PERMISSION.

DEBTOR-A PERSON OR COUNTRY THAT OWES MMONEY.

EXECUTIVE POWER –POWER BELONGING ONLY TO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.

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EMBRGO-AN ORDER PROHINDING TRADE WITH ANOTHER COUNTRY

ENGLING BILL OF RIGHTS-IN 1689 GUARNEETEEING CERTAIN BASIC RIGHTS

FFreeman -a person freed from slavery .

Federalists-supporter of the constitution.

Fifteenth amendment-the right of citizen of the untied state to vote shall not be denied or abridged by of face ,color, or previous contrition servitude.

gGlobal warning-a steady increase in average world temperature s.

Grandfather clause-a clause that allowed individuals who did not pass the literacy test to vote if their further or grandfather had vote before reconstruct began an execution to a law based on prefsting

Great migration-moment of people .

hHuman right-rights regarded as belonging to all person such as freedom from unlawful imprisonment torture and execution.

Henry Patrick-give me liberty or give me death

Hamilton Alexander-a secretary of the treasury

IImport-to buy good from foreign maker .

Interchangeable part-reform pieces that can be made in large quantities to replace other identical pieces.

Internet-a worldwide liking of computer network.

jJudicial branch-the branch of government including the federal court system that interprets the nation law

Judicial review -the right of the supreme courts to determine if law vides the constitution.

Jamestown -the colonists named the river the James and their new settler Jamestown to honor their king .

kKansan Nebraska act-with some support from northern democrats and the backing of president pierce congress passed the Kansas Nebraska act in may 1854.

dr. Martin Luther- emerged as one of the leader of the civil rights movement .

Kentucky-some people move from Kentucky and Tennessee while Michigan's pioneer came mostly from new England

lLoyalists-American colonists who remained loyal to Britain and opposed the war for independent

Legislative branch-the branch of government that make the nation laws .

landslide-an overwhelming victory.

mMayflower compact- document written in 1620.that provided law order to the Plymouth colony.

Mission-religious settlement.

Migration-a movement number of people into a new homeland.

nNeutral rights-the rights to sail the sea and not take sides in a war

NATIONAL DEBT- THE AMOUNT OF MONEY A NATIONAL GOVERNMENT OWNES TO OTHER GOVERNMENT OR ITS PEOPLE.

NATURALIZATION-GRANT FULL CITIZENSHIP TO A FOREIGNER

oOZONE -THE LAYER OF GAS COMPOSED OF A FROM OF OXGEN THAT PROTEST THE EARTH AND ITS PEOPLE FROM CANEER CAUSING SUN RAYS

OREGON COUNTRY-THE FRIST TEN AMENDMENTS OF THE AMENDMENT OF THE CONSTITION ABOPTED IN 1791 TO PROTEST THE RIGHT OF CITIZENS

OVERSEER-PERSON WHO SUPPERVISES A LARGE OPERATION OR ITS WORKER

pPILGRIMS -SEPARTISTS WHO JOURNEYED TO THE COLONISTS DURING THE 1600’S FOR A RELIGIOUS PURPOSE

PATRIOTS-AMERICAN COLONISTS WHO WERE DETERMIND TO FIGHT THE BRITSH UNTIL AMERICAN INDENEPENDENCE

PURITANS-PROPTESTANTS WHO DURING THE 1600’S WANTED TO REFORM THE ANGLICAN

qQUAKER-BELIVED THAT EVERY INDIVIDUAL HAD AN INNER LIGHT COULD GUDIE HIM OR HER TO SALVATION

QUEBEE CANDA-IN WHICH IS NOW CANDA.

QUADRUPLE ALLIANCE-FOR HELP IN ITS FIGHTS AGINST REVOLUTIONARY FORCE IN SOUTH AMERICAN

R

Republic-A Republic is a

Sovereign state in which all

segments of society are

enfranchised and in which the

state’s power is

constitutionally limited.

Revenue-

Incoming moneyRebel- Confederate soldiers,

so called because of

opposition to the

established

government.

SSlavery- The

Institution that

supports the holding

of human beings as

property.

Smuggling- Trading illegally with other nations

Sale Tax- Taxes

paid by the consumer on

the godsend services

people buy.

TTemperance-

The use of little or no

alcoholic drink.

Triangular trade- A trade route that exchanged goods between the West indies, the American colonies and

West Africa.

Tariff- Tax on

Foreign goods

brought into a

country. An official

schedule of taxes

imposed by a

government on

imports or exports

UUnalienable Right- Rights that cannot be given or taken away, that cannot be transferred to another.

Underground Railroad- A system that helped enslaved African Americans follow a network of escape routes out of the south to freedom in the north

Unconstitutional-

Not agreeing or consistent with

the constitution

VVeto- To reject a bill and prevent it from

becoming a law Vigilantes- People who take the law into their own hands

Vertical Integration- The combining of companies that supply equipment

and services needed for becoming a law.

WWrit of Assistance-Legal

document that enabled

officers to search homes

and warehouses for good

that might be smuggled

Washington, George- First president , the Judiciary Act passed.

Eli Whitney-The inventor started the use of Interchangeable Parts.

XXYZ Affair-Diplomatic

scandal that almost caused

another war, this one

between the United States

and France. France was, at

the time, at war with Great

Britain. A treaty between

Britain and the U.S. failed to

guarantee France the right

to ship with the U.S. France

sent to the United States

three diplomats, thereafter

named X, Y, and Z, with

outrageous demands. The

result was undeclared war

between the two countries.

YYellow Journalism- A

type of sensational,

biased, and often false

reporting .Yankee- Union Soldier.

Yeoman- Southern owner of a

small farm who did not have

enslaved people.

ZZinger, John Peter-

He was an American printer, publisher, editor and journalist whose indictment, trial and acquittal on sedition and libel charges (against the then Governor William Cosby of the New York Colony) in 1734 was an important contributing factor to the development of the freedom of the press in America.