MY ABC BOOK OF US HISTORY

Andre Poteat4

5-12-11

AAbolitionist-A person who strongly favor’s doing away with slavery.

Abstain-to not take part in some activity, such as Voting

Adobe-A sun dried mud brick use to build the homes of some Native Americans

BBounty-money given as a reward, such as to encourage enlistment in the army

Bureaucracy-System in which nonelected officials carry out laws and policies.

Burgesses- Elected representatives to an assembly.

CCabinet- A group of advisers to the president

California-Mexicans who lived in California

Canal-an artificial waterway

DDebtor-Person or country that owes money.

Decrease- an Oder or decision given by one in authority

Demilitarize- to remove armed forces from an area

EEffigy-rag figure representing an unpopular individual

Emancipate-to free from slavery

Embargo-An Oder prohibiting trade with another country

FFamine- An extreme shortage of food

favorite son-Candidate that receives the backing of his home state rather than of the national party

Federal Debt-the amount of money owed by the government

GGreenback-A piece U.s paper money first issued by the north during the civil war

Guerrilla- Referring to surprise attacks or raids rather than organized war face.

Guerrilla War face-A hit-and-run technique used in fighting a war; fighting by small bands of warriors using tactics such as sudden ambushes

HHabeas Corbusier-A legal order for an inquiry to determine whether a person has been lawfully imprisoned.

Hieroglyphic-An ancient from of writing using symbols and pictures to represent words, sounds, and concepts

Holocaust-the name given to the mass slaughter of Jews and other groups by the Nazis during world war 2

IImport- to buy goods from foreign markets

Impressments-Forcing people into serviceman in the navy.

Indentured-Laborer who agreed to work without pay of vertain period of time in exchange of passage to American

JJoint occupation-the possession and settling of an area shared by two or more countries

Joint stock – company-a Company in which inventors bay stock in the company in return for a share of its future profits

Judicial branch-the branch or government,inculuding the federal court system, that interprets the nations laws

LLaissez-faire policy that government should interfere as little as possible in the actions economy

Landslide-An Overwhelming victory.

Legiative Branch-the Branch or government that makes the nation’s laws

MManumission-the freeing of some enslaved person

Martyr-a person who sacrifices his or her life for a principle or cause

Mayflower Compact-a format document, written in 1620, that provide law and Oder the Plymouth colony

NNormal school-a two-year school for training high school gradients as teachers

Northwest Passage- water route to Asia through north America sought by European explorers

Nullify- to Cancel to make ineffective

OOffensive- position of attacking of the attack itself

Ordinance-a law or regulation

Override-to overturn or defeat, as a bill proposed in congress

PPacifist-person opposed to the use of war or violence to settle disputes.

Partisan-favoring one side of an issue.

Patent-A document that gives an inventor the sole legal right to an invention for a period of time.

QQuebec, Battle of-the capital of new france,was thought to be to impossible.

RRadical-Extreme

Ranchero-Mexican ranch power

Rancho-Huge properties for raising livestock step up by Mexican settlers in California

SSecede-to leave or with draw

Secession-withdrawal from the union

Sectionalism-loyatty to a region

Tariff-a tax imports or exports

T

Technology-the application of scientific discover to practical use

Tejano-A Mexican who clan is Texas as his home

UUnalienable right- a right that cannot be surrendered.

Unconstitutional- not agreeing of consistent with the constitution.

Underground railroad-a system that helped enslaved Africans Americans fellow a network of escape routes out of the south to freedom in the north.

VVaquero-hispanic ranch land

Veto- to reject a bill prevent it form becoming a law

Vigilantes-people who take the law into their own hands

WWar hawks- republicans during madison’s presidency who pressed for war with

YYankee-Union soldier.

Yellow journalism-a type of sensational, biased, and often false reporting.

Yeoman-Southern own a small farm who did not have enslaved people.