My ABC History Book Gregory Oliver 5/12/11 3rd Period

A

Abolitionist- A person who strongly favors doing away with slavery.

Article- a part of a document such as the constitution that deals with a single subject

John Adams- The first president of the united states

B

Boycott- to refuse to buy items from a particular country.

Burgesses- elected representatives to an assembly.

Blockade runner- ship that sails into and out of a blockade area.

C

Canal- an artificial waterway

Cash crop- farm crop raised to be sold for money Census-

official count of a population

D Draft- the selection of persons for required military service

Diversity- variety or difference

Debtor- person or country that owes money

E Effigy- rag figure representing an unpopular individual

Emancipate- to free from slavery

Export- to sell goods aboard

F

Federalists- supports of the constitution

Freedom- a person freed from slavery

Frigate- warship

G

Genocide- the deliberate destruction of a racial political or cultural group

Global warming- a steady increase in average world temperatures

Greenback- a piece of U.S. paper money first issued by the north during the civil war

H

Human rights- rights regarded belonging to all persons such as freedom from unlawful Imprisonment torture and execution

Horizontal integration- the combining of competing firms into one corporation

Habeas corpus- a legal order for an inquiry to determine whether a person has been lawfully imprisoned

I

Implied powers- powers not specifically mentioned on the constitution

Import- to buy goods from foreign markets

Internet- a worldwide linking of computer networks

J

Judicial branch- the branch of government including the federal court system that interprets the nations laws

Judicial review- the right of the supreme court to determine if a law violates the constitution

Joint occupation- the possession and setting of an area shared by two or more countries

L

Landslide- an overwhelming victory

Legislative branch- the branch of government that makes the nations laws Lynching- putting

to death a person by illegal action of a mob

M

Maize- an early form of corn grown my N.A.

Mission- religious settlement

Monopoly- total control of an industry by one company

N

Nullify- to cancel or make ineffective

Neutrality- a position of not taking sides in a conflict

Neutral- taking no side in a conflict

Offensive- position of attacking or the attack itself.

Ordinance- a law or regulation

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

O

Partisan- favoring one side of an issue

Precedent- a tradition

Privateer- armed private ship P

Kansas- it was known as bleeding Kansas because of the battle

Kickapoo- got kicked off of there land

Henry Knox- was elected as the first secretary of war by George Washington

K

Quakers- William Penn

Battle of Quebec- its now known as canada

Quebec- its now known as Canada

Q

Radical- Extreme

Ranchero- Mexican ranch owner

Rendezvous- a meeting

R

Suffrage- the right to vote

Secede- to leave or withdraw

Secession- withdrawal from the union

S

Tariff- a tax on import or export

Total war- war on all aspects of the enemies life

Toleration- the acceptance of different beliefs

T

Unalienable right- a right that cannot be surrendered

Utopia- community based on a wision of a perfect society sought by reformers

Unconstitutional- not agreeing or consistent with constitution

U

Vaquero- his panic ranch hand

Veto- to reject a bill and prevent if form becoming a law

Vigilantes- people who take the law into there own hands

V

War hawks- republicans during Madison presidency who posed for war with Britain

Writ of assistance- legal document that ambled offices to search homes in warehouses for goods that might be smuggled

War of 1812- that was an important year

W

Yeoman- southern owner of a small farm who did not have enslaved people

Yellow journalism- a type of sensational based and often false reporting

Yankee- union soldiers

Y