Social Studies- ABC Book

Created by Junie MonroeELED 412

Summer 2014

A- Articles of Confederation

• First form of the U.S. Constitution (1787-89). The Articles of Confederation served as a bridge between the initial government by the Continental Congress of the Revolutionary period and the federal government provided under the United States Constitution of 1787.

• http://revolution.mrdonn.org/articlesofconfederation.html

B-Battle of Gettysburg• During the American Civil War, the Battle of Gettysburg was fought in Pennsylvania from July

1-3, 1863. The battle was said to have been fought in or around the town of Gettysburg between Union and Confederate forces.

• http://mrnussbaum.com/civil-war/gettysburg_day_three/

C- Civil War (1861-1865)• The American Civil War was fought between the southern and northern states.

The southern states failed to abide by laws from the northern states, therefore resulting in the southern states breaking away to form the Confederacy. The Civil War was a major event lasting from 1861-1865.

• http://www.ducksters.com/history/civilwartimeline.php

D- Day• The invasion of France on June 6, 1944 was a triumph of intelligence, coordination, secrecy,

and planning. The bold attack was also a tremendous risk. Ultimately it succeeded because of individual soldiers' bravery in combat.

• http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/dday/sfeature/sf_info.html• http://www.army.mil/d-day/

E- English Colonies• The thirteen colonies were established on the Atlantic coastline. There where three different types of

charters that developed each colony. (corporate colonies, royal colonies, and proprietary colonies) • http://americanhistory.about.com/library/charts/blcolonial13.htm

• Division of the three geographical regions:

F- Fifth Amendment• The Fifth Amendment of the United States Constitution is the section of the Bill of

Rights that protects you from being held for committing a crime unless you have been indicted correctly by the law. Under the Fifth Amendment, the state and country have to honor your legal rights, which is a guarantee of due process.

• http://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/fifth_amendment

G- Government• the governing body of a nation, state, or community• the exercise of political authority over the actions, affairs, etc, of a political unit, people, etc, as well as the

performance of certain functions for this unit or body; the action of governing; political rule and administration

• http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/government

H- Hiroshima • On August 6, 1945, during World War II (1939-45), an American B-29 bomber

dropped the world’s first deployed atomic bomb over the Japanese city of

Hiroshima. • http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/bombing-of-hiroshima-and-nagasaki

I- Indentured Servant• Indentured servants were both men and women who signed a contract (also

known as an indenture or a covenant). Individuals agreed to work for a certain amount of years in exchange for transportation to Virginia.

• http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/indentured+servant

J- Judicial Branch• The Judicial Branch of the United States government is responsible for the

administration of justice.• Headed by the Supreme Court. Its powers include interpreting the Constitution,

reviewing laws, and deciding cases involving states' rights.• http://www.whitehouse.gov/our-government/judicial-branch

K- Ku Klux Klan• The Ku Klux Klan (KKK) is a white supremacy organization in the United States. The

organization is dedicated to opposing civil rights for Blacks, Jews, and other ethnic, racial, social or religious groups.

• http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/ku+klux+klan

L- Longitude/Latitude• Latitude

Horizontal mapping lines on Earth are lines of latitude. They are known as "parallels" of latitude, because they run parallel to the equator. Lines run east to west

• LongitudeVertical mapping lines on Earth are lines of longitude, known as "meridians". Lines run north to south

• http://worldatlas.com/aatlas/imageg.htm

M- Market Economy• An economy that relies chiefly on market forces to allocate goods and resources

and to determine prices• http://dictionary.kids.net.au/word/market_economy

N- Ninth Amendment• The Ninth Amendment implicitly refers to natural rights, which the Founders believed all people were

born with as the gift of God or nature. As stated in the Declaration of Independence, they include life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.

• billofrightsinstitute.org/...bill.../ninth-amendment/

O- Oregon Treaty- 1846• The United States and Great Britain signed the Treaty of Oregon on June 15, 1846, ending 28 years of joint

occupancy of the Pacific Northwest. The treaty established the 49thparallel as the border between the two countries. The United States and Great Britain ended the War of 1812 with the Treaty of Ghent in 1814, and four years later agreed to a 10-year period of joint occupancy of the Northwest

• https://www.nwcouncil.org/history/TreatyOfOregon

P-Popular Sovereignty

• American History . (before the Civil War) a doctrine, held chiefly by the opponents of the abolitionists,that the people living in a territory should be free of federal interference in determiningdomestic policy, especially with respect to slavery.

Q- Quest

• During the age of discovery, a quest was known as a trip

• http://www.history2u.com/book1_discovery.htm

R- Republicanism • Republicanism is the political theory that holds that the best form of government

is a republic as opposed to a monarchy.• http://encyclopedia.kids.net.au/page/re/Republicanism

S- Sam Houston• United States politician and military leader who fought to gain independence for Texas from

Mexico and to make it a part of the United States (1793-1863)• http://dictionary.kids.net.au/word/Sam_Houston

T- Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo• The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo was the treaty that ended the Mexican

War. In the treaty, Mexico gave up a huge tract of land (known as the Mexican Cession) that included Texas, California and most of Arizona and New Mexico to the United States for a sum of $15 million. The treaty was signed on February 2, 1848 and ratified by the United States Senate on March 10 and by Mexico on May 19, 1848. http://encyclopedia.kids.net.au/page/tr/Treaty_of_Guadalupe_Hidalgo

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U- United States Constitution • The Federal Convention convened in the State House (Independence Hall) in Philadelphia on May 14, 1787, to revise the

Articles of Confederation.

• http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/charters/constitution.html

V- Virginia (1607)• The founding of Jamestown, America’s first permanent English colony, in Virginia in 1607• http://www.historyisfun.org/history-jamestown.htm

W- Women’s Rights

• an amendment to the U.S. constitution, ratified in 1920, guaranteeing women the right to vote

• http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/19th+amendment

X- XYZ Affair• The XYZ Affair was a diplomatic incident between French and United States diplomats that resulted in a

limited, undeclared war known as the Quasi-War. U.S. and French negotiators restored peace with the Convention of 1800, also known as the Treaty of Mortefontaine.

• https://history.state.gov/milestones/1784-1800/xyz

Y- Yalta Conference• The Yalta Conference, 1945• (February 4–11, 1945), major World War II conference of the three chief Allied leaders,

Pres. Franklin D. Roosevelt of the United States, Prime Minister Winston Churchill of Great Britain, and Premier Joseph Stalin of the Soviet Union, which met at Yalta in Crimea to plan the final defeat and occupation of Nazi Germany.

• https://history.state.gov/milestones/1937-1945/yalta-conf

Z- Zedong (Tse-tung)

• Chinese communist leader (1893-1976)• http://dictionary.kids.net.au/word/Mao_Zedong