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ABC BOOK !

ABC BOOK ! . BY : Kaitlin Johnson Date : 05-12-11 Period : 6 th. A’s :) . Abolitionists : a person who strongly favors doing away with slavery. Amendment : an addition to a formal document such as the constitution. Adams, Samuel : helped start an organization called “Sons of Liberty”.

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ABC BOOK !

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  1. ABC BOOK ! BY : Kaitlin Johnson Date : 05-12-11 Period : 6th

  2. A’s :) • Abolitionists : a person who strongly favors doing away with slavery. • Amendment : an addition to a formal document such as the constitution. Adams, Samuel : helped start an organization called “Sons of Liberty”

  3. B’s :) • Blockade Runner: ship that sails into and out of a blockade area. • Boycott : refuse to buy items for a particular country. • Burgesses : elected representatives to an assembly

  4. Cash Crop : form crop raised to be sold for money. C’s :) • Cotton Gin : machine that removed seeds from cotton fiber. • Civil War : conflict between opposing groups.

  5. D’s :) • Depression : period of law economic activity and widespread. • Davis, Jefferson: senator of Missouri • Decree: order of decision given by one authority.

  6. Embargo : order prohibiting trade w/ another country . E’s :) • Emancipation : freeing of slavery. • Export : sells goods aboard .

  7. Fredrick Douglass: black abolitionists F’s :) • Federalism : sharing of power between federal and state government . • Federalists : supports of the constitution .

  8. Gadsden Purchase: portion of present day Arizona & New Mexico G’s :) • Guerilla Warfare: • hit-and-run • Gettysburg: city and civil war battle site in south central Pennsylvania.

  9. Human rights : rights reguarding to all person’s H’s :) • Holocaust: name given to the mass slaughter . • Habeas Corpus: legal order for an inquiry to determine whether that person has been lawfully

  10. Imperialism: actions used by one nation to excirse political or economic control I’s :) • Impressments: forcing people into service, as in the navy • Import: buy goods from foreign markets.

  11. Judicial review: right of the supreme court to determine if a law violates the constitution . J’s :) • Judicial Branch: branch of government, including the federal court system • Jefferson, Thomas : 3rd president

  12. Kennedy, John F: assassinated K’s :) • Kansas-Nebraska Act: supporting democrats • King Jr., Martin : • ” I Have a Dream”

  13. Loyalists: American colonists who remains loyal to Britain and opposed war for independence . L’s :) • Laissez-Faire: policy that government should interference little as possible in the nation’s economy. • Landslide: overwhelming Victory.

  14. Militia : group of civilians trained to fight in emergencies. M’s :) • Majority: more than ½ • Maize: early farm corn grown by native Americans

  15. Non-importation: act of not importing N’s :) • Neutral : taking no side . • Nullify : cancel

  16. Overseer: person who surprises a larger operation . O’s :) • Offensive : position of attracting • Ordinance: law

  17. Patriots: American colonists P’s :) • Precedent: tradition • Plantation : large estate

  18. Quarters: to provide living accommodations. Q’s :) • Quebec: city in Canada, capital of Quebec province • Quakers : society of friends .

  19. Revival: meetings conducted by a preacher R’s :) • Ratify : to give official approval to. • Radical: extreme

  20. Sedition: activities aimed at weakling est. government S’s :) • Secede: leave or withdraw • Secession: withdrawal from union

  21. Temperance: no alcohol T’s :) • Tribute: money paid for protection • Tariff: tax on imports

  22. Unconstitutional: not agreeing or consistent with the constution. U’s :) • Utopia: community based on a vision • Underground Railroad: system that helped enslaved African Americans follow network.

  23. Vaquero:HispanicRanchhand V’s :) • Viceroy: Person who rules a country or provice. • Veto : reject a bill a prevent it from becoming a law

  24. W’s :) • William Penn: Quaker/ Pennsilvaya • Writ of assistance: legal document • War hawks : republicans

  25. X’s :) • XYZ affair : 3 french agents “x” , “y” , And “z”

  26. Yankee: union soldier Y’s :) • Yellow Journalism: sensational, biased. • Yeoman: southern owner of small farm who didn’t have enslaved people .

  27. Z’s :) • Zenger, John Peter: New York weekly journal

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