My AbC BoOk Of U.S. History

1. My AbC BoOk Of U.S. History By: Genesis Torres 5th period 5-12-11

2. Anti-federalists They responded to the federalists with a series of their own essays now know as the Anti-Federalist papers. Abolitionist Person who strongly favors doing away with slavery. A Alien Treat of war with France made Americans more suspicious of aliens.

3. Bull Run Site of two Civil War battles in northern Virginia Also called Manassas. Black Codes Controlling freedom & enabling plantation owners to exploit Africans Americans. B Border States In the union or join to Confederacy

4. Constitution Plan of government Cash Crop Crop raised to be sold for money C Civil War Conflict between opposing groups of citizens of the same country.

5. Detroit City in southern Michigan, site of significant battles during French & Indian War. Draft The selection of persons for required military service. D Diversity Difference or variety

6. E Erie Canal Waterway connecting the Hudson River with the Erie through New York State Executive Branch Branch of government headed by the president Enlightenment Spread the idea that knowledge and science could improve society.

7. Fugitive Runaway or trying to run away. Fort Sumter Union for during the civil war located on island near Charleston, South Carolina F Factory system Manufacturing steps together in one place to increase efficiency.

8. Guerilla Warfare Hit-run technique used in fighting war . Great Lakes Superior, Erie, Michigan, Ontario, & Hudson Lakes in Central North America G Gadsden Purchase Preset day Arizona and New Mexico

9. Human Rights Rights regarded as belonging to all persons such as freedom H Harrison, William H Soldier planter, 9th president of the United States . Holocaust Mass slaughter of Jews and other groups by the Nazis during world war

10. I Industrial Revolution The change from an agrarian society to one based on industry Imperialism Actions used by one nation to exercise political or economic control over smaller or worker motions . Indentured Servant Laborer who agreed to work without pay for certain period of time in exchange for passage to America.

11. J Judicial Brach Branch of government headed by the federal court system James Madison 4th president of the united states Jamestown First permanent English settlement in North America, located in Virginia

12. K Kentucky and Virginia resolutions 1798-1799 claimed that the Alien and Sedition Acts could not be put into action Kansas-Nebraska Act Douglas proposed organizing the region west of Missouri and Iowa as the territories Kansas and Nebraska Kennedy, John F 35th president of the united states

13. M Mexican Cession Territory gained by the united states after war with Mexico. Mayflower Compact Provided law and order to the Plymouth colonies Manifest Destiny Country must expand its boundaries to the pacific

14. N Northwest territory North of the Ohio River and east o the Mississippi Nationalism Loyalty to a nation and promotion of its interests above all others Neutral Rights The right to sail the seas and not take sides with war

15. O Oregon Trail Pioneer trail from independence Ozone Layer of gas composed of a form of oxygen that protects the earth Offensive Position of attacking or attack itself

16. P Patriots American colonist who were determined to fight the British Pilgrims Separatists who journeyed to the colonies during the 1600s for a religious purpose. Popular Sovereignty Idea that people living in a territory right to decide voting if slavery would be allowed.

17. Q Quebec City in Canada , capital of Quebec province, the St.Lawrence River; first settlement in new France Quakers Protestant group of dissenters called Society of Friends or Quakers; believed that every individual had an inner light that could guide him or her to salvation. Quadruple Alliance Help in its fight against revolutionary forces in South America

18. R Reconstruction The reorganization and rebuilding of the former confederate states after Civil War. Rebel Confederate soldier called because of opposition to the established government Republicanism People elect representatives and give them the responsibility to make laws and conduct government

19. S Saratoga Revolutionary war battle site in the Hudson Valley of eastern New York state. Slave Codes Passed in the southern states that controlled and restricted enslaved people. Seneca Falls Site of women’s rights convection of 1848

20. T Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo Mexico gave up all clams to Texas and agreed to the Rio Grande as the border between Texas and Mexico Triangular Trade Trade route that exchanged goods between the West Indies, America Colonies and West Africa Trail of Tears Federal government persuade a few Cherokees to sign a treaty giving up theirs people land

21. U Unalienable Rights Right that can not be surrendered Utopia Community based on a vision of a perfect society sought by reformers Underground Railroad System that helped enslaved African Americans follow a network to escape route out of the south to freedom in the north

22. V Vicksburg Civil War battle site western Mississippi on the Mississippi River Vigilantes People who take law in to their own hands Veto Reject a bill and prevent it from becoming a law

23. X X,Y,Z Referring to the three French agents as the X Y and Z,; the president urged congress to prepare for war .

24. Y Yorktown Town in southeaster Virginia site of the final battle of the Revolutionary war Yellow Journalism Sensational biased and often false reporting by many of the nations leading newspaper

25. Z Zenger , John Peter Faced charges of libel for printing a critical report about royal government of New York.