ABC History book By Lateara Fairchild

Article –a part OF A DOCUMENT,SUCH AS THE CONSTITYTION THAT DEAL WITH A SINGLE SUBJECT A AMENDMENT- AN ADDITION TO A FORMAL DOCUMOENT SUCH AS THE CONSTITUTION. ANIMMIGRANT- LIVING IN A COUNTRY IN WHICH HE OR SHE IS NOT A CITIZEN

B BORDER STATES - THE STATES BETWEEN THE NORTH AND THE SOUTH THAT WERE DIVIDE OVER WHETHER TO STAY IN THE UNION OR JOIN THE CONFEDERACY BURGESSES- ELECTED REPRESS ENTATIVES TO AN ASSEMBLY BLACK CODES- LAW PASSED IN THE SOUTH JUST AFTER IN CIVIL CAR AMIED AT CONTROLLING FREEMEN AND ENABLING PLANTTION OWNER TO EXPLOIT AFRICAN AMERICAN WORKER

C CASH CROP- FROM CROP RASIED TO BE SOLD FOR MONEY CABINET- A GROUP OF ABRISERS TO THE PRESIDENT. COTTON GIN- A MACHINE THAT REMOVED SEED FROM COTTON FIDER.

D DROUGHT- A LONG PREIOD OF TIME WITH LITTLE RAINFALL. DESERT- TO LEAVE WITHOUT PERMISSION. DEBTOR- A PERSON OR COUNTRY THAT OWES MMONEY.

EXECUTIVE POWER – POWER BELONGING ONLY TO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. E EMBRGO- AN ORDER PROHINDING TRADE WITH ANOTHER COUNTRY ENGLING BILL OF RIGHTS- IN 1689 GUARNEETEEING CERTAIN BASIC RIGHTS

F Freeman - a person freed from slavery. Federalists- supporter of the constitution. Fifteenth amendment- the right of citizen of the untied state to vote shall not be denied or abridged by of face,color, or previous contrition servitude.

g Global warning- a steady increase in average world temperature s. Grandfather clause- a clause that allowed individuals who did not pass the literacy test to vote if their further or grandfather had vote before reconstruct began an execution to a law based on prefsting Great migration- moment of people.

h Human right- rights regarded as belonging to all person such as freedom from unlawful imprisonment torture and execution. Henry Patrick- give me liberty or give me death Hamilton Alexander- a secretary of the treasury

I Import- to buy good from foreign maker. Interchangeable part- reform pieces that can be made in large quantities to replace other identical pieces. Internet- a worldwide liking of computer network.

j Judicial branch- the branch of government including the federal court system that interprets the nation law Judicial review - the right of the supreme courts to determine if law vides the constitution. Jamestown - the colonists named the river the James and their new settler Jamestown to honor their king.

k Kansan Nebraska act- with some support from northern democrats and the backing of president pierce congress passed the Kansas Nebraska act in may dr. Martin Luther- emerged as one of the leader of the civil rights movement. Kentucky- some people move from Kentucky and Tennessee while Michigan's pioneer came mostly from new England

l Loyalists- American colonists who remained loyal to Britain and opposed the war for independent Legislative branch- the branch of government that make the nation laws. landslide- an overwhelming victory.

m Mayflower compact- document written in 1620.that provided law order to the Plymouth colony. Mission- religious settlement. Migration- a movement number of people into a new homeland.

n Neutral rights- the rights to sail the sea and not take sides in a war NATIONAL DEBT- THE AMOUNT OF MONEY A NATIONAL GOVERNMENT OWNES TO OTHER GOVERNMENT OR ITS PEOPLE. NATURALIZATION - GRANT FULL CITIZENSHIP TO A FOREIGNER

o OZONE - THE LAYER OF GAS COMPOSED OF A FROM OF OXGEN THAT PROTEST THE EARTH AND ITS PEOPLE FROM CANEER CAUSING SUN RAYS OREGON COUNTRY- THE FRIST TEN AMENDMENTS OF THE AMENDMENT OF THE CONSTITION ABOPTED IN 1791 TO PROTEST THE RIGHT OF CITIZENS OVERSEER- PERSON WHO SUPPERVISES A LARGE OPERATION OR ITS WORKER

p PILGRIMS - SEPARTISTS WHO JOURNEYED TO THE COLONISTS DURING THE 1600’S FOR A RELIGIOUS PURPOSE PATRIOTS- AMERICAN COLONISTS WHO WERE DETERMIND TO FIGHT THE BRITSH UNTIL AMERICAN INDENEPENDENCE PURITANS- PROPTESTANTS WHO DURING THE 1600’S WANTED TO REFORM THE ANGLICAN

q QUAKER- BELIVED THAT EVERY INDIVIDUAL HAD AN INNER LIGHT COULD GUDIE HIM OR HER TO SALVATION QUEBEE CANDA- IN WHICH IS NOW CANDA. QUADRUPLE ALLIANCE- FOR HELP IN ITS FIGHTS AGINST REVOLUTIONARY FORCE IN SOUTH AMERICAN

R Republic- A Republic is a Sovereign state in which all segments of society are enfranchised and in which the state’s power is constitutionally limited. Revenue- Incoming money Rebel - Confederate soldiers, so called because of opposition to the established government.

S Slavery - The Institution that supports the holding of human beings as property. Smuggling - Trading illegally with other nations Sale Tax- Taxes paid by the consumer on the godsend services people buy.

T Temperance - The use of little or no alcoholic drink. Triangular trade- A trade route that exchanged goods between the West indies, the American colonies and West Africa. Tariff - Tax on Foreign goods brought into a country. An official schedule of taxes imposed by a government on imports or exports

U Unalienable Right- Rights that cannot be given or taken away, that cannot be transferred to another. Undergroun d Railroad- A system that helped enslaved African Americans follow a network of escape routes out of the south to freedom in the north Unconstitutional - Not agreeing or consistent with the constitution

V Veto - To reject a bill and prevent it from becoming a law Vigilante s- People who take the law into their own hands Vertical Integratio n- The combining of companies that supply equipment and services needed for becoming a law.

W Writ of Assistance - Legal document that enabled officers to search homes and warehouses for good that might be smuggled Washington, George- First president, the Judiciary Act passed. Eli Whitney - The inventor started the use of Interchangeable Parts.

X XYZ Affair-Diplomatic scandal that almost caused another war, this one between the United States and France. France was, at the time, at war with Great Britain. A treaty between Britain and the U.S. failed to guarantee France the right to ship with the U.S. France sent to the United States three diplomats, thereafter named X, Y, and Z, with outrageous demands. The result was undeclared war between the two countries.

Y Yellow Journalism- A type of sensational, biased, and often false reporting. Yankee- Union Soldier. Yeoman- Southern owner of a small farm who did not have enslaved people.

Z Zinger, John Peter- He was an American printer, publisher, editor and journalist whose indictment, trial and acquittal on sedition and libel charges (against the then Governor William Cosby of the New York Colony) in 1734 was an important contributing factor to the development of the freedom of the press in America.