My abc book Arlette Garlan

abolitionist A person who strongly favors doing away with slavery Abstain To not take part in some activity such as voting Alien An immigrant living in a country in which he/she is not a citizen annex To add a territory to ones own country

backcountry A region of hills & forests west of the ride water Bicameral Consisting of two houses of chambers especially in legislature bond Note issued by the government which promises to pay off a loan with interests Burgesses Elected representatives to an assembly

Cabinet A group of advisors to the president Californios Mexicans who lived in California Canal Artificial waterway capital Money for investment

debtor Person or country that owes money Decree An order or decision given by one in authority Deprecate Fall in value Diversity Variety or difference

Effigy Rag figure representing an unpopular individual Emancipate Free from slavery Export To sell abroad Emigrant Person who leaves a country or region to live elsewhere

Famine An extreme shortage of food Federalists Supporters of the constitution Frigate warship Fugitive Runaway or trying to

Global warming Steady increase in average world temperature Greenback Piece of U.S. paper money first issued by the north during civil war Guerrilla tactics Referring to surprise attacks or raids rather than organized warfare Genocide The deliberate destruction of racial political or cultural group

Habeas corpus A legal order for an inquartiy to determine whether a person has been lawfully imprisoned Hieroglyphics An ancient form of writing using symbols and pictures to represent words sounds and concepts holocaust Name given to the mass slaughter of Jews and other groups by the Nazis during world war 2 Horizontal integration The combining of computing firms into one cooperation

Impeach To formally charge a public official with misconduct in office Import To buy goods from foreign markets Interchangeable parts Uniform pieces that can be made in large quantities to replace other identical pieces Impresentment Forcing people into service as in navy

Joint occupation The possession and settling of an are shared by two or more countries Joint stock company A company in which investors Buy stock in the company in return For a share of its futures profits 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

Kansas-Nebraska act Hoping to encourage settlement of the west and open the way for transcontinental rail road Douglas proposed organizing the region west of the Missouri and Iowa as the territories of Kansas and Nebraska Bleeding Kansas With proslavery and antislavery forces in Kansas arming themselves the outbreak of violence became inventible Keelboat A boat Lewis and Clark used to send back men with reports and specimens Stephen watts kerney general: led his troops to new Mexico and California

Landslide An overwhelming victory Legislative branch Branch of government that makes the nations laws Literacy Ability to read and write Loyalists American colonists who remained loyal to Britain and opposed the war for independence

Mayflower compact Formal document written in 1620 provided law and order to the Plymouth colony Militia Group of civilians trained to fight in emergencies Migration A movement of a large number of people into a new homeland Minutemen Companies of civilian soldiers who boasted that they were ready to fight

Nullify To cancel or make inexpensive Neutral rights The right to sail the seas and not take sides in a war Nationalism Loyalty to a nation and promotion of its interests above all others National debt The amount of money a national government owes to other government or its people

Ordinance Laws or regulations Offensive Position of attacking or the attack itself Override To overturn or defeat as a bill proposed in congress Overseer Person who supervises a large operation or its workers

Patriots American colonists who were determined to fight the British until American independence was won Pilgrims Separatists who journeyed to the colonies during the 1600’s Preamble Introduction to a formal document especially the constitution Pention A formal request

Quakers Believed every individual had an “inner right” that could guide that him/her to salivation

Ratify To give official approval Republic Government in which citizens rule through elected representatives Resolution A formal expression Revivalngs A series of meetings conducted by a preacher to arouse religious emotion

Secede To leave or withdraw Segregation The separation Or isolation Suffrage The right to vote Smuggling Trading illegaly with other nations

Tariff a tax on imports or exports Temperance The use if little or no Alcoholic drink Triangular trade A trade route that exchanged goods between the west indies the American colonies and west Africa Turnpike A road that one must pay to use the money issued to pay for the road