My ABC Book Of U.S History!! Alicia Maye 4th period May 11th 2011

Abolitionist- A person who strongly favors doing away with slavery. Annex- To add a territory to ones own territory Abraham Lincoln- the 16 president

Boycott- to refuse to buy items from a particular country Blockades- laws passed in the south just after the civil war aimed control ling freedom Blockade runner- ship that sails into and out of a blockade area

Canal- an artificial waterway Capital- money for investment Cash crop- farm crop raised to be sold for money

Dictator- a leader who rules with total authority Diversity-variety or difference Drought- a long period of time with little or no rain fall

Effigy- figure representing an unpopular individual Embargo- an order prohibiting trade with another country Export- to sell goods aboard

Famine-an extreme shortage of food Federalism- the sharing of power between federal and state government Fredrick Douglas- famous get away slave

Guerrilla warfare- a hit and run technique used in war Global Warming- a steady increase in world temperature Greenback-a piece of U.S paper money first issued during the Civil War

Holocaust- the name given to the mass slaughter of Jews by the Nazis Human Rights-rights regarded as belonging to all persons Harriet Tubman- famous slave that controlled the underground railroad

Import- to buy goods from foreign markets Impeach-to formally charge a public official with misconduct in office Implied powers- powers not specifically mentioned in the constitution

Judicial branch- the branch of government including the federal court system that interoperates laws Judicial Review- the right of the supreme court to determine if a law violates the constitution joint occupation- the possession and setting of an area shared by two or more countries

Kansas Nebraska Act- signed May 1854 John F. Kennedy- 35 th president Bleeding Kansas- where a small civil war happened

Laissez-faire- policy that government should interfere as little as possible in the nations economy Landslide- an overwhelming victory Legislative Branch- the branch that makes nations laws

Maize- an early form of corn grown by native Americans Majority- more than half Manifest destiny- the idea popular in the united states during 1800 that the country must extend its boundaries

Nationalism- loyalty to a nation Neutral-taking no sides in a conflict National debt- amount of money a national government owes to another government

Ordinance- a law or regulation Override- to overturn or defeat Offensive- position of attacking or the attack its self

Purism- favoring on side of an issue patriots- wanted American revolution Pilgrims- separatists who journeyed to the colonies during 1600s

Quakers- believed every individual had inner rights Quebec act- guaranteed freedom to French colonist quarter- to provide living accommodations

Radical- extreme ratify- to give official approval ranchero- Mexican ranch owner

secede- to leave or withdraw sectionalism- loyalty to a region sedition- activities aimed at weakening established government

tariff- a tax on imports and exports temperance- the use of little or no alcoholic drink Tide water- a region of flat low lying plains along the seacoast

Unalienable rights- a right that cannot be surrendered utopia- a community based on happy visions Un constitunal- not agreeing or consistent with the constitution

vaquero- Hispanic ranch hand veto- to reject a bill and preventing it to becoming a law vigilantes- people who take the law into their own hands

War hawks- republicans during Madison presidency who pressed a war with Britain Writ of assistance- legal document that enabled officials to search homes ad ware houses for smuggled goods War of a war with Britain and the U.S.

XYZ affair- sending 3 French agents to say prepare for war

Yankee- union soldier Yeo man- southern owner of a small farm who did not take enslaved people Yellow journalism- a type of sensatational biased and often false reporter

Zuni the- certain types of people