Debtor-person or country that owes money Depreciate-to fall in value Desert-to leave without permission Diversity-variety or difference

Effigy- rag figure representing an unpopular individual Emancipate-to free from slavery Entrenched-occupying a strong defensive position Export-to sell goods abroad

Famine-an extreme shortage of food Freedman-a person freed from slavery Frigate-warship Fugitive-runaway or trying to run away

Genocide-the deliberate destruction of a racial, political or cultural group Global warming-a steady increase in average world temperatures Greenback-a piece of U.S. paper money first used by the North during the civil war Guerilla Tactics- referring to surprise attacks or raids

Habcas Corpus- a legal order for an inquiry to determine whether a person has been lawfully imprisoned Holocaust-the name given to the mass slaughter of Jews and the other groups by the Nazis during World War 2 Horizontal Integration-the combining of competing firms into one corporation Human Rights- rights regarded as belonging to all persons, such as freedom from unlawful imprisonment, torture or execution

Impeach-to formally charge a public official with misconduct in office Import-to buy goods from foreign markets Inflation-a continuous rise in the price of goods and services Interchangeable parts- uniform pieces that can be made in large quanties to replace other identical parts

Andrew Jackson-the 7 th president Joint Occupation-the possession and settling of an and shared by two or more countries 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

Bleeding Kansas- a civil war in Kansas Kansas-Nebraska act- fighting to be a free state or slave state Francis Key Scott-wrote the star Spangled Banner King George 3-king of England

Landslide-overwhelming victory Legislative Branch-the branch of government that makes the nations laws Literacy-the ability to read or write Loyalists-American colonists who remained loyal to Britain

Majority-more than half Manumission-the freeing of some enslaved states Mercantilism-a theory that a states or a nations power depended on its wealth Militia-a group of civilians trained to fight in emergencies

Nationalism-loyalty to a nation and promotion of its interests above all others Naturalization-to grant full citizenship to a foreigner Neutral-taking so side in a conflict Nullify-to cancel or make ineffective

Offensive-position of attacking or the attack itself Ordinance-a law or regulation Override-to overturn or defeat, as in a bill proposed by congress Overseer-person who supervises a large operation or its workers

Pacifist-person opposed to war or violence to settle disputes Petition-a formal request Precedent-a tradition Puritans-protestants who in the 1600s wanted to reform the Anglican Church

Quakers-a name of a member of the religious society of friends Quebec Act-act passed in 1774 by the British Parliament to establish French Civil War Quartering Act-where American colonists had to ensure that British had housing John Quincy Adams-6 th president

Ratify-to give official approval to Repeal-to cancel an act or law Resolution-