Abolitionists : a person who strongly favors doing away with slavery. Amendment : an addition to a formal document such as the constitution. Adams, Samuel : helped start an organization called “Sons of Liberty”
Blockade Runner: ship that sails into and out of a blockade area. Boycott : refuse to buy items for a particular country Burgesses : elected representatives to an assembly
Cotton Gin : machine that removed seeds from cotton fiber. Civil War : conflict between opposing groups. Cash Crop : form crop raised to be sold for money.
Depression : period of law economic activity and widespread. Decree: order of decision given by one authority. Davis, Jefferson: senator of Missouri
Emancipation : freeing of slavery. Export : sells goods aboard. Embargo : order prohibiting trade w/ another country.
Federalism : sharing of power between federal and state government. Fredrick Douglass: black abolitionists Federalists : supports of the constitution.
Guerilla Warfare: hit-and-run Gadsden Purchase: portion of present day Arizona & New Mexico Gettysburg: city and civil war battle site in south central Pennsylvania.
Holocaust: name given to the mass slaughter. Human rights : rights reguarding to all person’s Habeas Corpus: legal order for an inquiry to determine whether that person has been lawfully
Impressments: forcing people into service, as in the navy Import: buy goods from foreign markets. Imperialism: actions used by one nation to excirse political or economic control
Judicial Branch: branch of government, including the federal court system Jefferson, Thomas : 3 rd president Judicial review: right of the supreme court to determine if a law violates the constitution.
Kansas- Nebraska Act: supporting democrats Kennedy, John F: assassinated King Jr., Martin : ” I Have a Dream”
Laissez-Faire: policy that government should interference little as possible in the nation’s economy. Landslide: overwhelming Victory. Loyalists: American colonists who remains loyal to Britain and opposed war for independence.
Majority: more than ½ Maize: early farm corn grown by native Americans Militia : group of civilians trained to fight in emergencies.
Neutral : Nationalism: loyalty to a nation and promotion of its interest above all others Majority: more than ½