MY ABC Book Of U.s. History Alexis Bradley 5 th period Rosehill kids May 13,2011

A Abolitionist Person who favors doing away with slavery Abstain To not take part in some activity such as voting Ambush A surprise attack

B Boycott To refuse to buy items from particular country Burgesses Elected representatives to an assembly Blockade Runner Ship that sails into and out of a blockade area

C Cabinet A group of advisers to the president Canal An artificial waterway Caravel Small fast ship with a broad bow

D Douglas Frederick African American abolitionist taught himself to read and write Douglas Stephen A Young senator from Illinois resolve crisis Dix Dorothea Tried to change the way prisoners were treated

E Emancipation To free from slavery Embargo An order prohibiting trade with another country Export To sell goods aboard

F Fifth Amendment No person shall be deprived of life liberty Fist Amendment Religion assembly petition press speech Fort Sumter Fort on an island guarding Charleston harbor

G Garrison William Lloyd Abolitionist antislavery movement Global Warming A steady increase in average world temperature Genocides Deliberate destruction of a racial political or cultural group

H Henry Patrick Persuaded the burgesses to take action against the stamp act House of Burgesses Make local laws for the colony Hamilton Andrew Secretary of war

I Import To buy goods from foreign markets Impressments Forcing people into service as in the navy Ironclad Armored navel vessel

J Jay’s Treaty British agreed to withdraw from American soil: did not deal with issue of impressments Jay John Chief Justice of supreme court to negotiate Jackson Andrew Hero of war of 1812

K Key Francis-Scott Wrote the poem the star spangled banner in 1931 Kentucky & Virginia Claimed that alien & sedition acts could not be put into action because they violated the constitution Kansas-Nebraska- Act Both lay North 36 degrees 30 latitude line

L Legislature Branch The branch of government that makes the nation’s law Landslide An overwhelming victory Lynching Putting to death a person by the illegal action of a mob

M Manumission The freeing of some enslaved people Martry A person who sacrifices his/her life for a principle Militia A group of civilians trained to fight in emergencies

N Northwest Ordinance Single northwest territory out of lands north of the Ohio river east of Mississippi river Neutral Taking no side in a conflict National Debt The amount of money a national government owes to other governments or its people

O Ordinance A law or regulation Overseer Person who supervises a large operation or its workers Override To overturn or defeat as a bill proposed in congress

P Pacifist Person opposed to the use of war or violence to settle disputes Pain Thomas wrote the book common sense Penn William Belong to protestant group was a Quaker

Q Quakers Believed every individual had an inner light that could guide him/her to salvation Quatering of troops No soldier shall, in time of peace be quartered in any house without the consent of the owner nor in time of war Quebec Act Permanent government for Quebec & granted religious freedom to French Catholics

R Ranchero Mexican ranch owners Ratify To give official approval to Reconcilitaion Settling by agreements or coming together again

S Saratoga battle of Persuaded the burgesses to take action against the stamp act Suffrage Persuaded the burgesses to take action against the stamp act Strait Persuaded the burgesses to take action against the stamp act