ABC BOOK OF THE U.S. HISTORY

A Anne Hutchinson – Banish from

Massachusetts Colony ; one of the founders of Rhode Island

A Anthony, Susan B. – Leader in women’s

suffrage (rights to vote) movement so years to the effort to attain equal women rights

B Bazaar- Navy Seaman who was awarded

the Medal of Honor for his valor in the Battle for Fort Fisher of the American Civil war

B Brown, John – Militant Abolitionist who

led raid at Harper’s Ferry

C Communication System- process of

keeping the colonies connected to know what was going on in the others

C Confederation- United in a league,

alliance, or conspiracy

D Deere, John – Inventor of the street plow

D Dawes Act – Indian policy that broke up

reservations into individual land plots

E Emerson, Ralph – Writer and poet;

popularized the idea of transcendentalism

E English Bill of Rights – Called for frequent

elections, guaranteed rights to bear arms, forbade cruel and usual punishment; rested trial by jury

F Florida Cession – Given to the U.S. by

Spain

F Franklin, Benjamin – Author, publisher,

inventor and diplomat

G Gadsden Purchase – land purchase from

Mexico in used to complete the transcantisental railroads

G Galvez, Bernardo de – Spaniard who held

off British in New Orleans , but allowed American use of the part

H Horace Mann – Father of Public

Education; believed all children had the rights to free education

H Harriet Tubman – Former slave and

conductor of the Underground Railroad

I Industrialism – the large- scale

introduction of manufacturing, advanced technical entetrprises

I Individual Rights – the first 10

amendments of the Consition protect individuals rights against the power of the sun

J Jackson Democracy – The idea that as

many people as possible should be allowed

J John Paul Jones – Founder of the U.S. navy

led raids on British ships and famous for yelling (I have not yet began to fight)

K King George lll – King of England during

the American Revolution

K Kansas Nebraska Act – All were example

of the government compromise that actually spread slavery further in the country

L Limited Government – placed strict limits

on government to protect the people

L Labor Reform Movement – Social

movement where workers began protesting and strickes to get better wages

M Morrill Act – land grant that established

agricultural – universities ( TEXAS A&M)

M Morse, Samuel – Inventor of the

telegraph

N New Jersey Plan - the number of

N Northwest Ordinance – established

government for the Northwest Territory and descried how a territory become a states

O Override – to overturn or defeat as a fail

purposed in congress

O Offensive – position of attacking or the

acking itself

P Property Rights – the rights to own

property

P Protection Tariffs – taxes on imported

goods that are designed to help United States companies complete un the sales if goods

Q Quaker s – Quartering of troops

Q Quincy Adams – 6th President, member of

Congress and favored strong nationalism against states

R Republicanism – Government in which the

desire of people are represented in government by elected representive

R Revels, Hiram – American clergyman and

educator who become the first black citizen to be elected to the U.S. senate

S Suffrage – the rights to vote

S Secession – to withdraw formally union

from an alliance, federation, or association, as from a political

T Transcendentalism – a philosophy

emphasizing spiritual importance in life over the material important

T Trails of Tears – forces on this trail after

Andrew Jackson signed the Indian Removal Act of 1830 into laws

U Ulysses S. Grant – commanding union

general won major victories for the union

U Urbanization – social process where cities

grow and societies become more urban

V Virtue – the quality of doing what is rights

and avoid what is wrong

V Virginia Plan – each states would have a

different number of representatives based on states population

W Whitney, Eli – Invented the coin gin and

in terchangeable parts

W William, Blackstone – gave the 1st

University lectures on English Common Law

X XYZ affair – John Adams