My ABC Book Of U.S. History
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Transcript of My ABC Book Of U.S. History
My ABC Book Of U.S. History
Destiny Lafayette5th period
5-18-11
Abolitionist
• A person who strongly favors doing away with slavery
Boycott
• To refuse to buy items from a particular country
Checks and balances
• The system in which each branch of government has a check on the other two branches so that no one branch becomes too powerful
Dictator
• A leader who rules with total authority, often in a cruel or brutal manner
Emigrant
• A person who leaves a country or region to live elsewhere
Fugitive
• Runaway or trying to run away
Genocide
• The deliberate destruction of a racial, political, or cultural group
Habeas corpus
• A legal order for an inquiry to determine whether a person has been lawfully imprisoned
Import
• To buy goods from foreign markets
judicial review
• The branch of government, including the federal court system, that interrupts the nations laws
Lynching
• Putting to death a person illegal action of a mob
Manifest Destiny
• The idea popular in the united states during the 1800s that the country must expand its boundaries to the pacific
Naturalization
• To grant full citizenship to a foreigner
Ordinance
• A law or regulation
Pueblo
• Home or community of homes built by native Americans
RANCHO
• Huge properties for raising livestock set up by Mexican settlers in California
Strike
• A stopping of work by workers to force an employee to meet demands
Theocracy
• A form of government in which the society is ruled by religious leaders
Utopia
• Community based on a vision of a perfect society sought by reformers
veto
• To reject a bill and prevent it from becoming a law
War hawks
• Republican during Madison's presidency who pressed for war with Britain
Yankee
• Union soldier