My ABC Book of U.S. History
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My ABC Book of U.S. History Mijha WilliamsMay 12, 2011
Social Studies 6th
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Amendment- An addition to a formal document such as the constitution.
Annex- A add to a territory to one’s own territory.
Article- A part of a Document Such as the Constitution, that deals with a single subject.
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BBlockade- cut off on an area by means of troops or warships to stop supplies or people from coming in or going out.
Boycott- to refuse to o buy items from a particular country.
Burgesses- elected representatives to an assembly.
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CCanal- an artificial waterway.
Cash Crop- farm crop raised to be sold for money.
Cotton Grin- a machine that removed seeds from cotton fiber.
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DDebtor- Person or country that Owens money.
Dictator- a leader who rules with total authority, often in a cruel or brutal manner.
Diversity- variety of difference.
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EElectoral college- a special group of voters to vote for the president and vice president.
Emancipate- to free slavery.
Export- to sell goods aboard.
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FFederalism- the sharing power between federal state government.
Federalist- supporters of the constitution.
Frigate- war ship.
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GGlobal warming- a steady increase in average world temperature.
Guerrilla Tactics- referring to surprise attack or raids than organized warfare.
Guerrilla Warfare- a hit-run technique used in fighting a war, fighting by small bands or warriors using tactics such as sudden ambushes
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HHolocaust- the name given to the mass slaughter of Jews, and other groups by the naxis during world war 2.
Horizontal integration- combing of competing firms into one corporation.
Human rights- regarded as belonging to all persons, such as freedom from unlawful imprisonment
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IImport- to buy goods from foreign markets.
Impressments- forcing people into service, as in the navy.
Industrial revolution- the change from an agrarian society which began in great Britain and spread to the untied states around 1800.
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JJoint-stock company- a company in which investors buy stock in the company in return for a share of it’s future profits.
Judicial branch- the branch of government including the federal court system, that interprets the nation’s laws.
Judicial review- the right of supreme court to determine if a law violates the constitution.
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Kansas- bleeding Kansas.
Kentucky- civil war.
Henry Knox- Secretary of war.
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LLandslide- an overwhelming victory.
Literacy- the ability to read and write.
Loyalist- American colonist who remained loyal to Britain and opposed the war for independence.
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MManifest Destiny- the idea popular the untied states during the popular the 1800s that country must expand it’s boundaries to the pacific
Mayflower compact- a formal document written in the 1920 that provided law and order to the Plymouth colony.
Mercantilism- the theory that a states or nation’s power depended on it’s wealth.
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NNational debt- the amount of money a national government has or its people.
Natural- taking no side in a conflict.
Nullify- to cancel or make ineffective.
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OOffensive- position of attacking or the attack its self.
Ordinance- a law or regulation.
Ozone- the layer of gas composed of a form of oxygen that protects the earth and its people from cancer causing sun rays.
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PPatent- a document that gives an inventor the sole legal right to an invention for a period of time.
Plurality-largest single share.
Proportional- to be the same as or corresponding to.
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RRatify- to give official approval to.
Revenue- incoming money.
Royal colony- colony run by a governor and council appointed by the king or queen.
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SSecede- to leave or withdraw
Segregation- the separation or isolation of a race, class or group.
Saratoga- turning point.
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TTariff- a tax on imports or exports.
Temperance- the use of little or no alcoholic drink.
Triangular trade– a trade route that exchanged goods between the west indies, the American colonies , and west Africa.
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UUnalienable right- a right that cannot be surrendered.
Unconstitutional- not agreeing or consistent with the constitution.
Underground railroad- a system that helped enslaved African Americans follow a network of escape routes out of the south to freedom in the north.
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VVeto- to reject a bill and prevent it from becoming a law.
Vigilantes- people who take law into there own hands.
Vaquero- Hispanic ranch hand.
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WWar hawks- republicans during Madison's presidency who pressed for war with Britain.
War of 1812- fought between U.S. and Britain Navy and kept land.
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XXYZ affair
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YYankee- union soldier.
Yorktown, Virginia
Yugoslavia- country in southeast.
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QQuakers- protestant group of dissenters.
Quebec- capital of new France.
Quadruple alliance- made up of France.