Book Of American History
By: Kadajiuna VaughnHistory
May- 12-11
an act or instance of lying concealed so as to attack by surprise:
AMBUSH Arsenal
Storage for weapons
African Americans
Slaves from Africa.
Boycott
To abstain from buying or using.
Bill of Rights
formal statement of the fundamental rights of the people of the United States, incorporated in the constitution as Amendments 1–10, and in all state constitutions
Burgesses
a representative in the popular branch of the colonial legislature of Virginia or Maryland.
CEDE
To give up treatyCalifornios
Mexicans who lived in California
Canal
Artificial waterway.
Person or country who owes money
Debtor
Dred Scott vs., Sanford
was a ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court that people of African descent imported into the United States and held as slaves (or their descendants,[2] whether or not they were slaves) were not protected by the Constitution and could never be U.S. citizens.
Depreciate
To fall in value
Emancipate
to free (a slave) from bondage
Export
Sell goods abroad
Executive branch
the United States government that is responsible for carrying out the laws.
Guerrilla Warfare
Hit and run technique
Guerrilla Tactics surprise attacks or raids
Gettysburg Address
The notable short speech made by President Lincoln on November 19, 1863, at the dedication of the national cemetery at Gettysburg, Pa.
Holocaust
Mass slaughter of jews
Alexander, 1757–1804, American statesman and writer on government: the first Secretary of the Treasury 1789–97; mortally wounded by Aaron Burr in a duel.
Alexander Hamilton
Human Rights
Rights regarded as belonging to all persons
ImportBuy goods from foreign markets.
Ironclad Armored naval vessel.
Industrial Revolution
Society based on Industry
Judicial Reviewthe power of a court to adjudicate the constitutionality of the laws of a government or the acts of a government official.
Joint Occupation
The possession and settling of an area by two or more countries
Judicial Branch
The branch of government including the federal court system, that interprets the nation’s laws
Landslide
Overwhelming Victory
LoyalistStaying Loyal to Great Britain
Lynching Killing illegally
ManumissionFreeing of slaves
MartyrA person who sacrifices his or her life for a principle or cause
Militia
A group of civilians trained to fight in emergencies
Neutral
Taking no side in conflict
Nullify
To cancel or make ineffective
Naturalization
Grant of full citizenship
Ordinance
A law or regulation
Overseer A person who supervises a large operation
Override
To overturn in defeat
Perjury
Lying while under oath
Persecute
To treat badly and horribly
Petition
A formal request
Quakers Belief in religion
Quartering act
In March 1765, Parliament passed the Quartering Act to address the practical concerns of such a troop deployment.
Battle of Quebec
Was fought on December 31, 1775 between American Continental Army forces and the British defenders of the city of Quebec, early in the American Revolutionary War.
Ratify Give approval Recruit
Enlist Soldiers in army
Repeal Cancel an act or law
Smuggling
Trading Illegally
Suffrage
Right to vote
Sectionalism Loyalty to a union
Tariff
A tax on imports or exports
Temperance
Use of little or no alcohol
Turnpike
A road one must pay to use
Utopia
Any visionary system of political or social perfection.
Unalienable Rights
Rights that cannot be taken away
Underground Railroad A network of escape routes from north to south for slaves
Veto
Reject a bill from becoming a law
Vigilants
Taking the law into your own hands
Vaquero Hispanic ranch land
Whiskey Rebellion
a revolt of settlers in western Pennsylvania in 1794 against a federal excise tax on whiskey: suppressed by militia called out by President George Washington to establish the authority of the federal government.
Writs of assistance
to help customs officials search for smuggled goods
Women's rights movements are primarily concerned with making the political, social, and economic status of women equal to that of men and with establishing legislative safeguards against discrimination on the basis of sex.
The XYZ Affair was a diplomatic event that strained relations
between France and the United States, and led to an undeclared naval war called the Quasi-War. It took place from March of 1798 to 1800.
Yorktown The town is most famous as the site of the siege and subsequent surrender of General Cornwallis to General George Washington during the American Revolutionary War on October 19, 1781.
Duke of York
A colony given by King Charles and was renamed to New York
Yellow Journalism
False reports given by leading Newspapers
• John Peter Zinger• New York Weekly Journal Publisher
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