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Shelby Rutledge ABC BOOK
AAntifederalists- individuals who opposed ratifications of the constitution.
Abstain- to not take part in some activity such as voting.
Ambush- a surprise attack
Arsenal- a storage place for weapons and ammunition.
B
Back Country- a region of hills and forests west of tide waters.
Boycotts refuse to buy items from a particular country.
Burgesses- elected represenitive to an assembly.
Bounty- money given as a reward such as to encourage enlistments in the army.
C
Cabinet- a group of advisers to the president.
Canal- an artificial waterway.
Caravel- small fast ships with broad bow.
Cash crop- farm crop raised to be sold for money.
DDebtor- person or country that owes money.
Decree- an order or decision given by one in authority.
Demilitarize- to remove armed forces from an area.
Deprecate- to fall in value.
E
Effigy- rag figure representing an unpopular individual.
Emancipate- to free from slavery.
Embargo- an order prohibited trade with another country.
Export- to sell goods aboard.
F
Federalist- supports of the constitution.
Freedman- a person freed from slavery.
Frigate- warshipsFugitive- run away or trying to run away.
G
Genocide- the deliberate destruction of a racial political or culture group.
Global Warming- a steady increase in average world temp
Greenback- piece of U.S paper money first issued by the north during the civil war.
Guerrilla tactics-referring to surprise to attacks or raids rather than organized warfare.
HHabeas corpus-A legal order for an inquiry to determine whether a person has been lawful imprisoned.
Hieroglyphics- artificial form of writing using symbols and pictures to represent words.
Holocaust- name given by the mass slaughter of gews and other groups by Natzi.
Horizontal- integration combing of competing firms into one corporation.
IImpeach- to formally charge a public official with misconduct in office.
Import- to buy goods from foreign markets .
Impressments- forcing people into a service as a navy.
Integrate- to end separation of different races and bring into equal memberships in society
JJoint occupation- The possession and settling of an area shared by two or more countries.
Joint stock company- a company in which investors buy stock in the company in return for a share of its profits.
Judicial Branch- branch of government including the federal court system that interprets the nations laws.
Judicial review- the right of the supreme court to determine if a law violates the constitution.
KBleeding Kansas- with proslavery and antislavery forces in Kansas arming themselves the outbreak of violence became inevitable.
Kansas Nebraska- in 1854 the dispute over slavery erupted in congress again.
Kearny steapen watts- Led his troops to California and new Mexico led about 1500 Calvary soldiers along the Santa fe trail.
Keelboat- Lewis and Clark send back groups with reports and specimens of some of the plants and animals that were unknown in east.
LLandslide- an over whelming victory.
Legislative Branch- branch of government that makes nations laws.
Literacy- Ability to read and write.
Loyalists- American colonist who remained loyal to Britain and opposed the war for independence.
MMayflower Compact- A formal document written in 1620 that provided law and order to the Plymouth colony.
Majority- more than half.
Mercantilism- the theory that a states or nations power depended on its wealth .
Mission- religious settlement.
NNationalism- loyalty to a notion and promotion of its interests above all others.
Neutral- Taking no sides in a conflict.
Nomads- People who move from place to place usually in search of food or grazing land.
Nullify- to cancel or make ineffective.
OOffensive- position of attacking or the attack of itself.
Ordinance- a law or regulation.
Override- to over turn or defeat as a bill proposed in congress.
Overseer- person who supervises a large operation or its workers.
PPatriots- American colonist who were determined to fight the British until American independence.
Petition- a formal request.
Privateer- armed private ships.
Pilgrimage – a journey to a holy place.
Q
Quakers- believed that every individual had a inner light that could guide them to salvation.
RRanchero- Mexican ranch owner.
Ratify- to give official approval.
Reconstruction- the reorganized and rebuilding of the former confederate states after the civil war.
Recruit- to enlist soldiers in army.
SSecede- to leave or with draw.
Secession- withdraw from the union.
Sectionalism- loyalty to a region.
Suffrage- the right to vote.
TTariff- a tax on imports or exports.
Technology- the application of scientific discoveries to practical use.
Total war- war on all aspects of the enemies life.
Turnpike- road that one must pay to use money is used to pay for the road
UUnconstitional- not agreeing or consistent with constitution.
Under ground rail road- a system that helped enslaved African Americans follow a network of escape routes out of the south to freedom in north.
VVeto- to reject a bill and prevent it from becoming a law.
Vigilantes- people who take the law in there own hands.
WWar hawks- republican during Madison presidency
Y
Yankee- Union soldiers.