MALIK FAUCETTE5/12/11

ABC Book Of U.S History

Abolitionist - a person who strongly favors doing away with slavery

Amendment – an addition to a formal document like the constitution

Alien – an immigrant living in a country in which he or she is not a citizen

A’s

B’s

Bicameral runner- ship that sails into & out of a blockade area

Burgesses – elected representatives to an assembly

Bicameral - consisting of chambers especially in a legislature

C

Cash crop – farm crop raise to be sold for money

Civil war – conflict between opposing groups of citizens of the same country

Constitution - a formal plan of government

D

Drought - a long period of time with no rainfall

Depression – a period of low economic activity & widespread

Debtor – person or country that owes money

E

Embargo – an ordering prohibiting trade with another country

Enlightment - movement during the 1700’s knowledge, reason, and science could improve society

Emancipate – free from slavery

Federalism - the sharing of power between federal & state government

Federalist - supporters of the constitution

Freedman – free from slavery

F

G

Global warming - increase in the average temperature

Greenback – U.S paper money 1st issued by the north during the civil war

Genocide – racial, political, or cultural group

Horizontal integration - competing firms into 1 corporation

Human rights – rights regarded as belonging to all persons

Habeas corpus – a legal order for an inquiry to determine whether a person has been lawfully imprisoned

I

Import – to by goods from foreign markets

Implied powers - powers not specific specifically mentioned in the constitution

Inflation – rise in price of goods

J

Judicial review- the right of supreme court to determine if law violates constitution

Judicial branch - federal court system that interprets the nation laws

Jefferson Thomas - purchase Louisiana territory