My AbC BoOk Of

U.S. HiStOrY

By: Genesis Torres5th period 5-12-11

A Abolitionist

Person who strongly favors doing away with slavery.

Alien Treat of war with France made Americans more suspicious of

aliens.

Anti-federalists

They responded to the federalists with a series of

their own essays now know as the Anti-Federalist

papers.

BBull Run Site of two Civil War battles in northern Virginia Also called

Manassas.

Border States

In the union or join to Confederacy

Black Codes Controlling freedom & enabling

plantation owners to exploit Africans Americans.

CCash Crop

Crop raised to be sold for money

Civil War Conflict between opposing

groups of citizens of the same country.

ConstitutionPlan of government

DDetroit

City in southern Michigan, site of significant battles during French & Indian

War.

Diversity Difference or variety

Draft The selection of persons for

required military service.

EErie Canal

Waterway connecting the Hudson River with the Erie through New

York State

EnlightenmentSpread the idea that

knowledge and science could improve society.

Executive Branch Branch of goverment headed

by the president

FFort Sumter

Union for during the civil war located on island near Charleston, South Carolina

Factory system Manufacturing steps

together in one place to increase efficiency.

Fugitive Runaway or trying to run

away.

G Great Lakes

Superior, Erie, Michigan, Ontario, & Hudson Lakes in

Central North America

Gadsden Purchase Preset day Arizona and New

Mexico

Guerilla Warfare Hit-run technique used in

fighting war .

Human Rights Rights regarded as

belonging to all persons such as freedom

H

Holocaust Mass slaughter of Jews

and other groups by the Nazis during

world war

Harrison, William H Soldier planter, 9th president of

the United States .

I

Industrial RevolutionThe change from an agrarian

society to one based on industry

Indentured ServantLaborer who agreed to work

without pay for certain period of time in exchange

for passage to America.

ImperialismActions used by one nation to exercise political or economic control over smaller or worker

motions .

J

Judicial Brach Branch of government headed by the federal

court system

Jamestown First permanent English

settlement in North America, located in Virginia

James Madison4th president of the

united states

K

Kansas-Nebraska Act Douglas proposed organizing

the region west of Missouri and Iowa as the territories Kansas

and Nebraska

Kennedy, John F35th president of the united

states

Kentucky and Virginia resolutions

1798-1799 claimed that the Alien and Sedition Acts could not be put

into action

Mexican CessionTerritory gained by the

united states after war with Mexico.

M

Manifest DestinyCountry must expand its boundaries to the pacific

Mayflower Compact Provided law and order

to the Playmouth colonies

NNorthwest territory

North of the Ohio River and east o the Mississippi

Neutral Rights The right to sail the seas and not

take sides with war

Nationalism Loyalty to a nation and

promotion of its interests above all others

OOregon Trail

Pioneer trail from independence

Offensive Position of attacking

or attack itself

Ozone Layer of gas

composed of a form of oxygen that

protects the earth

PPatriots

American colonist who were determined to fight the

British

Popular Sovereignty Idea that people living in a

territory right to decide voting if slavery would be allowed.

PilgrimsSeparatists who journeyed to the colonies during the 1600s

for a religious purpose.

Q

QuebecCity in Canada , capital of

Quebec province, the St.Lawrence River; first

settlement in new France

Quadruple Alliance Help in its fight against

revolutionary forces in South America

Quakers Protestant group of

dissenters called Society of Friends or Quakers; believed that every individual had an inner light that could guide

him or her to salvation.

RReconstruction

The reorganization and rebuilding of the former confederate states after

Civil War.

Republicanism People elect

representatives and give them the responsibility

to make laws and conduct government

Rebel Confederate soldier called

because of opposition to the established government

Saratoga Revolutionary war battle site

in the Hudson Valley of eastern New York state.

S

Seneca FallsSite of women’s rights

convection of 1848

Slave Codes Passed in the southern states that controlled and restricted

enslaved people.

T

Triangular Trade Trade route that exchanged goods

between the West Indies, America Colonies and West Africa

Trail of Tears Federal government

persuade a few Cherokees to sign a treaty giving up theirs

people land

Treaty of Guadalupe HidalgoMexico gave up all clams to Texas and agreed to the Rio

Grande as the border between Texas and Mexico

U

Unalienable Rights Right that can not be

surrendered

Underground Railroad System that helped enslaved

African Americans follow a network to escape route out of the south to

freedom in the north

Utopia Community based on a vision of a perfect society sought by

reformers

VVicksburg

Civil War battle site western Mississippi on the Mississippi

River

Veto Reject a bill and prevent it

from becoming a law

Vigilantes People who take law in to

their own hands

XX,Y,Z

Referring to the three French agents