MY ABC BOOK OF

U.S. HISTORY By: Genesis Torres

5th 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-federalistsThey 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.

Constitution

Plan 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

Enlightenment

Spread the idea that knowledge and science could improve society.

Executive Branch

Branch of government 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 HHolocaust Mass slaughter of

Jews and other groups by the Nazis during world war

Harrison, William H

Soldier planter, 9th president of the United

States .

IIndustrial RevolutionThe change from an

agrarian society to one based on industry

Indentured Servant

Laborer 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 .

JJudicial Brach

Branch of government

headed by the federal court

system Jamestown First permanent English

settlement in North America, located in

Virginia

James Madison

4th president of the united states

KKansas-

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 resolutio

ns1798-1799 claimed that the Alien and Sedition Acts could

not be put into action

Mexican Cession

Territory gained by the united states after

war with Mexico.

M

Manifest Destiny

Country must expand its boundaries to the pacific

Mayflower

Compact Provided law and

order to the Plymouth 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.

QQuebecCity 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.

RReconstructi

on 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 Falls

Site of women’s rights convection

of 1848

Slave Codes Passed in the southern

states that controlled and restricted enslaved

people.

TTriangular 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

UUnalienable

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

VVicksburgCivil 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 as the X Y and Z,; the president urged

congress to prepare for war .

YYorktown Town in southeaster

Virginia site of the final battle of the

Revolutionary war

Yellow Journalis

m Sensational biased

and often false reporting by many

of the nations leading newspaper

ZZenger ,

John PeterFaced charges of libel for printing a

critical report about royal government of

New York.