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Delve into the rich tapestry of American history with this informative and engaging ABC book by Tyler Lowe. From Abolition to Zuni, uncover key events, figures, and concepts that have shaped the nation. Perfect for readers aged 4-12.
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MY ABC Bookof us history Tyler Lowe 4 5-12--11
A • Abolition –free slave • Arden- an immigrant living • Annex – to add a territory
B • Boycott –to refuse to buy items • Boomtown –growth in business or population • Blockade-cut off an area by mean
C • Cash crop –farm crop raised to be sold • Cede – to give up by treaty • Causally – a military person killed wanted
D • Desert – to leave without permission • Diversity- variety or difference • Daft – the selection of person for military
E • Export – to sell good abroad • Emancipate –to free from slavery • Entrenched –occupying a strong defensive
F • Frigate – warship • Freedman – a person freed from slavery • Fugitive – runaway or trying to run away
G • Global warning- a steady increase in average • Greenback –a piece of us paper money • Guerrilla tactic –referring to surprise attacks
H • Holocaust -name given to mass slaughter Jews • Horizontal integration- the combining of competing • Hieroglyphics- an achiest from of writing
I • Import –to buy good from foreign markets • Impressments – forcing people into service as in the navy • Ironclad –armored naval vessel
J • Joint occupation- the possession and settling of an • Judicial branch- the branch of government include the • Judicial review –the right of the supreme court to determe
K • Helen Keller-overcame her illness of Berger • Bleeding Kansas-it was arrival one for • Knox henry
L • Lynching –putting to death a person by the illegal • Loyalists –American colonist who remained loyal • Landslide-an overwhelming victory
M • Maize –an early form of corn grown by native • Majority – more than half • Mission –religious settlement
N • Neutral –taking no side in a conflict • Neutrality –a position of not taking side • Nullify – to cancel or make ineffective
O • Ordinance – a law or regulation • Offensive –position of attacking • Override – to overturn
p • Plurality –largest single share • Petition- a formal request • Pilgrims – a journey to holy place
Q • Quaker – believed that every individual had • Quebec act-passed shortly after the coercing • Quechua –the Inca language
R • Radical-extreme • Ranchero-Mexican ranch owner • Recruit- to enlist soldier in the army
S • Secede- to leave or withdraw • Secession- withdraw from the union • Sectionalism –loyalty to a region
T • Tariff –a tax on imports of exports • Total war-war on all aspects of the • Tribute –money paid for protection
U • Unalienable right –a right that cannot be surrender • Union situational –not agreeing of consistent with • Utopia –community based on a vision of a perfect
V • Vaquero- Hispanic ranch land • Veto- to reject a bill and prevent it • Vigilantes – people who take the law into
W • War hawk-republias during Madison president • Write of assistance-legal document that enables • War of 1812
X • Xyz –affair –x,y,and z the president urged
Y • Yankee – union soldier • Yeoman – southern owner of a small farm who did • Yellow journalism – a type of sensational
Z • Zenger john peter- of the new York journal • Zuni – the people of the south west