1. My abc book of history Tyler Blain 2nd 5-17-11

2. A • Abolitionist- against slavery • Alien- illegal immigrant • Arsenal – storage place for weapons • Abstain-to not take part in

3. B • Backcountry-west of tide water • Bicameral- two houses referring to government • Black codes- laws governing slaves\ • Blockade- blocking a port to stop goods from reaching troops

4. C • Cabinet-advisors to the president • Capitalism-investment system • Cash crops- crops grown for money such as cotton and tobacco • Census- counting population

5. D • Debtor –someone in debt • Decree-declaration • Desert-leave • Dictator-forcible leader

6. E • Effigy-cloth figure • Emancipate-free • Embargo-ban on trade • Entrenched-in a good position referring to military

7. F • Famine-shortage on food • Federalism-sharing power • Feminist-fought for women's rights • Forty-niners- prospectors from the California gold rush

8. G • Genocide- mass murder • Greenback-paper money • Guerilla warfare-hit and run attacks • Global warming-warming of the earth

9. H • Hieroglyphics- cave drawings • Holocaust- the killing of millions of Jews • Human rights- rights everyone is entitled to • Habeas corpus-to determine if imprisoned lawfully

10. I • Impeach- to accuse an official with misconduct • Import- buy from another country • Inflation- fall in the value of money • Iron clad-made of iron

11. J • Joint occupation- shared territory • Joint stock company- company with shared ownership • Judicial branch- court system • Judicial review- review of a law by the supreme court

12. J • Joint occupation- shared territory • Joint stock company- company with shared ownership • Judicial branch- court system • Judicial review- review of a law by the supreme court

13. K • Kansas –bleeding Kansas • Keelboat-small armed boat • Helen Keller-Seneca falls convention • Henry Knox- 1st secretary of war

14. l • Labor union-formed to address work conditions • Lake Erie-great lake • Law – rules that the government makes • Little turtle- Indian chief

15. M • James Madison- former president • Magna Carta- binds royalty to same laws as citizens • John marshal-chief justice • Mayflower compact- 1st form of self government

16. n • Napoleon Bonaparte-French general with the vision of anarchy • New Orleans- port city • Nullification crisis- crisis over states rights • N.O.W.-National Organization for Women

17. O • Ohio-state • Oil industry- drilling for oil • Oklahoma-state the big reservation was in • Oregon country-joint occupied by Great Brittan and the U.S.A.

18. p • Thomas Paine- wrote “common sense” • Patriots-wanted freedom from G.B. • William Penn- founded Pennsylvania • Population- # of people in an area

19. Q • Quakers- tolerant religious group • Quartering act- colonists had to quarter soldiers • Quebec- city in Canada • Queen-royalty

20. R • Racism-persecution due to race or skin color • Rebels- people who rebel against a country area or any other entity • Republic of Texas-country formed after Texas revolution • Republic- citizens elect government officials

21. S • Secede-withdraw • Segregation- separation • Smuggling –illegal transport • Suffrage- right to vote

22. T • Tarrif- tax on imported goods

23. J • Joint occupation- shared territory • Joint stock company- company with shared ownership • Judicial branch- court system • Judicial review- review of a law by the supreme court

24. J • Joint occupation- shared territory • Joint stock company- company with shared ownership • Judicial branch- court system • Judicial review- review of a law by the supreme court

25. J • Joint occupation- shared territory • Joint stock company- company with shared ownership • Judicial branch- court system • Judicial review- review of a law by the supreme court

26. J • Joint occupation- shared territory • Joint stock company- company with shared ownership • Judicial branch- court system • Judicial review- review of a law by the supreme court

27. J • Joint occupation- shared territory • Joint stock company- company with shared ownership • Judicial branch- court system • Judicial review- review of a law by the supreme court