My ABC book of US history

By Chris Moore

Abolitionists- A person who doesn’t support slavery.

.Annex- to add territory.

Arsenal- a storage for weapons

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BBlack country-a region of hillsAnd forests west of the tidewater

Boycott- to refuse toBuy items from aParticular country

Burgesses- elected representatives to any to an assembly.

CCabinet-a group of advisersTo the president.

Capital-money for investment

Cede- to give up by treaty

DDebtor – a person or country that owes money

Draft- the selection of personFor required military

Depreciate- to fall in value

EEffigy –rag figure representatives an unpopular individual

Emancipate- to free from slavery

Export-to sell goods abroad

FFamine- an extreme shortage of food

Federalists- supporters of the Constitution

Fugitive- runaway or trying to runaway.

GGenocide- the deliberate destructionOf a racial political or cultural group.

Global warming- a steady increaseIn average world temperatures.

Greenback- a piece of U.S money first in the north during the civil war.

HHabeas corpus- a legal order for an Inquiry to determine if a person has been lawfully imprisoned.

Horizontal integration-the combining Of competing firms into one corporation.

Hull,William-was a general that led the American army from Detroit to Canada.

IImport- to buy goods fromForeign markets.

Internet-worldwide linking of computer networks

Ironclad-armed naval vessel

JJamestown-first original settlement.

John Paul Jones- he was a naval officer

Jays treaty-when the British agreed to withdraw from American soilTo also pay damages for ships they had siezed.

KKansas-was known as bleeding Kansas for the war that took place.

Kickapoo-got kicked off their land known as the trails of tears.

King George III- was the king of England

LLandslide-an overwhelming victory

Literacy-the ability to read

Lynching-putting to death a person by the illegal action of a mob.

MMaize- an early form of corn grown by Indians.

Majority- more than half

Mission-religious settlement

NNaturalization-to grant full citizenship to a foreigner.

Neutral- to take no sides.

Nullify-to cancel

OOffensive- position of attacking or the attack itself

Ordinance- A law or recognition

Override-to over turn or defeat as bill proposed in congress