Abolish
to do away with; put an
Abolitionist
a person who wanted to
Amend
To alter, Modify,
end to
end slavery
rephrase, or add to or
subtract from; to change
for the better
Annex
to attach or add to
something larger or more
important
Antebellum
used to describe a period
of time before a war,
especially the American
Civil War
Assimilation
process of becoming part
Blockade
the isolating, closing off,
of another culture
or surrounding of a
place, as a port, harbor,
or city, by hostile ships or
troops to prevent
entrance or exit
Capitalist
a person who invests in a
business in order to
make a profit
Cede
to yield or formally
Commerce
The buying and selling of
surrender to another
goods, especially on a
large scale
Compromise
A settlement of
differences by mutual
concessions; an
agreement reached by
adjustment of conflicting
or opposing claims,
principles, etc., by
reciprocal modifications
of demands
Confederacy
an alliance between
persons, parties, states,
etc., for some purpose
Confederation
a group, especially of
states, united for
common purpose
Constitution
a document that sets out
the laws and principles of
a government
Controversy
argument or dispute
Convention
a meeting or formal
assembly, as of
representatives or
delegates, for discussion
of and action on
particular matters of
common concern
Culture
way of life
Defensive
serving to defend;
Delegate
a representative
Democratic
ensuring all people have
protective
the same rights
Depression
a period characterized by
a decline in business,
high unemployment, and
falling prices
Diplomat
a person appointed by a
national government to
conduct official
negotiations and
maintain political,
economic, and social
relations with another
country or countries
Discrimination
a policy or attitude that
denies equal rights to
certain groups of people
Draft
the law requires people
of a certain age to enlist
in the military
Economic
having to do with
business (the production,
exchange and use of
goods and services
Emancipate
to free from bondage,
Embargo
a ban on trade with
Emigrate
to leave one country or
restraint, or influence
another country
region to settle in
another
Exclusion
keeping apart; blocking
Executive
any of the persons who
entrance
see the laws of a nation
or state carried out
Exploitation
to use someone or
Export
goods that are shipped
something for profit
from one country to
another
Faction
a group inside a political
Federalism
the division of power
party or other group
between the states and
the national government
Foreign Policy
actions that a nation
takes in relation to other
states
Frontier
the land or territory that
forms the furthest extent
of a country's settled or
inhabited regions
Fugitive
a runaway
Immigrate
to come to live in a new
country for permanent
residence
Impeach
to bring a formal charge
of wrongdoing against a
president or other public
official
Import
to bring in (merchandise,
goods, etc.) from a
foreign country for use or
sale
Independence
freedom from the control,
influence, support, aid, or
the like, of others
Industry
trade or manufacture in
Inflation
a rise in prices and a
general
decrease in the value of
money
Infrastructure
the basic physical
systems business or
nation as in
transportation,
communication, sewage,
water, and electric
systems
Interchangeable
capable of replacing or changing places with
something else
Interrogate
to examine by questions
Judicial
of judges, laws, courts, or
Lawsuit
a legal case brought to
their duties
settle a dispute between
people or groups
Legislate
to make or enact laws
Legislature
a deliberative body of
persons, usually elective,
who are empowered to
make, change, or repeal
the laws of a country or
state; the branch of
government having the
power to make laws
Manufacture
the making of goods by
using manual labor or
machinery
Nationalism
pride or devotion to ones country
Nativist
person who wanted to
preserve the United
States for white,
American-born
Protestants and who was
opposed to immigration
Neutral
not aligned with or
supporting any side or
position in a controversy
Nullify
to cancel
Offensive
Characterized by attack;
Oppose
to act against or provide
Political
having to do with politics
Precedent
any act, decision, or case
aggressive
resistance to
(government, laws, etc.)
that serves as a guide or
justification for
subsequent situations
Prejudice
unreasonable feelings,
opinions, or attitudes,
especially of a hostile
nature, regarding a racial,
religious, or national
group
Proclamation
a public or official
Production
the act of producing,
announcement
creating, or
manufacturing something
Prominent
Leading, important, or
Proponent
a person who argues in
well-known
favor of something; an
advocate
Provisions
the providing or
supplying of something,
usually food or
necessities
Ratify
to approve
Rebellion
open, organized, and
armed resistance to one's
government or ruler
Reform
to improve or make
better that which is
wrong, corrupt, or
unsatisfactory
Refuge
a place of shelter,
Regulate
to control or direct by
protection, or safety
rule, principle, or method
Repeal
to revoke or withdraw
Republic
a nation in which the
formally or officially
voters elect
representatives to make
laws for them
Restrict
to confine or keep within
Rural
having to do with the
limits
country or people who
live there, as on farms
Secede (secession)
to withdraw from
membership in a group
Sedition
creating a rebellion
against a legitimate
government
Siege
a military encirclement of
an enemy position and
blockading or
bombarding it in order to
force a surrender
Seize
to take possession or
Social
having to do with the
control by force
people (how they interact
with one another;
lifestyles; and classes
Sovereign
supreme; preeminent;
indisputable
Suffrage
the right to vote
Tariff
a tax on foreign goods
Territory
a tract of land
Textile
any cloth or goods
brought into the country
produced by weaving,
knitting, or felting
Treason
action against one's
country, the offense of
acting to overthrow one's
government or to harm or
kill its sovereign
Treaty
a formal agreement
between two or more
states in reference to
peace, alliance,
commerce, or other
international relations
Union
a number of persons,
states, etc., joined or
associated together for
some common purpose
Urban
a city area
Urbanization
the migration of an
increasing proportion of
rural dwellers into cities
Veto
to reject