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Teacher: Mr. Gill
Director of Social Studies: Mr. Widmann
Wantagh High School
Social Studies Department
Mr. Gill’s U.S. History and Government
Vocabulary List- Part I
The New World
WORDS
EVENTS, PEOPLE, PLACES
nomads
Bering Strait
migration
Christopher Columbus
Native American
Henry Hudson
empire
Plymouth
charter
Mayflower Compact
colony
Puritans
imperialism
Pilgrims
monarchy
Triangular Trade
burgesses
Columbian Exchange
indentured servants
Virginia House of Burgesses
cash crops
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13 Colonies
WORDS
EVENTS PEOPLE PLACES
import
Iroquois Confederacy
export
Virginia House of Burgesses
mercantilism
Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade
militia
French and Indian War
taxes
Treaty of Paris
boycott
New England Colonies
Middle Colonies
Southern Colonies
American Revolution
WORDS
EVENTS PEOPLE PLACES
repeal
Parliament
propaganda
King George III
loyalist
Sons of Liberty
patriot
Stamp Act
preamble
Benjamin Franklin
salutary neglect
Sugar Act
Intolerable Acts
Boston Tea Party
Boston Massacre
First Continental Congress
Lexington and Concord
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Olive Branch Petition
Second Continental Congress
General George Washington
John Adams
Thomas Jefferson
Declaration of Independence
BIRTH OF AMERICAN GOVERNMENT
WORDS
EVENTS PEOPLE PLACES
bicameral legislature
the Enlightenment
republic
John Locke
compromise
Baron de Montesquieu
federalism
James Madison
ratify
The Great Compromise
amendment
The 3/5’s Compromise
enumerated/reserved powers powers
Legislative branch
concurrent powers
Executive branch
implied powers
Judicial branch
judicial review
Electoral college
impeach
Articles of Confederation
appropriate
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constituents
Northwest Ordinance
due process of law
the Great Compromise
preamble
Federalist Papers
domestic tranquility
Federalist Party
popular sovereignty
Anti- Federalist Party (Democratic
Republicans)
EARLY REPUBLIC
WORDS
EVENTS PEOPLE PLACES
inauguration
President George Washington
precedent
Whiskey Rebellion
cabinet
President John Adams
tariff
Alien and Sedition Acts
neutrality
Election of 1800
farewell address
President Thomas Jefferson
deport
Chief Justice John Marshall
nullify
Marbury v. Madison
laissez-faire
Louisiana Purchase
midnight judges
Meriwether Lewis and William
Clark
impressment
War Hawks
nationalism
President James Madison
War of 1812
Francis Scott Key
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TECHNOLOGY AND A GROWING COUNTRY
WORDS
EVENTS PEOPLE PLACES
capital
Cotton Gin
factory system
Samuel Slater
patent
McCulloch v. Maryland
interchangeable parts
Manifest Destiny
urbanization
Monroe Doctrine
turnpikes
Andrew Jackson
canal
Trail of Tears
sectionalism
Texas- Lone Star State
spoils system
states rights
secede
relocate
annex
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SECTIONALISM AND CIVIL WAR
WORDS
EVENTS PEOPLE PLACES
abolitionism
Missouri Compromise
slave state/free state
Uncle Tom’s Cabin
popular sovereignty
Fugitive Slave Act
civil war
“Bleeding Kansas”
secession
Kansas-Nebraska Act
states-rights
John Brown
ratify
Fredrick Douglass
Abraham Lincoln
Dred Scott v. Sanford
President Abraham Lincoln
Confederate States of America
General Ulysses S. Grant
General Robert E. Lee
Jefferson Davis
Emancipation Proclamation
13th Amendment
Battle of Gettysburg