By Laquintry Murphy
8TH history, Mrs. Fowler
May 11,2011
A
Abstain- refrain
voluntary
especially from a
action
Adobe- a building
made of adobe
bricks
Alien- a person of a
another family or
race
B
Backcountry- a
region of hills
forest west of the
tide water
Boycott- the
process of a
instant boycotting
Burgesses- elected
representatives to
an assembly
C
Cabinet- a group of
advisers to the
president
californiosMexican who in
California
canal- an
artificial water
way
D
Debtor- person or
country who owes
money
Decree- an order or
decision given by an
authority
Desert- to leave
without permission
e
Effigy- rag figure
representing an
upper individual
Emancipate- to free
slaves
Embargo- an order
prohibiting trade
with a country
f
Famine- an extreme
shortage of food
Federalistsupporters of the
constitution
Frigate- a warship
g
Guerrilla warfarea hit and run tack
tick
Grant ,Ulysses s.the general of the
union
h
House of burgesseswhere the
representatives
meet for the first
time
Human rightsrights for all men
to be equal
Harding ,warren G.the 29 president of
America
I
Import- to buy
goods from foreign
markets
Impeach- to
formally charge
an official with
miss conduct
Internet- a
worldwide linking
of computer
networks
j
Jonson ,Andrew- 17th
president and a
republican
Jackson, Andrew- a
great general and
the 7th president
Jefferson, Thomasthird president and
wrote the
declaration of
independents
k
Kansas bleedingkilled five slave
supporters
Kansas Nebraska
act- signed may
1854
Keelboat- Indian
tribe
l
Landslide- an worth
while victory
Lyching- putting to
death by illegal
action
Literacy- the
ability to read and
write
m
Maize- an early
form of corn grown
by native
Americans
Majority- more
than half
Mission- religion
settlement
n
Naturalization- to
grant full
citizenship to a
foreigner
Neutral- taking no
side in a conflict
Nullity- to cancel
o
Ordinance- a law or
regulation
Offensive- position
of attacking of or
attack itself
Override- to
overturn of defeat
p
Partism- favoring
one side of an issue
Petition- a formal
request
Pilgrimage- a
journey to a holy
place
q
Quakers- believed
that every
individual had inner
rights
Quebec actgranted religious
freedom to French
colonist
Quebec battle ofwas thought to be
an impossible
attack
r
Radical- extreme
Rancher- Mexican
ranch owner
Repeal- to cancel
an act or law
s
Secede- to leave or
withdraw
Secessionwithdrawal from
the union
Suffrage- the right
to vote
t
Tariff- a tax on
imported goods
Tijuana- a Mexican
who claims Texas
as his home
Transcontinentalextending across a
continent
u
Unconstitutionalnot agreeing or
consistent with the
constitution
Utopia- community
based on a vision
Underground
railroad- a system
that helped slaves
escape
v
Vaquero- Hispanic
ranch hand
Veto- to reject a
bill and prevent it
from becoming a
law
Vigilantes- people
people who take
the law into their
own hands
w
War hawksrepublicans during
Madison's
presidency
West India's- islands
in the Caribbean
sea
Wyoming- territory
provided by woman
rights to vote
x
Xyz affair- three
French agents
y
Yankee- union
solider
yeuran- southern
owner of a small
farm who didn’t
have slave
Yellow journalisma type of
sensational
z
Zeni- people of the
south west