1. My AbC BoOk Of U.S. HiStOrY By: Genesis Torres 5 th period 5-12-11

2. Abolitionist Person who strongly favors doing away with slavery. Alien Treat of war with France made Americans more suspicious of aliens. Anti- federalists They responded to the federalists with a series of their own essays now know as the Anti-Federalist papers.

3. Bull Run Site of two Civil War battles in northern Virginia Also called Manassas. Border States In the union or join to Confederacy Black Codes Controlling freedom & enabling plantation owners to exploit Africans Americans.

4. Cash Crop Crop raised to be sold for money Civil War Conflict between opposing groups of citizens of the same country. Constitution Plan of government

5. Detroit City in southern Michigan, site of significant battles during French & Indian War. Diversity Difference or variety Draft The selection of persons for required military service.

6. Erie Canal Waterway connecting the Hudson River with the Erie through New York State Enlightenment Spread the idea that knowledge and science could improve society. Executive Branch Branch of goverment headed by the president

7. Fort Sumter Union for during the civil war located on island near Charleston, South Carolina Factory system Manufacturing steps together in one place to increase efficiency. Fugitive Runaway or trying to run away.

8. Great Lakes Superior, Erie, Michigan, Ontario, & Hudson Lakes in Central North America Gadsden Purchase Preset day Arizona and New Mexico Guerilla Warfare Hit-run technique used in fighting war.

9. Human Rights Rights regarded as belonging to all persons such as freedom Holocaust Mass slaughter of Jews and other groups by the Nazis during world war Harrison, William H Soldier planter, 9 th president of the United States.

10. Industrial Revolution The change from an agrarian society to one based on industry Indentured Servant Laborer who agreed to work without pay for certain period of time in exchange for passage to America. Imperialism Actions used by one nation to exercise political or economic control over smaller or worker motions.

11. Judicial Brach Branch of government headed by the federal court system Jamestown First permanent English settlement in North America, located in Virginia James Madison 4 th president of the united states

12. Kansas-Nebraska Act Douglas proposed organizing the region west of Missouri and Iowa as the territories Kansas and Nebraska Kennedy, John F 35 th president of the united states Kentucky and Virginia resolutions 1798-1799 claimed that the Alien and Sedition Acts could not be put into action

13. Mexican Cession Territory gained by the united states after war with Mexico. Manifest Destiny Country must expand its boundaries to the pacific Mayflower Compact Provided law and order to the Playmouth colonies

14. Northwest territory North of the Ohio River and east o the Mississippi Neutral Rights The right to sail the seas and not take sides with war Nationalism Loyalty to a nation and promotion of its interests above all others

15. Oregon Trail Pioneer trail from independence Offensive Position of attacking or attack itself Ozone Layer of gas composed of a form of oxygen that protects the earth

16. Patriots American colonist who were determined to fight the British Popular Sovereignty Idea that people living in a territory right to decide voting if slavery would be allowed. Pilgrims Separatists who journeyed to the colonies during the 1600s for a religious purpose.

17. Quebec City in Canada, capital of Quebec province, the St.Lawrence River; first settlement in new France Quadruple Alliance Help in its fight against revolutionary forces in South America Quakers Protestant group of dissenters called Society of Friends or Quakers; believed that every individual had an inner light that could guide him or her to salvation.

18. Reconstruction The reorganization and rebuilding of the former confederate states after Civil War. Republicanism People elect representatives and give them the responsibility to make laws and conduct government Rebel Confederate soldier called because of opposition to the established government

19. Saratoga Revolutionary war battle site in the Hudson Valley of eastern New York state. Seneca Falls Site of women’s rights convection of 1848 Slave Codes Passed in the southern states that controlled and restricted enslaved people.

20. Triangular Trade Trade route that exchanged goods between the West Indies, America Colonies and West Africa Trail of Tears Federal government persuade a few Cherokees to sign a treaty giving up theirs people land Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo Mexico gave up all clams to Texas and agreed to the Rio Grande as the border between Texas and Mexico

21. Unalienable Rights Right that can not be surrendered Underground Railroad System that helped enslaved African Americans follow a network to escape route out of the south to freedom in the north Utopia Community based on a vision of a perfect society sought by reformers

22. Vicksburg Civil War battle site western Mississippi on the Mississippi River Veto Reject a bill and prevent it from becoming a law Vigilantes People who take law in to their own hands

23. X,Y,Z Referring to the three French agents