shelby rutledge

Shelby Rutledge ABC BOOK

AAntifederalists- individuals who opposed ratifications of the constitution.

Abstain- to not take part in some activity such as voting.

Ambush- a surprise attack

Arsenal- a storage place for weapons and ammunition.

BBack Country- a region of hills and forests west of tide waters.

Boycotts refuse to buy items from a particular country.

Burgesses- elected represenitive to an assembly.

Bounty- money given as a reward such as to encourage enlistments in the army.

CCabinet- a group of advisers to the president.

Canal- an artificial waterway.

Caravel- small fast ships with broad bow.

Cash crop- farm crop raised to be sold for money.

DDebtor- person or country that owes money.

Decree- an order or decision given by one in authority.

Demilitarize- to remove armed forces from an area.

Deprecate- to fall in value.

EEffigy- rag figure representing an unpopular individual.

Emancipate- to free from slavery.

Embargo- an order prohibited trade with another country.

Export- to sell goods aboard.

F Federalist- supports of the constitution.

Freedman- a person freed from slavery.

Frigate- warshipsFugitive- run away or trying to run away.

GGenocide- the deliberate destruction of a racial political or culture group.

Global Warming- a steady increase in average world temp

Greenback- piece of U.S paper money first issued by the north during the civil war.

Guerrilla tactics-referring to surprise to attacks or raids rather than organized warfare.

HHabeas corpus-A legal order for an inquiry to determine whether a person has been lawful imprisoned.

Hieroglyphics- artificial form of writing using symbols and pictures to represent words.

Holocaust- name given by the mass slaughter of gews and other groups by Natzi.

Horizontal- integration combing of competing firms into one corporation.

IImpeach- to formally charge a public official with misconduct in office.

Import- to buy goods from foreign markets .

Impressments- forcing people into a service as a navy.

Integrate- to end separation of different races and bring into equal memberships in society

JJoint occupation- The possession and settling of an area shared by two or more countries.

Joint stock company- a company in which investors buy stock in the company in return for a share of its profits.

Judicial Branch- branch of government including the federal court system that interprets the nations laws.

Judicial review- the right of the supreme court to determine if a law violates the constitution.

KBleeding Kansas- with proslavery and antislavery forces in Kansas arming themselves the outbreak of violence became inevitable.

Kansas Nebraska- in 1854 the dispute over slavery erupted in congress again.

Kearny steapen watts- Led his troops to California and new Mexico led about 1500 Calvary soldiers along the Santa fe trail.

Keelboat- Lewis and Clark send back groups with reports and specimens of some of the plants and animals that were unknown in east.

LLandslide- an over whelming victory.

Legislative Branch- branch of government that makes nations laws.

Literacy- Ability to read and write.

Loyalists- American colonist who remained loyal to Britain and opposed the war for independence.

MMayflower Compact- A formal document written in 1620 that provided law and order to the Plymouth colony.

Majority- more than half.

Mercantilism- the theory that a states or nations power depended on its wealth .

Mission- religious settlement.

NNationalism- loyalty to a notion and promotion of its interests above all others.

Neutral- Taking no sides in a conflict.

Nomads- People who move from place to place usually in search of food or grazing land.

Nullify- to cancel or make ineffective.

OOffensive- position of attacking or the attack of itself.

Ordinance- a law or regulation.

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

Overseer- person who supervises a large operation or its workers.

PPatriots- American colonist who were determined to fight the British until American independence.

Petition- a formal request.

Privateer- armed private ships.

Pilgrimage – a journey to a holy place.

QQuakers- believed that every individual had a inner light that could guide them to salvation.

RRanchero- Mexican ranch owner.

Ratify- to give official approval.

Reconstruction- the reorganized and rebuilding of the former confederate states after the civil war.

Recruit- to enlist soldiers in army.

SSecede- to leave or with draw.

Secession- withdraw from the union.

Sectionalism- loyalty to a region.

Suffrage- the right to vote.

TTariff- a tax on imports or exports.

Technology- the application of scientific discoveries to practical use.

Total war- war on all aspects of the enemies life.

Turnpike- road that one must pay to use money is used to pay for the road

UUnconstitional- not agreeing or consistent with constitution.

Under ground rail road- a system that helped enslaved African Americans follow a network of escape routes out of the south to freedom in north.

VVeto- to reject a bill and prevent it from becoming a law.

Vigilantes- people who take the law in there own hands.

WWar hawks- republican during Madison presidency

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Yankee- Union soldiers.