| A | B |
|---|
| abolish | to end |
| adapt | to change |
| ally | friend |
| analyze | to examine |
| associated | connected to |
| bicameral | congress with two houses |
| canals | man made waterways |
| census | population count |
| chronology | in order as it happened |
| colonial | time before 1776 |
| community | neighborhood,town,city |
| conclusion | ending,answer |
| contrast | things that are different |
| cotton gin | machine to remove cotton seeds |
| craftsman | artisan,skilled worker |
| crises | bad times |
| dating | back in time |
| decreases | smaller |
| demand | need |
| deposits | things left behind |
| documentation | a paper with written proof |
| dominant | having the most control |
| Dred Scott Decision | a Supreme Court ruling that allowed slavery in the territories |
| dwelling | shelter you live in |
| economic growth | growth of business |
| editorial | a piece of writing expressing the author's opinion |
| Emancipation Proclamation | a document that freed the slaves in the southern states captured by the Union armies |
| except | not including |
| fereral government | a government ,or ruling body ,that shares its powers with the states |
| gradual | slowly |
| graph | a picture with number facts |
| Great Plains | a large grassy area in the middle of the United States |
| grievances | complaints |
| identify | to point out |
| immigration | movement of people to a new country |
| impressment | British policy of capturing American sailors before 1812. |
| industrial production | things made in factories |
| inflation | prices going up |
| influence | to affect,or change |
| interpret | to decide on,judge,opinion |
| investigate | to look into,search |
| kinship | friends and family |
| malice | having no grudges,or hatred |
| manufacture | to make |
| massacre | killing for no reason |
| monarch | king or queen |
| negotiate | to come to a mutual agreement relating to compromise |
| occasion | time/event |
| ordinance | law,ruling |
| original | first of a kind |
| outcome | result |
| output | what is produced |
| pamphlet | a small book |
| persuade | to convince |
| population | number of people that live in a certain place |
| predict | to make a guess about a future event |
| primary source | first hand information |
| purpose | reason or goal |
| qualifications | able to meet guidelines |
| reform | to change for the better |
| remains | things left behind by man |
| represents | to stand for |
| secondary source | second source written by somebody who did not witness the event |
| sermon | lecture,talk |
| significant | important,maningful |
| similar | how things are alike |
| standard | everyday acceptable language |
| steamboats | a boat powered by a steam engine and a large wheel |
| surrender | to give up |
| survey | to collect information |
| tariff | a tax on imported goods |
| technological advance | work done by machine |
| technology | art or skill of making tools or weapons |
| textiles | cloth/fabric |
| theory | an idea |
| town meeting | government at the city or town level |
| traditional | what has been for years |
| vast | large ,plenty of |
