| A | B |
|---|
| 1st Amendment | Speech, Press, Assembly, Religion & Petition (SPARP) |
| Abolition | Against Slavery |
| Temperence | Against Alcohol |
| Suffrage | Right to Vote |
| Ratification | To Pass/Approve |
| Constitutional Republic | Government ruled by the people |
| Religious Freedom | 1 Reason for colonization(Quakers,Puritains, Catholics etc.) |
| Popular Soveriegnty | Free nation/free people |
| Unalienable Rights | Born with, cant be taken away. (Life, Libery & Pursuit of Happiness) |
| Pacifist | Someone against violence(Quakers, Transendentalists) |
| Secede | To leave the Union/break away |
| Population Density | Amount of people per Square Mile |
| Democracy | Ruled by the people(voting, assembly, constitution, republic, elections) |
| States Rights | Rights guaranteed to the States (10th Amendment) |
| Seperation of Powers | 3 Branches sharing power |
| Checks & Balances | 3 branches governing each other |
| Judicial Review | Supreme Court can declare a law unconstitutional |
| Sectionalism | Loyalty to an area (North v. South) |
| Federalist | Supports a Strong Central Government |
| Antifederalist | Supports the States and the People(Bill of Right's) |
| Urbanization | Growth of Cities(Northeast) |
| Child Labor | Lowell Girls (factory workers in Northeast) Low pay |
| Interchangeable Parts | Eli Whiney, Mass Prodution, Urbanization, Northeast |
| Manifest Destiny | Westward Expantion |
| Veto | To reject |
| Boycott | Refuse to buy or use (Colonists v. England) |
| Mercantilism | England becomes rich off the colonies |
| Homestead Act | Helped settle land in the west |
| Dawes Act | Assimilated Native Americans |
| Annex | To bring into (Texas) |
| Plantation | Large farm(Climate/South/Slavery) |
| Cash Crop | Crop raised for money (Tobacco/Cotton) |
| Immigrant | Irish, German, Italian (Religion, Famine, Jobs) |
| Transcontinental Railroad | Railroad across US |
| Kansas-Nebraska Act | Allowed people to vote on slavery (Bleeding Kansas) |
| Import | Products coming in |
| Export | Products going out |
| Foreign Policy | Dealing with other countries |
| Isolation | To not be involved |
| Representative Government | People rule by voting, elections, assemblies |
| Innovation | New Technology (Steamboat, Telegraph, Steel Plow, Reaper) |
| Geography | Land, climate, resources (North v. South) |
| Pro | To favor something |
| Anti | To oppose something |
| Favored | To support |
| Opposed | To go against something |
| Urban | City |
| Rural | Country |
| Amend | To change/add/repeal |
| Republic | Ruled by the people/public |
| Federalism | Federal & State Governments sharing power |
| Nationalism | Strong loyalty to your Nation |
| Domestic | Within your country |
| Diplomat | Representative of a country |
| Repealed | To take out/back |
| Tyranny | Ruled by violence/force (King George) |
| Interventionism | To get involved |
| Monarchy | Ruled by 1/King |
| Neutrality | To stay out of foerign affairs |
| Mission | Spanish Church (Convert) |
| Famine | Starving (Irish Potato) |
| Political Parties | Federalists v. Anti-Federalists |
| Representative Government | larger groups are represented in government bodies by one person or a small group of people |
| Population Density | measurement of population per unit area |
| Agriculture | science or practice of farming, including cultivation of the soil for the growing of crops and the rearing of animals to provide food, wool, and other products |
| Indentured Servant | people paid for their passage to the New World (Americas) by working for an employer for a certain number of years |
| Cash Crops | crop produced for sale rather than for use by the grower |
| Plantation | a large farm |
| Colonial Era | development of the thirteen American colonies between 1620 and 1776 |
| Colonization | act of setting up a colony away from one's place of origin |
| Mercantilism | trade generates wealth |
| Charter | document granting the right to settle a colony |
| Civil disobedience | nonviolent protests; refusal to obey unjust laws |
| Grievance | a wrong or other cause for complaint or protest |
| Propoganda | ideas or information spread to harm or help a cause |
| Tyranny | cruel and oppressive government or rule |
| Oppression | prolonged cruel or unjust treatment or control |
| Tariff | tax or duty to be paid on a particular class of imports or exports |
| Alliance | partnership |
| Revenue | incoming money from taxes or other sources |
| Repeal | to cancel an act or law |
| Boycott | refuse to buy/use things in order to show disapproval; or force acceptance of one's terms |
| Mercenary | a hired soldier |
| Blockade | keep a country from communicating and trading with other nations |
| Siege | attempt to force surrender by blocking the movement of people/goods into or out of a place |
| Ratify | to approve officially |
| Ambush | attack in which the attacker hides and surprises the enemy. |
| Amend | to change or revise |
| Checks and Balances | limits each branch of government by each other |
| Compromise | to come to an agreement |
| Bicameral Legislature | two branches/chambers (senate & house) |
| Unicameral Legislature | one branch/chamber (senate or house) |
| Delgates | representative for a U.S. territory |
| Executive Branch | enforcing laws (i.e. president) |
| Legislative Branch | passes laws (i.e. congress) |
| Judicial Branch | interprets laws (i.e. supreme court) |
| Unalienable Rights | life, liberty, pursuit of happiness (rights everyone is born with, can't be taken away) |
| Seperation of Powers | three branches sharing power |
| Alliance | partnership |
| American System | policy of promoting industry in the U.S. by adoption of a high protective tariff and of developing internal improvements by the federal government |
| Debt | something that is owed or due |
| Domestic | inside a particular country |
| Doctrine | a belief or set of beliefs held and taught by a church, political party, or other group |
| Embargo | an official ban on (trade or a country or commodity) |
| Foreign Policy | government's strategy in dealing with other nations |
| Impressments | act in which men are captured and forced into naval service |
| Interentionism | governmental interference in economic affairs at home or in political affairs of another country |
| Isolationism | policy of remaining apart from the affairs or interests of other groups, especially the political affairs of other countries |
| Nationalism | patriotic feeling, principles, or efforts |
| Neutrality | not supporting or helping either side in a conflict |
