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My ABC Book of U.S History

My ABC Book of U.S History. By: Bre’ayah McDonald. A: Abolitionist. A person who strongly favors doing away with slavery. B: Border States. The states between the North and the South that were divided over whether to stay in the Union or join the Confederacy. C: Canal.

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My ABC Book of U.S History

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  1. My ABC Book of U.S History By: Bre’ayah McDonald

  2. A: Abolitionist • A person who strongly favors doing away with slavery

  3. B: Border States • The states between the North and the South that were divided over whether to stay in the Union or join the Confederacy

  4. C: Canal • An artificial waterway

  5. D: Dictator • A leader who rules with total authority, often in a cruel or brutal manner

  6. E: Electoral College • A special group of voters selected by their state’s voters for the president and vice president

  7. F: Federalists • Supporters of the Constitution

  8. G: Guerrilla Warfare • A hit-and-run technique used in fighting a war; fighting by small bands of warriors using tactics such as sudden ambushes

  9. H: Holocaust • The name given to the mass slaughter of Jews and other groups by the Nazis during World War ll

  10. I: Interchangeable Parts • Uniform pieces that can be made in large quantities to replace other identical pieces

  11. J: Judicial Branch • The branch of government, including the federal court system, that interprets the nation’s laws

  12. L: Loyalist • American colonists who remained loyal to Britain and opposed the war for independence

  13. M: Morse Code • A system for transmitting messages that uses a series of dots and dashes to represent the letters of the alphabet, numbers, and punctuation

  14. N: Northwest Passage • Water route to Asia through North America sought by European explorers

  15. O: Ozone • The layers of gas composed of a form of oxygen that protects the earth and its people from cancer-causing sun rays

  16. P: Pilgrims • Separatists who journeyed to the colonies during the 1600s for a religious purpose

  17. R: Republic • A government in which citizens rule through elected representatives

  18. S: Smuggling • Trading illegally with other nations

  19. T: Tidewater • A region of flat, low-lying plains along the seacoast

  20. U: Unalienable Right • Aright that cannot be surrendered

  21. V: Vertical Integration • The combining of companies that supply equipment and services needed for a particular industry

  22. W: War Hawks • Republicans during Madison’s presidency who pressed for war with Britain

  23. Y: Yankee • Union soldier

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