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s.s. week 5 vocab
Question | Answer |
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amend | to alter,change,or add to |
armory | a storehouse for arms |
Broadside | something, such as an advertisement or public notice, that is printed on a large piece of paper |
Charter | a document issued by the government, creating a public or private corporation |
Guerrilla | a member of an irregular military unit operating in small bands in occupied territory to harass and undermine the enemy,as by surprise raids |
inalienable | incapable of being alienated,surrendered, or transferred |
ordinance | a local law |
Reminiscence | a narration of past experiences |
Representative Government | a form of government in which the citizens delegate authority to elected representatives |
Revenue | income of a government for the payment of the public expenses |
Secede | to withdraw from an organization |
Segregate | to seperate by race; to keep apart |
Squatter | to settle on unoccupied land without legal claim |
Veto | to reject a bill from being a law |
Black Kettle | prominent leader of the southern Cheyenne during the american Indian wars |
Cyrus K. Holiday | one of the founders of the of the township of topeka and kansas |
John James Ingalls | american politician |
James Lane | partisan during the bleeding Kansas period period that immediately preceded the American civil war |
Abraham Lincoln | 16th president of the united states |
Julia Louisa Lovejoy | she was an abolitionist |
Sterling Price | soldier,lawyer,planter,and politician from the U.S. state of Missouri who served as the 11th governor of the state |
William C. Quantrill | confederate leader during the american civil war |
Charles Robinson | first governor of Kansas |
Medicine Lodge | most popular city in and the country city of Barber Country,Kansas United States |
Lawrence | 6th largest city in the state of Kansas |
Fort Leavenworth | united states army installation located in Leavenworth Country, Kansas |