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U.S. History Terms
| Definition | Vocab word |
|---|---|
| wages, conditions, hours | why did workers form unions |
| parliament repealed on March 18, 1766 | stamp act repealed |
| to take into or join the armed forces | enlist |
| written account of events that one has lived through or of the life or character of a person whom one knew | memoir |
| withdrawal from the Union of eleven US southern states | secession |
| treachery toward one's country or its ruler | treason |
| soldiers, armed forces | troop(s) |
| running away: nickname for end of Battle of Bull Run | "The Great Skedaddle" |
| to liberate, to set free from slavery or some form of restraint | emancipation |
| machine for separating cotton from its seeds | cotton gin |
| loyalty owed to one's country, loyalty to or support of a person or cause | allegiance |
| to kill (an important person) by violent means, usually from political or religious motives | assassination |
| a violent attack | assault |
| an artillery unit of guns, men, and vehicles…a group of big guns on land or on a warship | battery |
| daggerlike blade that can be fixed to the muzzle of a rifle and used in hand-to-hand fighting | bayonet |
| total number of deaths, wounded/injured, and missing after a battle | casualty |
| to summon for compulsory military service | conscription |
| provided 160 acres of free land in the west | Homestead Act |
| Americanize native americans reservation land to individual owners | Dawes Act |
| to prevent monopolies by making it illegal to have turusts | Sherman Anti-Trust Act |
| Banned Discrimanation Housing | Civil Rights Act |
| Rev. War | George Washington |
| Missouri Comprise,Kitchen Cabinet | Andrew Jackson |
| Emaacipation Proclamation, Civil War | Abraham Lincoln |
| Spanish American War,Ruff Ryders | Theodore Roosevelt |
| New Deal, Great Depression, WW2, Pear Harbor | Franklin D. Roosevelt |
| Cold War began, Vietnam War | John F. Kennedy |
| Water Gate | Richard Nixion |
| Tax Cut's, Berlin Wall,end of cold war | Ronald Reagan |
| put tax on balitamore branch | Mc.CullochV.Maryland |
| right to keep jap's herritage | Korematsu V. Unites States |
| right to privacy(abortion) | Roe V. Wade |
| boke into pool hall(guilty) | Gideon V. Wainright |
| equal schools end segration | Brown V. Bored Of Ed. |
| Girl was raped not given her rights (right of accused) | Miranda V. Arizona |
| Britain insisted that colonies existed for benefit of mother country | mercantilism |
| Britain left colonies to develope a tradition of self government | salutary neglect |
| ran their own affairs and elected their own governers | charter colonies |
| belonged to companies or wealthy proprietors who appointed governors | proprietary colonies |
| ruled directly by the king who appointed the governor | royal colonies |
| advised the governor and generally represented the colony's upper class | council |
| the lower house, popularly elected | assembly |
| unified colonial government, produced the Declaration of Rights and Grievances to the king | First Continetal Congress |
| served as national government | Second Continental Congress |
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