History Mid-term Vocabulary
History Mid-term Vocabulary - Dec. 18 2007
This Vocab. is only from Chap 9 and 10, Civl War Test, and the 3 government tests
This Vocab. is only from Chap 9 and 10, Civl War Test, and the 3 government tests
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- national government
- organization governing an entire country (Unit Test - gov't )
- common welfare
- good for all people, not just a few (Unit Test - gov't )
- expedition
- long journey of exploration and discovery (chap 10)
- limited
- restricted (Unit Test - gov't )
- unconstitutional
- not allowed by the constitution (Unit 3 test)
- Civil War
- between the North and South (Constitution Test Unit 2)
- civic virtue
- interested in having the government work for the common good (Unit Test - gov't )
- declare
- give permission (Unit 3 test)
- conduct
- to take charge, give direction (Unit 3 test)
- bill
- a proposed law (Unit 3 test)
- federal system
- form of government (Unit 3 test)
- Kentucky and Virgina resolutions
- claimed that states can judge whether a law is constitutional (chap 9)
- unlimited power
- having complete control (dictatorship) (Unit Test - gov't )
- General of the Union Army
- Ulysses S. Grant (Civil War Test)
- democratic
- ensuring that all people have the same rights (chap 10)
- impeach
- to accuse of a crime (Unit 3 test)
- Nickname for the Confederacy
- Johnny Reb - short for rebel (Civil War Test)
- republican government
- government in which power is held by the people
- 4th phase of the war
- Union armies sweep through the South (Civil War Test)
- Louisiana Purchase
- deal in which the United Sates bought land from the French(chap 10)
- General of the Confederate Army
- Robert E. Lee (Civil War Test)
- Nickname for the union
- Billy Yank - short for yankee (Civil War Test)
- interests
- those things which are to a person's benefit (Unit Test - gov't )
- Framer
- someone who helped in the making of the constitution (Unit Test - gov't )
- preamble
- introduction to the Constitution (Constitution Test Unit 2)
- Sacajawea
- Shoshone woman who guided Lewis and Clark across the Rocky Mountains (chap 10)
- veto
- President refuses a bill (Unit 3 test)
- constitution
- set of rules that tells how a government is organized (Unit Test - gov't )
- delegates
- chosen to represent others (Constitution Test Unit 2)
- Congress
- national legislature of the United States (Unit Test ) makes laws (Constitution Test Unit 2)
- slavery
- owning another person (Constitution Test Unit 2)
- President of Confederacy
- Jefferson Davis (Civil War Test)
- judicial review
- power of the Supreme Court to decide whether laws passed by Congress are constitutional (chap 10)
- Judiciary Act
- called for one Chief Justice and five Associate Justices on the Supreme Court (chap 9)
- Whiskey Rebellion
- called for a protest against taxes by back country farmers (chap 9)
- Cabinet
- group of department leaders who serve the President (chap 9)
- Founder
- someone who found the country (Unit Test - gov't )
- frigate
- ship that sails fast and has many guns (chap 9 )
- ratification
- approval (Unit test and Constitution Test Unit 2)
- laissez faire
- idea that government should play as small a role as possible in economic affairs (chap 10)
- natural rights
- right to life, liberty and prosperity (pursuit of happiness) (Unit Test - gov't )
- Neutrality Proclamation
- declared that the United States would not support either side in the war in Europe (chap 9)
- appointments
- jobs given by the President (Unit 3 test)
- faction
- party or group that is split because of differences (chap 9)
- national debt
- total amount of money that a government owes to others (chap 9)
- 1st phase of the war
- North attack the Confederate border states and set up a naval blockade (Civil War Test)
- neutrality
- decision not take sides in a war (chap 9)
- majority
- more than half (Constitution Test Unit 2)
- interpret
- explain the meaning (Unit 3 test)
- Tecumseh
- Shawnee Leader; organized Native Americans into a confederation in order to resist white settlers (chap 10)
- Jay's Treaty
- called for Britain to pay damages for seized American ships (chap 9)
- Continental Divide
- mountain ridge that separates river systems(chap 10)
- free market
- exchange of goods and service with little regulation (chap 10)
- secretaries
- heads of departments (Unit 3 test)
- population
- number of people in an area (Unit test and Constitution Test Unit 2)
- President of Union
- Abraham Lincoln (Civil War Test)
- Lewis and Clark
- men appointed by Jefferson to explore the Louisiana Purchase (chap 10)
- Pinckney Treaty
- agreement to let Americans ships their goods down the Mississippi and store them in New Orleans (chap 10)
- War Hawks
- members of Congress angry at Britain (chap 10)
- 3rd phase of the war
- Union armies capture key ports along the Mississippi River (Civil War Test)
- compromise
- giving up something for a solution (Constitution Test Unit 2)
- nationalism
- pride in or devotion to one's country (chap 10)
- End of the Civil War
- April 9, 1865(Civil War Test)
- treaty
- an agreement (Unit Test - gov't )
- 3 long term causes of the Civil War
- slavery, sectional differences, and states' rights (Civil War Test)
- Confederacy Color
- Grey (Civil War Test)
- 2nd phase of the war
- General Lee's forces march into Maryland - Capital (Civil War Test)
- Union Color
- Blue (Civil War Test)
- Start of the Civil War
- April 12, 1861 (Civil War Test)
- branch
- parts of the government (Constitution Test Unit 2)
- Henry Clay
- wanted to declare war for revenge against the British for seizing the American ships and as an excuse to conquer Canada (chap 10)
- legislature
- part of the government that makes laws (Unit Test - gov't )
- Battle of Tippecanoe
- clash between whites and Native Americans (chap 10)