United States History SOL Review
Terms
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- Advocate
- Person who supports a cause
- Alien
- Person who lives in a country but is not a citizen of that country
- Abolitionist
- Person who believed slavery was wrong and tried to stop it in hte United States
- Agrarian
- Related to farming
- Acquit
- To declare not quilty
- Administration
- The group of officials that makes up the executive branch, including the President
- Almanac
- Informational book updated regularly
- Allies
- People who lives in a country united for special purpose. During World War II, the countries that united to fight Germany.
- Amendment
- Change or addition to the U.S. Constitution.
- Amnestry
- Pardon for offense against a government.
- Anarchist
- Person who rebels against any authority, government, or established power.
- Annex
- To add on to nation's territory
- Antebellum
- Before the Civil War
- Antifederalist
- Person who believed in strong state government during the early history of he United States.
- anti-Semitism
- Hatred and prejudice against Jews
- appeal
- Request for a higher court to review a case
- appeasement
- Act of giving in to keep peace
- apprentice
- Perso I learning a trade
- arbitrary power
- Power used without considering principles, especially ethical principles
- arbitration
- Settlement chosen to hear both sides and then make a decision
- archipelago
- Chain of islands
- aristocracy
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People who have inher-
ited wealth and social position; also
government by those - armade
- Spanish word used to describe a great fleet of armed ships.
- armistice
- Temporary peace agreement
- Articles of Confederation
- The first constitution of the United States; ratified in 1781 and replaced in 1789 by constitution we have now.
- assassin
- A murderer, especially someone who kills a public figure for political reasons.