ABC Book
Abolitionism - answerA movement to end slavery
Boston massacre - answer1770, street clash between townspeople and Irish soldiers
ordered to guard British custom houses.
Checks and balances - answerA system that allows each branch of government to limit
the powers of the other branches in order to prevent abuse of power
Doctrine of nullification - answerIdea that a state had the right to nullify, or reject, a
federal law that it considers unconstitutional
Executive Branch - answerBranch of government that enforces the laws
Fort Sumter - answerbeggining of Civil War
Great Compromise - answeragreement reached during the Constitutional Convention
the created the American system of government.
Habeas Corpus - answerA written order from a court that gives a person a trial before
being jailed
Impeachment - answerA formal charge brought against a government official
Judicial Branch - answerthe Supreme Court
Kepi - answerWhat is a cap or hat worn by Civil War soldiers, it was an official part of
the uniform
Louisiana Purchase - answer1803 purchase of the Louisiana territory from France.
Made by Jefferson, this doubled the size of the US.
Mexican Cession - answerLands sold by Mexico to the US following the Mexican War
Neutral - answerrefusal to become allies with any country
Oregon Trail - answerA 2,000-mile trail stretching through the Great Plains from western
Missouri to Oregon Country.
Patriot - answerAmerican colonists who were determined to fight the British until
American independence was won
Quakers - answer"society of friends" led by William Penn; pacifists and against slavery
Abolitionism - answerA movement to end slavery
Boston massacre - answer1770, street clash between townspeople and Irish soldiers
ordered to guard British custom houses.
Checks and balances - answerA system that allows each branch of government to limit
the powers of the other branches in order to prevent abuse of power
Doctrine of nullification - answerIdea that a state had the right to nullify, or reject, a
federal law that it considers unconstitutional
Executive Branch - answerBranch of government that enforces the laws
Fort Sumter - answerbeggining of Civil War
Great Compromise - answeragreement reached during the Constitutional Convention
the created the American system of government.
Habeas Corpus - answerA written order from a court that gives a person a trial before
being jailed
Impeachment - answerA formal charge brought against a government official
Judicial Branch - answerthe Supreme Court
Kepi - answerWhat is a cap or hat worn by Civil War soldiers, it was an official part of
the uniform
Louisiana Purchase - answer1803 purchase of the Louisiana territory from France.
Made by Jefferson, this doubled the size of the US.
Mexican Cession - answerLands sold by Mexico to the US following the Mexican War
Neutral - answerrefusal to become allies with any country
Oregon Trail - answerA 2,000-mile trail stretching through the Great Plains from western
Missouri to Oregon Country.
Patriot - answerAmerican colonists who were determined to fight the British until
American independence was won
Quakers - answer"society of friends" led by William Penn; pacifists and against slavery
