8th Grade MOY Review Kahoot

burgess

elected representative to an assembly

monarch

a ruler of a kingdom or empire

Magna Carta

a document constituting a fundamental guarantee of rights and

privileges

electoral

college

A group of people named by each state legislature to select the

president and vice president

tariff

A tax on imported goods

revolution

a forcible overthrow of a government or social order in favor of a

new system

X,Y,Z Affair

scandal centered around French demands for a loan and bribe

for the privilege of speaking to the French foreign minister

impressment

British practice of taking American sailors and forcing them into

military service

neutral

Not favoring either side

nationalism

A strong feeling of pride in and devotion to one's country

abolitionist

A person who wanted to end slavery

emancipate

to free from slavery; to release or liberate

secede

To leave or withdraw

fusillade

a series of shots fired or missiles thrown all at the same time or

in quick succession

amnesty

a pardon to a group of people

sharecropping

A system used on southern farms after the Civil War in which

farmers worked land owned by someone else in return for a

small

segregation

Separation of people based on racial, ethnic, or other

differences

consolidation

the process of combining separate companies into one

injunction

An order which legally prevents something

recall

procedure whereby voters can remove an elected official from

office