ABC Book- Social
Studies
By: Zach Millsap
ELED 412.01 Summer I

A is for Articles of Confederation
 Weak central government for the United States during the
Revolutionary War.

B is for Benjamin Franklin
 American statesman, diplomat, author, scientist, and
inventor.
 He is best known as one of the Founding Fathers who
drafted the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution
of the United States.

C is for Civil War
 A war fought from 1861-1865 between northern and southern
states over states rights and slavery.
 The northern states were known as the Union while the
southern states were known as the Confederates.

D is for Democracy
 Citizens elect representatives to make and carry out laws.
 A government by the people.
 The current government of the United States of America.

E is for Export
 Goods being shipped or taken out of the country by another
means of transportation.

F is for Federalists
 Persons in favor of ratification of the Constitution.
 Their adopted name implied a commitment to a loose,
decentralized system of government.

G is for Great Depression
 The Great Depression began in 1929 and lasted until about 1939.
 An economic slump in North America, Europe, and other
industrialized areas of the world that.
 It was the longest and most severe depression ever experienced
by the industrialized Western world.

H is for Homestead
 A plot of land where pioneers could build a home farm or
ranch.

I is for Industrial Revolution
 The dramatic change in economies brought about by the use
of machines to do work formally done by hand.

J is for Jamestown, Virginia
 The first successful colony founded and established on the
mainland in 1607.

K is for King George III
 The ruler of Great Britain from 1760-1820. During this time
he was involved in many different string of wars and military
battles.

L is for Louisiana Purchase
 In 1803, Thomas Jefferson and the purchased the territory
from France, doubling the size of the United States and
starting Manifest Destiny.

M is for Manifest Destiny
 The belief that the United States had the God given right to
expand from Coast to Coast.
 This belief is how we became the United States that we are
today.

N is for Neutrality
 not taking part in or giving assistance in a dispute or war
between other countries.

O is for Ordinance
 A rule or law mandated and enforced by a country, state, or
even city.

P is for Puritan
 a member of a group from England that settled the
Massachusetts Bay Colony.
 They sought to reform practices of the Church of England.

Q is for Quakers
 people who believed all people should live in peace and
harmony.

R is for Republic
 A country or state governed by elected representatives.

S is for Secession
 the process of formally withdrawing from a political
organization because of a disagreement.
 The Confederate states wanted to secede from the United
States over the issues of slavery and regional control.

T is for Tyranny
 The unjust use of governmental power.
 A single person known to be in charge known as a tyrant.

U is for Underground Railroad
 A series of escape routes for runaway slaves. Harriet
Tubman is famous and known for her brave and courageous
works.

V is for Virginia Plan
 A plan submitted by James Madison which called for 3
branches of government and a legislative branch using
population as the bases of representation.

W is for World Wars
 Conflicts between multiple countries or nations that lead to
war in many different areas.
 World War I was from 1914 through 1918 and included Allies
and Central Powers.
 World War II was from 1939 through 1945 and included Allies
and Axis.

X is for XYZ affair
 A political and diplomatic in 1798 between the United States
and the Republican France that led to the Quasi-War.

Y is for Yorktown
 The final battle of the Revolutionary war took place here.
 The United States defeat Britain.

Z is for Zylcon B
 The name of the poisonous gas used by Hitler in the Nazi
gas chambers.