#separator:tab #html:false #tags column:4 Colony A territory ruled by another country us-history-vocabulary Settler A person who moves to and lives in a new place us-history-vocabulary Immigrant A person who moves to a new country to live us-history-vocabulary Emigrant A person who leaves one country to live in another us-history-vocabulary Pioneer One of the first people to settle in a new area us-history-vocabulary Frontier The edge of settled land us-history-vocabulary Territory Land owned by a country but not yet a state us-history-vocabulary Statehood Becoming one of the states us-history-vocabulary Expansion Growth in size or reach us-history-vocabulary Annex To add a territory to a country us-history-vocabulary Treaty A formal agreement between nations us-history-vocabulary Alliance A partnership among nations or groups us-history-vocabulary Neutral Not taking a side in a conflict us-history-vocabulary Revolution A sudden, major change, often in government us-history-vocabulary Rebellion An open fight against authority us-history-vocabulary Independence Freedom from outside control us-history-vocabulary Patriot A person who loves and supports their country us-history-vocabulary Loyalist A colonist who supported Britain us-history-vocabulary Tax Money people pay to support the government us-history-vocabulary Tariff A tax on goods from other countries us-history-vocabulary Boycott Refusing to buy or use something as a protest us-history-vocabulary Embargo A government ban on trade with a country us-history-vocabulary Constitution The written plan for a country's government and laws us-history-vocabulary Amendment A change or addition to the Constitution us-history-vocabulary Ratify To formally approve us-history-vocabulary Federal Having to do with the national government us-history-vocabulary Federalism Power shared between national and state governments us-history-vocabulary Republic A government where people elect representatives us-history-vocabulary Democracy Government by the people, through voting us-history-vocabulary Monarchy Government led by a king or queen us-history-vocabulary Dictator A ruler with total power us-history-vocabulary Compromise Each side gives up something to reach an agreement us-history-vocabulary Abolish To officially end something us-history-vocabulary Abolitionist Someone who worked to end slavery us-history-vocabulary Slavery The forced ownership and unpaid labor of people us-history-vocabulary Emancipation Freeing people from slavery us-history-vocabulary Secede To formally withdraw from a group or country us-history-vocabulary Union The states that stayed with the US during the Civil War; also the nation us-history-vocabulary Confederate Belonging to the Confederacy us-history-vocabulary Civil war A war between groups within the same country us-history-vocabulary Reconstruction The rebuilding of the South after the Civil War us-history-vocabulary Sharecropper A farmer who pays rent with part of the crop us-history-vocabulary Segregation Forced separation of people by race us-history-vocabulary Discrimination Unfair treatment based on identity us-history-vocabulary Suffrage The right to vote us-history-vocabulary Suffragist A person who worked for voting rights, especially for women us-history-vocabulary Industry Business that makes goods, often in factories us-history-vocabulary Factory A building where goods are made with machines us-history-vocabulary Urban Having to do with cities us-history-vocabulary Rural Having to do with the countryside us-history-vocabulary Monopoly Complete control of a product or service by one business us-history-vocabulary Union (labor) A group of workers organized to protect their interests us-history-vocabulary Strike Workers stop working to demand change us-history-vocabulary Reform To improve something by changing it us-history-vocabulary Progressive Favoring reform, as in the Progressive Era us-history-vocabulary Depression A long period of very weak economy and high unemployment us-history-vocabulary Inflation A general rise in prices us-history-vocabulary Recession A shorter, milder slump in the economy us-history-vocabulary Ration To limit how much people can have of something scarce us-history-vocabulary Draft A system that requires people to serve in the military us-history-vocabulary Propaganda Information used to push a view, often one-sided us-history-vocabulary Cold War Rivalry between the US and USSR without direct fighting between them us-history-vocabulary Communism System where the state controls the economy and property us-history-vocabulary Containment Policy to stop the spread of communism us-history-vocabulary Primary source Evidence from the time, like a letter, photo or diary us-history-vocabulary Secondary source A later account written about the past, like a textbook us-history-vocabulary Timeline A line of events shown in order us-history-vocabulary Era A long period of history with a common theme us-history-vocabulary Century One hundred years us-history-vocabulary Decade Ten years us-history-vocabulary Chronological order Arranged in the order events happened us-history-vocabulary Cause Why something happened us-history-vocabulary Effect What happened because of an event us-history-vocabulary Legacy What is left behind for the future us-history-vocabulary Heritage Traditions and history passed down us-history-vocabulary Landmark A place or event of historic importance us-history-vocabulary Memorial Something built to remember a person or event us-history-vocabulary Artifact An object made by people long ago us-history-vocabulary Historian A person who studies the past us-history-vocabulary Archaeologist A scientist who studies the past by digging up objects us-history-vocabulary