This document is an ABC book about social studies terms. It defines and provides brief descriptions for various important people, events, concepts, and places in American history from A to Z. Some of the terms covered include the Articles of Confederation, Benjamin Franklin, the Civil War, democracy, the Federalists, the Great Depression, the Homestead Act, the Industrial Revolution, Jamestown, the Louisiana Purchase, Manifest Destiny, the Underground Railroad, the Virginia Plan, World Wars I and II, and more.

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

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

3. 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.

4. 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.

5. 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.

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

7. 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.

8. 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.

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

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

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

12. 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.

13. 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.

14. 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.

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

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

17. 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.

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

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

20. 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.

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

22. 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.

23. 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.

24. 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.

25. 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.

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

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