American History Vocabulary Words

abolitionist

acquisition

acquitted

advocate

agrarian

ally

amphibious

annex

antebellum

antitrust

apropos

armada

armament

armistice

arsenal

artisan

assets

astrolabe

balk

balm

barter

blockade

bootlegging

bourgeoisie

boycott

burgess

buttress

cabinet

capital

caucus

cede

chancellor

chattel

Cold War

collective bargaining

colonization

colonize

command module

component

compromise

confiscate

containment

corollary

cosmonaut

cruise missile

curtail

deem

deficit

defray

democracy

Democratic Party

deplete

depression

despotism

detente

devastate

diagnose

dictator

diplomacy

disarmament

dissenter

draft

drainage basin

electoral college

electorate

emancipation

embargo

emigrant

emigrate

enfranchisement

entente

erect

excise tax

fascism

Federalist

Federalist Party

fiasco

foreclosure

free trade

furor

garrison

growing season

guerrilla

habeas corpus

haven

hedonistic

illegitimacy

immigrant

immune

impeach

impeachment

imperialism

implicated

impress

inauguration

indigenous

infest

infiltration

inflation

ingenuity

inhabitant

initiate

intellectual property

interest

internal combustion

internationalism

ironic

Islam

isolationism

joint-stock company

Kuomintang

latitude

longitude

malaria

malinger

maneuver

manifest destiny

manumit

medieval

mercantilism

mercenary

Middle Ages

militarism

mobilize

monopoly

Monroe Doctrine

nationalism

neutrality

nullification

nullify

optimal

pacifist

palisade

perish

persecute

piedmont

polarize

poll tax

precipitate

predestination

predicate

premier

privateer

progressivism

prohibition

proprietary colony

protectorate

Puritan

quarantine

quarter

racketeering

ratification

ratified

ratify

ravage

rehabilitation

reprisal

republic

revoke

royal charter

secede

sectionalism

segregation

self-determination

sharecropper

sod

sovereignty

specie

speculation

speculative

spoils system

squatter

stalemate

subpoena

suffrage

surveillance

tariff

theology

throes

tidewater

treaty

unearth

urbanization

vengeance