Vocabulary

Images of the American Revolution

1Frustration:  the feeling of being annoyed, upset, or impatient, because you cannot control or change a situation, or achieve something

frustration of our design

2Empire: a group of countries that are all controlled by one ruler or government

Romans controlled a vast empire

3Concept: an idea of how something is, or how something should be done

That the earth is flat is an erroneous concept.

4Strategic: done as part of a plan, especially in a military, business, or political situation

The bridge is of strategic importance to us

5Rebel: someone who opposes or fights against people in authority

All the rebels have been captured.

6Seize: to take hold of something suddenly and violently

The policeman seized the thief.

7Attempt: an act of trying to do something, especially something difficult

After repeated attempts they finally succeeded

8Continental: relating to a large mass of land

continental drift is the mainstream point of view

9Violent: involving actions that are intended to injure or kill people, by hitting them, shooting them etc

There is a Violent fighting in the area yesterday

10Supply: to provide people with something that they need or want, especially regularly over a long period of time

The water supply to the room failed.

The Lewis and Clark Expedition

1Splendid: very good

He got a splendid present for her

2 diplomacy: the job or activity of managing the relationships between countries

This was done through the skill in diplomacy.

3Purchase: formal to buy something

They made the purchase of a car.

4initiate:someone who has been allowed to join a particular organization, club, or group and has been taught its secrets

The club initiated twelve members

5secretary:someone who works in an office typing letters, keeping records, answering telephone calls, arranging meetings etc:

It takes a new secretary one month to break in.

6 intelligent:an intelligent person has a high level of mental ability and is good at understanding ideas and thinking clearly

All human beings are much more intelligent than animals

7 possessed: if someone is possessed, their mind is controlled by something evil

She was possessed by the desire to be rich.

8 recognized: to know who someone is or what something is, because you have seen, heard, experienced, or learned about them in the past

I recognize an old acquaintance.

9undertake:  to accept that you are responsible for a piece of work, and start to do it

I want you to undertake all the responsibility.

10 tributaries: a stream or river that flows into a larger river

the entire geographical area drained by a river and its tributaries

The Civil War:

1. Prior to and during the Civil War, the North and South differed greatly in the resources that they could use.

I have a prior engagement at five.

2. President Lincoln and the North opposed the South’s withdrawal

He has made several withdrawals from his bank account.

3. the president steadfastly maintained throughout the war that the secession was illegal and that the newly formed Confederate States of America was not valid as a new nation to the world. Despite Lincoln’s hopes that the secession would end without conflict.

Do you have valid reasons for your absence?

4. a potential source for military enlistees and civilian manpower.

enlist men for the army

5. the Union navy was more capable and dominant

The British were formerly dominant in India

6. The rest of the world also recognized the United States as a legitimate government.

 Sickness is a legitimate reason for asking for leave.

7. The South also had a military tradition that encouraged young men to serve in the armed forces or attend a military school.

a guard of honour of armed forces is passing the rostrum

8. Actions by the North to promote this fear included the Emancipation Proclamation

The emancipation of all mankind

9. Grant directed the defeat of Southern forces and strongholds and held off determined advances northward by the Confederates on several occasions before the surrender by Lee to Grant took place in 1865.

 In the end they were forced to surrender.

 10. the Confederate army had to be incapacitated to prevent further northward attacks such as that at Gettysburg

The confederate army will lose the war.

Moving West

1. Freeman met some local Land Office officials and convinced a clerk to open the office shortly after midnight in order to file a land claim.

I am quite convinced of her experience in it.

2.  Freeman became one of the first to take advantage of the opportunities provided by the Homestead Act

I will go, provided you go too.

3. this piece of legislation would continue to have regional and political overtones

what is your overtones for this word?

4. At the time of the Articles of Confederation

The two countries are confederation.

5. Early methods for allocating unsettled land outside the original 13 colonies were arbitrary and chaotic.

Variety of methods helps to liven up teaching.

6. Boundaries were established by stepping off plots from geographical landmarks.

This is boundary to the two countries.

7.  As a result, overlapping claims and border disputes were common. The Land Ordinance of 1785 finally implemented a standardized system of Federal land surveys that eased boundary conflicts.

The old man likes to interpose in the disputes.

8. Using astronomical starting points, territory was divided into a 6-mile square called a township prior to settlement.

There is a astronomical problem between us.

9. By 1800, the minimum lot was halved to 320 acres, and settlers were allowed to pay in 4 installments.

The monthly installments on the car were paid up

  10. But basically, national public-land-use policy made land ownership financially unattainable for most would-be homesteaders.

It is unattainable to get your goal.

Sioux Treaty of 1868

1. The struggle over land has defined relations between the U.S.

The bandit struggled desperately

2. From the American Originals exhibit script.

I do not like original chips .

3. From the 1860s through the 1870s the American frontier was filled with Indian wars and skirmishes.

The two countries always have skirmishes.

4. In 1865 a congressional committee began a study of the Indian uprisings and wars in the West, resulting in a Report on the Condition of the Indian Tribes
A belief in magic still prevails among some tribes.

5. This study and report by the congressional committee led to an act to establish an Indian Peace Commission to end the wars and prevent future Indian conflicts.

The committee has decided to dismiss him.

6. The United States government set out to establish a series of Indian treaties that would force the Indians to give up their lands and move further west onto reservations.

Are reservations necessary?

7. In the spring of 1868 a conference was held at Fort Laramie, in present day Wyoming, that resulted in a treaty with the Sioux.

I’ll have a conference with the manager.

8.This treaty was to bring peace between the whites and the Sioux who agreed to settle within the Black Hills reservation in the Dakota Territory.

The house was sold by private treaty

9. the United States recognized the Black Hills as part of the Great Sioux Reservation.

I recognized him the moment that I saw him.

10. Custer led an expedition into the Black Hills accompanied by miners who were seeking gold.

He quit his job and accompanied us to China.

Food administration during world war 1

1. Even in peaceful times Americans frequently debate fundamental questions about government

They debated for over an hour on the merits of the different systems.

2. During wars, declared or not, Americans argue even more fervently

they welcome me  fervently.

3. From the outbreak of World War I in Europe until the signing of the Versailles Treaty

An outbreak of typhoid followed.

4. Even the Progressives, who tended to favor more state and federal responsibility

the progressives grade you have, the better you will be.

5. Entries in the indexes to the New York Times for 1917 testify to the accepted but various interests of members of Congress in supporting or opposing the legislation

  He brings in legislation.

6. In August 1917, the dance ended. Congress passed the Food and Fuel Control Act

Congress has approved the new budget

7. Passage of the bill did not immediately impact the American public.

He lay down and was asleep immediately.

8. Like any federal legislation, the Food and Fuel Control Act faced the next normal step: implementation.

The implementation of the plan will be put off.

9. the stage of policy- making between the establishment of a policy and the consequences of the policy for the people it affects.

The consequences of the war is too bad.

10. he created a government entity to replace an existing volunteer organization.

 The country is no longer one political entity.