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| Question | Answer |
| Amendment | Changes to a document. |
| Bicameral | Bi- Two cameral-House two houses in congress/ Legislature, the Senate and the House of representatives |
| Blockade | to block any supplies or goods needed into a certain area. It is usually a war tactic. |
| Capitalism | Having competition between business' or people. America uses capitalism. |
| Captains of Industry | Smart people with great business skills who made Americas Economy really good. |
| Checks and Balances | In the Government each branch has some control over the other branches so one branch can't be too powerful. |
| Congress | Makes up the legislative branch. Has two houses, Senate and House of Representatives. |
| Due Process of Law | Have a right to a trial or be seen by a judge. |
| Emancipated | to be freed |
| Enfranchise | To be freed |
| Assimilate | To become like other people. |
| Bias | To favor or like something better. |
| Boomtown | A town that starts growing quickly because of sales. Ex. New York became a boomtown from all their manufactures goods. |
| Federalism | The system of government where it's divided into three parts. Ex. |
| Habeas Corpus | The right to be seen in front of a judge. Abraham took away the right of Habeas Corpus. |
| Industry | America became more industrialized. Meaning they started doing things by machines (factories), making things quicker and cheaper. |
| Judicial | doing things by the court/ law. One of the three branches of the government. Sees if things are unconstitutional. |
| Ku Klux Klan | A clan made by five ex-confederate soldiers who wanted white supremacy. They weren't violent at first but soon became violent. |
| Manifest Destiny | The idea of expanding from coast to coast. |
| Martyr | Someone who will die for their cause. (usually for religion) |
| Monopoly | Knocking out the competition and taking over something. |
| Nomadic | Not living in a certain spot constantly moving and traveling. |
| Override | To overrule someones decision. Ex. Congress can override a presidential veto. |
| Ratify | To approve |
| Radical | Having extreme believes or views |
| Rural | What America used to be like before it was industrialized. No big cities Country like Mainly farmed and did things yourself. |
| Separation of Powers | Splitting power between the Legislative, Executive, and Judicial Branch. |
| Social Darwinism | Changing/ adapting to the ways of society to fit in. |
| Suffrage | The right to vote. |
| Veto | To say no or reject something. |
| Urban | Living closer together like neighorhoods. We live in an urban area. Usually outside the city. |
| Robber Baron | A person who wants to have a lot of money and doesn't care how badly their workers are treated. |
| Popular Sovereignty | Being able to decide who gets to represent them. |
| Tariff | A tax on goods coming in or out of a country. |
| Taxation without Representation | Not having anyone to represent them in the Parliament and only having one person decide on the taxes. |
| Supreme Court | The highest court in the land. Has nine justices. |
| Forty-niners | People who moved to California in 1849 who went for the Gold Rush. |
| Republicanism | wanting or wanting the ideas of a Republican Government. |
| Free Enterprise | Giving freedom to private businesses to compete to for money without a lot of rules from the government. |
| Economics | Dealing with production, distribution, and sales of goods and services. |
| Enumerated | To list things |
| Trade Union | Also known as a labor union. Group of workers to protect their rights and makes sure they have fair hours and pay. |
| Thomas Jefferson | 3rd president One of the founding fathers Main writer of the Declaration of Independence |
| Andrew Jackson | 7th president Common Man Military hero Got America Florida Signed the Indian Removal Act and caused the Trail of Tears |
| Sacagawea | Accompanied Lewis and Clark in their expedition Was an interpreter and a guide on the trip Had/ carried a baby on the trip |
| James K. Polk | 11th President Gained America the most land than any other president Our territory grew by more than 1/3 Led nation in Mexican-American War |
| Frederick Douglass | Born and was a slave Learned how to read and write wrote an autobiography about his life Social reformer, orator, abolitionist, and writer |
| Harriet Beecher Stowe | Abolitionist and writer Wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin |
| John Brown | abolitionist from Kansas Violent lead Harpers Ferry Raid Caught and put on trial and was hung |
| Robert E. Lee | Commander of the Northern Virginia Army in the Civil war. (confederate) Graduated from West Point Declined Lincoln's option to fight for the Union. |
| Andrew Johnson | 17th president Became president after Lincoln was assasinated the veto president Vetoed anything that had to do with helping blacks |
| Susan B. Anthony | Women's rights activist and abolitionist One of the leaders of the Women's suffrage movement. (started at Seneca Falls) |
| Sitting Bull | Lakota Sioux Chief Resisted to move out of the Black Hills Played a big roll in the Battle of Little Bighorn Shot by the U.S. army |
| George Custer | Cavalry Commander graduated last in his class at West Point Custer and all his men (210) were killed in the Battle of Little Bighorn |
| Cornelius Vanderbilt | Captain of Industry Philanthropist Railroad and shipping |
| John Rockefeller | Captain of Industry Philanthropist found his money in Oil |
| Andrew Carnegie | Captain of Industry Philanthropist Found his money in mass producing steel |
| Jamestown | 1607- Virginia Grew tobacco Brought slaves over to help with tobacco |
| Plymouth | 1620- Massachusetts Came to America for religious freedom Over half the settlers died the first winter Secured peace with Native Americans |
| Lexington and Concord | First shots of the American Revolution 1775 British came to take the colonies weapons an ran into untrained militia Untrained Colonial Militia defeats the British in the first battle |
| Erie Canal | built to help transport goods and products from other parts of the country to the North East |
| The Alamo | Against Mexico (lead by Santa Anna) Texas had just declared themselves independent from Mexico Victory for Mexico Killed almost all Texans |
| Harper's Ferry | West Virginia (town) John Brown raided its armory |
| Fort Sumter | Charleston, South Carolina Place where the first shots of the Civil War were fired No one died Union lost |
| Gettysburg | Pennsylvania Battle of Gettysburg was here Robert E. Lee invaded it Union won Gettysburg Address |
| Appomattox Courthouse | General Robert E. Lee surrendered to General Ulysses S. Grant (end of Civil War) Virginia |
| Ford's Theatre | Virginia President Lincoln was shot by John Wilkes Booth here |
| Ellis Island & Angel Island | Immigration Center Where people had to go when they first got into America where they checked for illness and other things |
| Promontory Point, Utah | Where all the railroad workers had a celebration because they connected/ finished the transcontinental railroad |
| Declaration of Independence | Stated that we were becoming Independent from Britain and starting a new nation Signed/ finished July 4, 1776 written by Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin, Roger Sherman, John Adams, and Robert R. Livingston |
| Revolutionary War | 1775-1783 Started when tension grew between America and Britain War ended when the Treaty of Paris was signed and we won our independence |
| Articles of Confederation | The first written constitution weak because it had no executive branch |
| Great Compromise | Stated that states would have representatives and senates based of population and size of state. 2 senates per state and depending on population they would have a certain number of representatives |
| Louisiana Purchase | Thomas Jefferson bought it for $15 million 828,000 square miles Bought from France |
| !1949California Gold Rush | Gold was found in Cali in 1948 People started coming to search for gold in 1949 Most people didn't become rich The people that came for gold were called 49-ers |
| Mexican-American War | Texas got its independence from Mexico The war was because they couldn't decide where the borders should be Ended with the treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo Settled on the Rio Grande being the border |
| Indian Removal Act | Passed in 1830 by Andrew Jackson Removed Native Americans from their land forced them onto reservations caused the trail of tears |
| Missouri Compromise | passed in 1820 The parallel line 36, 30 line that stated states north of it were antislavery and below were proslavery Except for the 5 border states |
| Homestead Act | Signed by Abraham Lincoln-1862 Made so people would move to the west could get a claim for up to 160 acres of land for only a small fee |
| Industrial Revolution | time in America when we were changing from a rural area to an industrialized one. Took place in the 18th and 19th centuries |
| Underground Railroad | A network of secret places and safe houses used to help slaves escape slavery *not underground* |
| Seneca Falls Convention | Women's right's convention Beginning of the Women's suffragist movement Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony |
| Compromise of 1850 | introduced by Henry Clay Stated: 1. admitted California as a free state 2. Utah and New Mexico territory would be voted on if they were free or slave 3. Slave trade in Washington D.C. was banned |
| Kansas- Nebraska Act | 1854 stated that those two territories would be decided if they were Slave or free based on popular sovereignty |
| Dred Scott vs. Sanford | Scott's owner had moved into a free state then went back to a slave state and Scott thought he should be free Decision: He was still a slave slaves are not citizens he is just property |
| Fugitive Slave Act | federal laws that you can go to free states and get your escaped slaves You must stop and help other people find their slave Even if you were born in a free state you could be captured and said you were a slave |
| Bleeding Kansas | Violent political confrontations between anti-slavery and free state people |
| Civil War | Between North and South 1861-1865 caused because no one could agree and south didn't like Lincolns ways Result: Union won slavery was abolished and South came back to the North |
| Emancipation Proclamation | issued by President Abraham Lincoln declared all slaves in enemy territory are freed |
| Civil War Draft Riots | A major four day violent spree in many Northern cities during summer of 1863 as a result of the unfair draft practices by union army. |
| Gettysburg Adress | dedicated the cemetery after the battle of Gettysburg (bloodiest battle) |
| Reconstruction | time period following the Civil war in which congress passed laws in order to rebuild the country and bring southern states back into the union. |
| Civil War Amendments | helped blacks start integrating into society 13th- 1865 formally aboliting slavery 14th amendment- blacks were citizens and protected by law 868 15th- gave blacks the right to vote regardless of race 1870 |
| Gilded Age | a period of intense economical growth 30 years after Civil War |
| Populist Party | a political party organized in 1892 to represent common people. Against rich people and rich corporations |
| Plessy vs. Ferguson | Made segregation okay "Separate but equal" |
| Indian Wars | Caused because Americans wanted Indians land and they tried taking it then moved the Indians to reservations |
| Passing of the Constitution | It took 10 month for the first 9 states to ratify the constitution. they needed 13 states to ratify it. Rhode Island was the last to ratify it in May of 1790. |
| Adding the Bill of Rights | The first 10 amendments make up the Bill of Rights. The Bill of Rights belong to the government power. The Senate and House must approve it. |
| Completion of the Trans-Continental Railroad | At Promontory Point, Utah they completed the railroad connecting America from coast to coast. Completed in 1869 and was a great accomplishment. |
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