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| Question | Answer |
| Andrew Carnegie | He was one of the richest men of the 19th century. He also made most of his money off of steel. |
| Amendment | Something that is added to the constitution or changed. |
| Lexington and Concord | This battle was fought on April 19th, 1775. It was the first battle of the Revolutionary war. The British troops lost this battle. |
| Blockade | To prevent goods and other items from leaving ports and docks. Or to just prevent something from happening. |
| Cornelius Vanderbilt | |
| John Rockefeller | He is the richest man in US history. He made most f his money off of oil. |
| Assimilate | To become familiar/similar to what someone else does |
| Bias | An opinion/ thought on someone or something that effects their position in a situation. |
| Bicameral | To have two legislative parts or bodies |
| Congress | The official body/legislature of the US government |
| Boomtown | A town that has excelled and grown quickly and is succeeding |
| Capitalism | To want competition in the business world and have your own ownership of things |
| Captain of Industry | A wealthy business man who gives up his own money, etc.. to help others |
| Checks and Balances | A system in which the Judicial, Executive and Legislative Branches have some power over each other so no branch becomes too powerful |
| Federalism | Sharing of power between national and state governments |
| Due Process of Law | The law that a state must let each and every person have their rights that are owed to a person. |
| Economics | The "social science" that determines the making and consumption of goods. |
| Emancipated | to free someone (from slavery) |
| Enfranchise | To give the right to vote to |
| Enumerated | Rights that aren't listed in the constitution, but you have the right to do |
| Forty-Niners | A person who travelled to California in the time of the gold rush (1849) |
| Free Enterprise | The freedom od of private business and compete with others for profit |
| Martyr | Someone who dies from something they believe in or protested for |
| Habeas- Corpus | A procedure that keeps the government from holding you forever without giving a reason |
| Monopoly | When a person is the only supplier of a good or product |
| Industry | Production of goods/ services in an economy |
| Nomadic | anything that involves traveling/ moving around a lot |
| Judicial | The third branch of the government that interprets laws |
| Override | To rule against something or someone |
| Ku Klux Klan | A group of people who are for white supremacy and were violent towards blacks |
| Popular Sovereignty | When people are the source of power to the government |
| Manifest Destiny | The belief in which we thought it was Gods Destiny for us to move westward. (We would do anything it took to get there) |
| Ratify | To approve of |
| Radical | Extreme manner |
| Republicanism | To be against slavery and they usually live in the north |
| Robber baron | A wealthy person who uses others and puts others in bad situations for his own gain |
| Tariff | Tax put on goods and services |
| Rural | Agriculture- referring to the country |
| Taxation without representation | A slogan used in the 1750-60's that showed how mad the colonist were and was a major cause of the American Revolution |
| Separation of Powers | The act of belonging to an Executive, Legislative, or a Judicial power of the government but being separated into different bodies. |
| Trade Union | Organization of workers who join together to get more money and succeed. |
| Social Darwinism | A theory in which is the result of natural selection. The best people/ things suited for living conditions overpower the weaker ones. |
| Urban | A city or town many people live(d) in |
| Suffrage | A legal right given to women that is stated in the 19th amendment |
| Veto | To vote against a law |
| Thomas Jefferson | Jefferson was the third President of the United States, was responsible for the Louisiana Purchase and was a Draftsman of the Declaration of Independence. |
| Supreme Court | The highest Federal court in the United States |
| Andrew Jackson | Jackson was the 7th president, he lead the Trail of tears and is known for the founding of the democratic party. |
| Sacajawea | Sacajawea was apart of the Shoshone tribe and is best known for helping Lewis and Clark on their expedition to the West, for this she was a very brave women. |
| James Polk | Polk was the 11th US president and was known for gaining the most land for the United States. |
| Frederick Douglass | Douglass was a former salve but later became a leader of an abolitionist movement. He was the first African American to hold a high government rank. |
| Harriet Beecher Stowe | Stowe was a female, white author and was best known for her novel, Uncle Toms Cabin. |
| John Brown | John Brown was known for his Raid on Harper's Ferry in 1859. He was also an abolitionist. |
| Robert E. Lee | Lee was the leading confederate general during the Civil war. He is known as a hero to the south. |
| Andrew Johnson | Andrew Johnson took Lincolns place as president and was the first president to be impeached. (He was not liked by many) |
| Susan B. Anthony | Anthony was an activist, suffragist, author, and speaker. |
| Sitting Bull | Sitting Bull was a Teton Dakota Chief. He fought to keep his lands and disliked Americans. |
| George Custer | Custer was a Military commander and a general who led the battle of Little Big-Horn against the Indians. Cluster and his soldiers were killed. |
| Erie Canal | Some people call this the eighth wonder of the world. They use this to transport cargo and it is known as "Clinton's Big Ditch". |
| The Alamo | Santa Anna's Army and the Texans fought this battle in 1836. The Texans were defeated by Santa Anna. |
| Harpers Ferry | This is the place where John Brown led a famous and destructive raid. |
| Fort Sumter | This was the first battle of the civil war and the first shot was known to be "heard around the world". |
| Gettysburg | This battle of the Civil War had the most number of casualties. Abraham Lincoln gave a speech about this battle after it happened. |
| Appomattox Courthouse | This is the place where the civil war officially ended. |
| Ford's Theater | This is the place where Lincoln was watching a play but later assassinated. |
| Promontory Point, Utah | This is the place where all of the railroad workers had a huge celebration for finishing the transcontinental railroad. |
| Ellis and Angel Island | These islands were where immigrants would come when they traveled here. |
| Declaration of Independence | Conflict occurred between the British and America so Jefferson and four other men created a paper that asked British for freedom. |
| Revolutionary War | This war is also known as the U.S. War of independence. (1775-83)This war was fought between Great Britain and North America. |
| Articles of Confederation | The Articles of Confederation was the first written constitution for the United States but we re-did it and have what today is known as our, constitution. |
| Great Comprimise | Also known as the Connecticut Compromise, they created the two-house legislature plan which gave a fair amount of votes for each state. Everyone was content with the decision. |
| Passing of the constitution | It took 10 months for the first nine states to approve the Constitution. 13 states had to ratify the constitution. (the 13 colonies) May 29th, 1790 Rhode Island was the last state to approve of the Constitution. After all stated approved it was our Constitution. |
| Adding to the Bill of Rights | The first 10 amendments to the Constitution make up the Bill of Rights.The Bill of Rights belong to the government power. The government (Senate & House) must approve. |
| Louisiana Purchase | This was a land deal between America and France. We received $827,000 miles of land for just 15 million dollars. |
| Missouri Compromise | This was a "contract" that allowed southern states to be pro-slavery and the northern states to be anti-slavery. |
| Indian Removal Act | Andrew Jackson approved this act which lead Indians on the Trail of Tears. We stole their land and tricked them into moving into Oklahoma on the walk there many of them died. |
| Mexican-American War | This war lasted from 1846-48. This was the first American battle fought on foreign soil. After this Mexico lost around 1/3 of its territory including California, Utah, Nevada, Arizona and New Mexico. |
| California Gold Rush | Thousands of gold miners came to California because of this. The word spread around the world quickly that there was gold in California. |
| Homestead Act | This Act provided settlers with 160 acres of land. the residents had to pay a small fee for this to happen though. |
| Industrial Revolution | This was the transformation of the US. We started using machines, buildings, factories etc.. |
| Underground Railroad | Harriet Tubman led this in the time of slavery. Slaves would follow this path after they escaped slavery/ it would lead them to the North. |
| Seneca Falls Convention | This was the first Women's Rights Convention. |
| Compromise of 1850 | During this compromise the Fugitive slave Act was amended and the slave trade in Washington DC was eliminated. |
| Kansas Nebraska Act | this act was a bill that stated popular sovereignty allowed settlers to decide whether slavery would be allowed in their state. |
| Dred Scott vs. Sanford | Dred Scott moved to Illinois( a free state) with his slave owner, it was debatable whether he should be free or remain a slave. Dred Scott remained a slave. |
| Fugitive Slave Act | This allowed people to capture and return slaves in any part of the US. |
| Bleeding Kansas | This was a violent political debate in the United States involving "anti-slavery Free-Staters" and pro-slavery people. It took place in the Kansas Territory and Missouri (1854-1861) |
| Civil war | This war was fought between the Southern part of America and the Northern part of America because of differentials in mostly slavery. The Union won. (1861-65) |
| Emancipation Proclimation | Abraham wrote this and it announced that slaves would be forever free. |
| Civil War Draft Riots | violent riots in New York City that were caused by working-class people unhappy with new laws passed by Congress that drafted men to fight in the Civil War. |
| Gettysburg Address | Abraham Lincolns most famous speech that he read after the battle of Gettysburg. |
| Reconstruction | The time after the Civil war in which we tried to bring the south back to the union and remake our country a better place. |
| The Civil war amendments | Known as the 13th, 14th and 15th amendments. 13- Abolition of slavery 14- Gave blacks citizenship 15- let black males vote |
| The completion of the Transcontinental Railroad | At Promontory, Utah, California they completed the Railroad. The railroad was completed in 1869 and a great accomplishment to the United States. |
| Indian wars | These were conflicts between the Native Americans and the Americans about land, culture etc.. that eventually lead to battles. |
| Gilded Age | The 19th century, the time of Robber-Barons, politics, industrial corporations, etc... |
| Populist Party | A third-party movement that began in the 1890s and consisted of mostly farmers. The Populists were particularly known for supporting the unlimited coinage of silver. |
| Plessy Vs. Ferguson | Plessy a light colored black man sat in the white section for the train. In LA he could not do this and it was against the law. he went all the way to supreme court because of this. |
| Plymouth | Colonist moved to this place in the 1600's and arrived here in the Mayflower. They moved here for religious freedom. |
| Jamestown | This colony in America was founded in 1607. They harvested a lot of tobacco here. |
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