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Amendment A small change in a document. Amendments were added to the U.S. Constitution
Assimilate To learn something and understand it completely.
Bias Comparing two things unfairly
Bicameral To have two branches
Blockade When a group of people would shut down all ports to keep supplies from coming in.
Boomtown A town that gains popularity at a fast pace
Capitalism The belief that everyone should earn and keep what they make.
Captain of Industry Someone who has good business skills and uses them wisely.
Checks and Balances Every branch has to approve what the other branches do.
Congress House of Representatives and Senate
Due Process of Law Receiving fair treatment while going through the Judicial system
Economics The business world concerning money.
Emancipated Having no more restrictions and being free.
Enfranchise To give the right to vote to.
Enumerated A list of things
Federalism National Government
Forty-niners A California Gold Rush prospector.
Free Enterprise when a business is competitive
Habeas Corpus The right to have a lawyer and a fair trial when arrested.
Industry The process of making products by machines.
Judicial court system and a judge
Ku Klux Klan A terrorist organization who wanted "white power"
Manifest Destiny The belief to move west.
Martyr Someone who is murdered or assassinated because of their religious beliefs.
Monopoly To much control from one company
Nomadic moving around
override to reject something
popular sovereignty The people are the ones who give power to the government
ratify made official
Radical extreme
Republicanism political party from the North
Robber Baron Someone who often is unfair and cruel to their workers
Rural The countryside
Separation of powers The legislative, executive, and judicial governments
Social Darwinism The richest will survive. Like survival of the fittest.
Suffrage The right to vote
Supreme court The highest judicial court
Tarrif A tax or toll
Taxation without representation When England made the colonists pay taxes even though the colonies didn't have a say in it.
Trade Union Also called labor unions. A group of people who work together to protect their rights.
Urban City or town
Veto When a president or governor rejects a bill
Thomas Jefferson Drafted the declaration of independence
Andrew Jackson Indian removal act
Sacagawea Helped Lewis and Clark on their expedition
James K Polk Mr. Manifest destiny. Gained most land for the U.S.
Frederick Douglass Slave that escaped and wrote an autobiography
Harriet Beecher Stowe Wrote uncle tom's cabin.
John Brown Lead the raid on harpers ferry
Robert E. Lee Commanded the confederate army during the Civil War
Andrew Johnson 17th president of the United States who got impeached
Susan B. Anthony Lead the women's rights movement along with Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Sitting bull Chief of Lakota tribe who started the ghost dance which ended in the last major battle between white southerners and Native Americans.
George Custer Fought in the battle of little big horn as part of the 7th cavalry regiment and died
Cornelius Vanderbilt Became extremely rich off of railroads during the california gold rush.
John D. Rockefeller Became rich off of oil
Andrew Carnegie Made his money off of steel
Jamestown One of the first cities founded in America. Known for growing tobacco.
Plymouth Known for the pilgrims moving there
Lexington and Concord First battle of the revolutionary war
Erie Canal Citizens could ship goods west
The Alamo We lost that battle and it was used as motivation for other battles.
Harpers ferry John brown and other slaves planned to raid harpers ferry for weapons but they failed.
Fort Sumter First battle of the civil war
Gettysburg Turning point of the war. Showed the Union that they could win.
Appomattox court house Where Robert E. Lee surrendered to Ulysses S. Grant
Ford's theater Where Abraham Lincoln got shot
Promontory point, Utah First transcontinental railroad
Ellis Island and Angel Island United States immigration station
Declaration of independence A document saying the Colonies wanted to be free from England
Revolutionary war Between the colonies and Great Britain during the 1700's. Occurred because colonies wanted their independence from Great Britain
Articles of confederation Early US constitution that had failed
Great compromise When we formed the house of representatives and senate. One based on population. The other based on equality
Passing of the Constitution Some people wanted a bill of rights (first ten amendments in the constitution) and others did not.
Adding the bill of rights First ten amendments of the constitution. People wanted something that declared their rights.
Louisiana purchase United States gained a ton of land for an extremely cheap amount of money from France
Missouri compromise When we seperated North from South
Indian removal act Andrew Jackson wanted land that Native Americans were on so he made them walk away for many miles.
Mexican-American war War between Mexico and America to see who gets Texas
California gold rush When many people came to california to look for gold
Homestead act Government would give people land at a low cost
Industrial revolution When machines were being invented at a fast pace. Increased the need of workers.
Underground Railroad An escape path that slaves would often take
Seneca falls convention Where the first women's rights movement meeting was held
Compromise of 1850 Fugitive Slave Act was amended and the slave trade in Washington, D.C., was abolished.
Kansas- Nebraska act When kansas and Nebraska was one territory and they couldn't decide if they should allow slavery so they split.
Dred Scott vs Sanford Court case where they were deciding whether or not Dred Scott should be considered a citizen
Fugitive slave act When former slaves in the north could be taken to an owner even if they were free
Bleeding Kansas When people were fighting over whether kansas should be a free state or a slave state
Civil war A war between the North and South about the conflict of slavery.
Emancipation proclamation A document declaring that all slaves are free
Civil war draft riots Four day eruption of violence in NYC
Gettysburg address Inspirational speech spoken by Abraham Lincoln
Reconstruction A time period in which the U.S. was trying to get the North and South back together.
Civil war amendments Abolished slavery, granted African Americans citizenship, and gave African Ameeicans the righ to vote.
Completion of transcontinental railroad Cities and towns formed around it.
Indian wars Native Americans and white southerners would often fight
Gilded age Time period of intense economic growth
Populist parties Political party that represented common people
Pleassy vs Ferguson Court case determining laws that have to do with seperation of blacks and whites
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