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Amendment	An alteration, addition or deletion to a law, bill or document, such as the Constitution.
Assimilate	To fully understand new information or to resemble
Bias	To show, have or make unfair decisions based on personal thoughts or favoritism
Bicameral	A legislature have two branches or chambers of lawmaking groups
Blockade	The sealing off or isolation of a water passage like a port or a harbor to prevent exit and/or entrance of goods
Boomtown	A town that has a rapid growth in population and business because of sudden prosperity.
Capitalism	Where private individuals maintain and control a country's economic system.
Captain of Industry	These were our nations founding fathers that put the nation first, were hard workers, and were fair bosses. most were self-made men
Checks and Balances	When/how the three branches of government cancel each other out to keep from one branch getting to powerful
Congress	It includes the Senate and the House of Representatives. It is the national legislature of the united states.
Due Process of Law	Fairness and Justice in the judicial system to give citizens a 100% fair trial
Economics	The condition of a country in terms of production, distribution and consumption of goods and services from a financial standpoint.
Emancipated	The freeing of someone/thing for legal/social reasonings
Enfranchise	To allow the right to vote, or to set free
Enumerated	To specifically mention one by one
Federalism	the system of government where the power is divided in national, state and local
Forty-niners	Prospectors who contributed to the gold rush of 1849
Free Enterprise	The act of private businesses of corporations compete with little to no control from the government.
Habeas Corpus	The right to be seen before a judge quickly and fairly after an arrest.
Industry	The production and manufacturing of raw material through economic activity
Judicial	One of the three branches of government that interprets the law
Ku Klux Klan	a group of former confederate soldiers that during Reconstruction snuck out at night and abused and frightened former slaves, they are known for their pointy hats and large numbers. they are still around today.
Manifest Destiny	The expansion westward from east coast to west coast.
Martyr	When someone is killed for their religious beliefs
Monopoly	when one company controls most of what happens for the sales of one good or service
Nomadic	aimlessly moving around from place to place with no certain home
override	after a president vetoes a bill, if the house of representatives gets 2/3rds majority vote then the bill is still passed
Popular Sovereignty	The right for people to vote
Ratify	to agree or give consent to something
Radical	doing something extreme
Republicanism	where the leader or the representative of the state represents the people of that state
Robber Baron	They are the richest people who make their workers work for long hours and little pay. they are selfish and stomp on others to get to the top.
Rural	A country area with a low population
Separation of Powers	Each branch of government has its own set of responsibilities
Social Darwinism	Natural selection, Survival of the Fittest
Suffrage	The right to vote
Supreme Court	Part of the Judicial court system, highest court in the United States
Tariff	The government tax of imports and exports
Taxation without Representation	A slogan the colonists used during the Revolutionary war
Trade Union	also know as Labor union; a group of company workers who had common job interests
Urban	Highly populated area
Veto	When the president does not sign for a bill to be passed
Thomas Jefferson	Wrote the Declaration of Independence and Made the Louisiana Purchase. he was the 3rd president.
Andrew Jackson	He was a self-made man and one of our presidents. he was considered a war hero but is also responsible for the trail of tears. Its a debate of rather he is a hero or a villain.
Sacagawea	Assisted Lewis and Clark as a Translator
James K. Polk	Mr. Manifest Destiny, gained a lot of land for America
Frederick Douglass	he was a famous former slave. He was a genius, and he wrote a big about his experience as a slave
Harriet Beecher Stowe	She wrote the famous Abolitionist novel, Uncle Tom's Cabin
John Brown	A Abolitionist who believed in violence
Robert E. Lee	A successful confederate general. he was asked to be a general for the union, but he thought himself a Virginian before a American. he was also a graduate from Westpoint military academy.
Andrew Johnson	He was the president after Lincoln, during reconstruction. he was a big part of why it failed because he was a democrat that favored slavery
Susan B. Anthony	she was a huge women's rights activist
Sitting Bull	he was a tribe leader of the Sioux tribe. he was killed at wounded knee.
George Custer	a general of the United States military who was killed by the Sioux at the battle of Little Bighorn
Cornelius Vanderbilt	captain of industry/robber baron; he got rich from the railroad
John Rockefeller	Captain of Industry/Robber Baron; he became rich from oil
Andrew Carnegie	Captain of Industry/Robber Baron; he got his money from steel
Jamestown	the first permanent settlement, famous for tobacco
Plymouth	the second English settlement that was more for families than money
Lexington and Concord	The first battle of the Revolutionary War
Erie Canal	a Canal connecting the Hudson river and Lake Erie
The Alamo	a mission in San Antonio, Texas
Harper' Ferry	Where John Brown rebelled
fort Sumter	a civil war battle
Gettysburg	The bloodiest civil war battles and where Lincoln gave the famous Gettysburg Address speech
Appomattox Courthouse	this is where Robert E. Lee surrendered
Ford's Theater	This is the place Lincoln was assassinated in Washington D.C.
Promontory Point, Utah	the point where two railheads would meet following meetings in Washington, D.C.
Ellis Island and Angel Island	Many immigrants came in through these two places specifically immigrants from Asian countries for angel islands
Declaration of Independence	the document in which we declared our independence against Britain
Revolutionary War	the war in which we fought Britain for our Independence
Articles of Confederation	the First Constitution
The Great Compromise	how we got both house of representatives and Senate
passing of the constitution	the articles of confederation were written in 1781 and rewritten into the constitution in 1789
Adding the Bill of Rights	added in 1787
Louisiana Purchase	Thomas Jefferson bought the Louisiana Purchase in 1803 from France.
Missouri Compromise	Maine was Admitted as a free slave and Missouri was admitted as a slave state
Indian Removal Act (trail of Tears)	Andrew Jackson moved the Indians to Oklahoma in order to make more room for the whites
Mexican-American War	America fought Mexico in this war to help complete idea of Manifest Destiny
California Gold Rush	when gold mines were found in California and people from all over came to strike gold
Homestead Act	When Congress made unpopulated lands in the west available to settlers, first come first serve
Industrial Revolution	The period of time where machinery evolved and became more modern
Underground Railroad	this was a secret path for slaves to escape to the north on
Seneca Falls Convention	the first place where they discussed the importance of women's rights
Compromise of 1850	Balanced the power of slave and non-slave states after we gained the land from the Mexican-American war
Kansas-Nebraska Act	decision by popular sovereignty whether a state would be a slave state or not
Dred Scott versus Stanford	Dred Scott moved with his slave owner to a on slave state and then claimed he was a free man. The court ruled against him.
Fugitive Slave Act	If you were in the north it was illegal to help an escaped slave.
Bleeding Kansas	there were lots of riots and violence in Kansas because some people wanted it to be a slave state and some people didnt
Civil War	The north states(union) and the south states(confederate) went to war to bring the confederate states back and eventually to stop slavery
Emancipation Proclaimation	this was the document that freed the slaves
Civil War draft riots	people were upset about the government trying to draft people in the war so they caused riots
Gettysburg Address	A speech given by Lincoln after the battle of Gettysburg that honored the soldiers that fought there and freed the slaves
Reconstruction	This was the period after the war where they tried to rebuild the south and come together as a nation, but it failed
Civil War Amendments	13th- banned slavery 14th-allowed African Americans Citizenship 15th-allowed African American to vote
Completion of Transcontinental Railroad	this allowed transportation to go faster and goods to be transported all over the nation
Indian Wars	When people started moving into Indian Territory the Indians fought back starting wars.
Gilded Age	After the war when small businesses grew large and became very powerful and the economy was very good
Populist Party	someone who worries about the concerns or interests of ordinary people
Plessy v. Ferguson	a court case dealing with a black person sitting in a train car meant for white people. he was ruled against

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