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| Question | Answer |
| Amendment | A change or addition to the Constitution. |
| Assimilate | To completely understand something. |
| Bias | To have an unfair opinion on a topic or subject. |
| Blockade | Not allowing ships to leave or enter any sea ports. |
| Ku Klux Klan | Group of white supremists who opposed blacks and terrorized them especially during Reconstruction. |
| Checks and Balances | A system where one branch of the government has no more power than the other 2. |
| Congress | Made up of 3 branches of the Government. The Judicial, Executive, and Legislative branches. |
| Veto | To deny a bill of being passed. |
| Urban | An area that is very populated with many buildings and lots of industrious work |
| Due Process of law | The right to have a fair trial in court. |
| Enfranchise | To give someone the right to vote. |
| Harriet Beecher Stowe | Author of Uncle Tom's Cabin and a very strong abolitionist |
| John Brown | Leader of the Harpers Fairy Raid and fought for the union but was later exexuted |
| Robert E. Lee | Strongest general in the confederate army and won many battles |
| Emancipated | To be freed from bondage |
| James K Polk | Acquired the most land for America during his presidency. Some times referred to as Mr. Manifest Destiny |
| Thomas Jefferson | 2nd President of the United States. He bought the Louisiana Purchase from spain |
| Frederick Douglass | Escaped slave who later became an abolitionist and wrote about his cruel life as a slave in his famous autobiography |
| Biacameral | having 2 sections of something/legislative branch |
| Boomtown | Area of rapid population growth. |
| Capitalism | Economic system where competition between other private companies is encouraged |
| Captain of Industry | Business owner who uses wealth wisely and uses it for good things. Some donate money to charities |
| Economics | The way people use/handle money and decisions |
| Emancipated | To be freed from bondage. |
| Enumerated | To be listed in the constitution |
| Federalism | System of government where power is divided between federal and state governments |
| Forty-Niners | Refers to miners who came to California in 1849 seeking to strike rich during the gold rush. |
| Free Enterprise | System where anyone can enter the competitive economic market |
| Habeas Corpus | The right to be seen before a judge. Lincoln took this away during the civil war |
| Industry | Group of businesses that produce and sell a similar product |
| Judicial | Branch of the government that interprets laws |
| Martyr | Someone who dies for a religious cause |
| Monopoly | When 2 business join forces and eliminates any other competition between competitor companies |
| Nomadic | To move from place to place. Never permanently settles somewhere |
| Override | To overcome a decision and change it (Usually is voted on) |
| Popular Sovereignty | Principle of the government where people are the source of the governments power |
| Ratify | To officially approve something |
| Radical | Someone who has extreme actions or actions not normally seen |
| Republicanism | The principle where people get to elect their representatives |
| Robber Baron | Business owner who wont stop at anything to gain money and forces harsh working hours and harsh working conditions |
| Rural | Area of a small population with lots of agriculture |
| Separation of Powers | Principle where government is split into 3 branches |
| Social Darwinism | Belief that people with certain traits will be able to prosper economicly and socially |
| Suffrage | The right to vote |
| Supreme Court | Group of 9 judges. Highest court in the country. Part of the Judicial branch |
| Tariff | Tax imposed on imported goods |
| Taxation without representation | Slogan that people said because they were being taxed unfairly and they couldn't have a say because they had no one who represented them in parliament |
| Trade Union | Group of workers who represent them and they speak out when not happy about how business is going |
| Andrew Jackson | Hated president who signed the Indian removal act |
| Sacagawea | Native American woman who Served as a guide or translator on the corps of discovery |
| Andrew Johnson | Arguably the worst president of all time. He was against making laws that helped blacks. Disagreed with congress often |
| Susan B Anthony | Very powerful woman's rights suffragist |
| Sitting Bull | Leader of the Lakota Sioux tribe. He put up a big fight against the army. Was later killed during an attempt to arrest him |
| George Custer | United States commander that was killed by the Lakota Sioux tribe at Little Big Horn |
| Cornelius Vanderbilt | Captain of Industry who invested in the railroad business. |
| John Rockafeller | Captain of Industry who invested in the oil business. He is the richest man to ever live |
| Andrew Carnegie | Captain of Industry who invested in the steel business |
| Jamestown | 1st settlement in America. Heavily relied on tobacco |
| Plymouth | Group of colonists seeking religious freedom from the king settled here |
| Lexington and Concord | First official battle of the Revolutionary war |
| Erie Canal | Used to trade goods and travel to other places |
| The Alamo | Bloodiest battle of the Mexican-American War. Located in Texas |
| Harper's Ferry | Confederate armory that John Brown attempted to raid. |
| Fort Sumter | First battle of the Civil War in North Carolina |
| Gettysburg | Bloodiest battle of the Civil War |
| Appomattox Courthouse | Where the Confederate States of America Surrendered to the Union and the Civil War was ended |
| Ford's Theater | Location where Abraham Lincoln was assassinated by John Wilkes Booth |
| Promontory Point, Utah | Where the last spike of the transcontinental railroad was driven in |
| Ellis and Angel Island | Where immigrants from other countries would arrive and get approved to stay in America |
| Declaration of Independence | Document that stated the America is splitting away from England |
| Revolutionary War | War between America and Britain and America won breaking away from England |
| Articles of Confederation | 1st draft of the constitution but it was later replaced by the constitution because it gave too much power to the government |
| Great Compromise | Compromise that granted fair representation in congress for every state. Also created the House of Representatives and the Senate |
| Passing of the Constitution | Document says what the government can and cannot do |
| Adding the Bill of Rights | First 10 amendments added to the constitution. |
| Louisiana Purchase | Large portion of land bought buy Thomas Jefferson from Spain |
| Missouri Compromise | Agreement made that allowed Missouri to enter the union as a slave state |
| Indian Removal Act | Act signed by Andrew Jackson that forced All Native American tribes onto reservations |
| Mexican-American War | War between Mexico and America over where the Texas territory ends |
| California Gold Rush | Event where gold was discovered in California and people from all over came to California hoping to strike rich |
| Homestead Act | Allowed for any american to put up a claim for 160 acres of land |
| Industrial Revolution | Time period where america was rapidly changing from a agricultural economy to a industrial economy |
| Underground Railroad | Secret system that helped slaves escape their owners |
| Seneca Falls Convention | 1st women's rights convention. lasted 2 days |
| Compromise of 1850 | Fugitive Slave Act amended, Slave trade was banned in D.C., and California was admitted into the union |
| Kansas-Nebraska Act | Where the government allowed for the residents of the two territories to vote if they wanted their state to enter as a slave or free state |
| Dred Scott v. Sanford | Case that stated that slaves are property and have no rights at all |
| Fugitive Slave Act | Stated that if you saw a runaway you must catch the slave and return the slave to its owner. If not you would be arrested |
| Bleeding Kansas | Time period of violence during the settling of the Kansas Territory |
| Civil War | Started because of the south seceding from the union. Lasted 4 years until the South surrendered and the Union won |
| Emancipation Proclamation | Freed all slaves in the area of the rebellion during the Civil War |
| Civil War Draft Riots | Violence in New York due to wealthy people being able to pay out of the draft and poor people not being able to |
| Gettysburg Adress | Speech given by Abraham Lincoln after the Battle of Gettysburg. Essentially stated that the men who died that battle should be honored by winning the war. |
| Reconstruction | Period after the Civil War where our country was trying to heal the wound between the North and South |
| Civil War Amendments | These 3 amendments abolished slavery, gave African Americans full rights, and allowed for African Americans to vote. |
| Completion of Trans-Continental Railroad | Allowed for a safer and faster way of transportation across America |
| Indian Wars | Conflict between the U.S. Army and Native Americans up until 1890 |
| Gilded Age | Time period of rapid economical growth |
| Populist Party | Political party that represents the average citizens. Created by farmers from Kansas |
| Plessy v. Ferguson | Court case decision stated that the Seperate but equal treatment was constitutional |
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