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| Amendment | a change to an official document |
| Assimilate | to gather |
| Bias | an opinion |
| bicameral | the two houses of congress |
| Blockade | an object to slow down or stop something |
| Boomtown | a town that was at first a small town but then grew because of gold rushes |
| Border State | a state during the civil war that was bordered by Union and Confederate states |
| Capitalism | the belief of competition |
| Checks And Balances | to ensure no branch has too much power |
| Due Process Of Law | those accused are able to defend themselves |
| Exodusters | ex slaves that moved from Mississippi and Louisiana to Kansas |
| Federalism | powers are split up between the state government and the local government |
| Forty-Niners | people who traveled west to find gold during the 1949 gold rush |
| Free Enterprise | competition between businesses without much interuption from the government |
| Habeas Corpus | the right to be brought before the court |
| Ku Klux Klan | extremely racist group and has murdered |
| Manifest Destiny | the belief that people should move west |
| Martyr | someone who is killed because of their beliefs |
| Monopoly | when one business owns all others |
| Nomadic | someone who doesn't own a "house" but travels instead |
| Override | one's authority to reject or cancel a decision |
| popular sovereignty | the people are the governments source of power |
| Ratify | to officially approve something |
| Radical | extreme |
| Republicanism | people elect representitives to vote for them |
| Rural | farm land |
| separation of powers | the three branches of government:executive branch legislative branch judicial branch |
| sharecropping | a landowner rents the land to a tenant to use the land in return for a share of the crops produced on the land. |
| Social Darwinism | Survival Of The Fittest |
| Suffrage | the right to vote |
| Tariff | a tax on imported goods |
| Trade Union | someone who represents workers at the work place |
| Urban | cities and or suburbs |
| Veto | to disagree with or say "no" to |
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George Washington was our first ever president and is also one of our founding fathers |
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Thomas Jefferson was the author of the declaration of independence and also one of the founding fathers |
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Andrew Jackson was the cause of "The Trail Of Tears" and also on the 20 dollar bill and our seventh president |
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Sacagawea was the reason why Lewis and Clark made it back she is also known for being tough |
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Nat Turner rebelled against slavery and was a symbol of freedom |
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James K. Polk was responsible for gaining the most land during presidency |
| Fredrick Douglass is one of the most famous slaves in history he is also one of the most educated slaves | |
| Harriet Beecher Stowe wrote her own book "uncle Tom's Cabin" its about how bad slaves were treated | |
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John Brown led a revolt at Harpers fairy which led to his death at the gallows |
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Robert E. Lee is the most well known civil war confederate general |
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Ulysses S. Grant is the most well known civil war Union general |
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Jefferson Davis was the confederate president of the confederate states of america |
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Andrew johnson was president during reconstruction and did nothing about the KKK or the Black Codes |
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Susan B. Anthony fought for women's rights that women now have today |
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Sitting Bull is a legendary native american that fought at the battle of Little Big Horn and was Custers last stand |
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George Custer is the one of the most well known generals in american history he died at the battle of Little Big Horn also known as Custers last stand Custer lead the Seventh chivalry in to The Battle Of Little Big Horn |
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Cornelius Vanderbilt made his wealth off of building rail roads |
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John Rockefeller made his wealth off of oil |
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Andrew Carnegie made his wealth off of steel |
| are known for declaring independence | |
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is known for also declaring independence |
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known for John Brown raiding it |
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is known for the first shots of the civil war |
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is the most well know battle in american history because so many people died and the Gettysburg address |
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is known for being the last battle of the Civil War |
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is known for Custer last stand and a big victory for the native americans but devastating loss for the government, families, and the general public |
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is known for because it was the last us military conflict with the native americans |
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known for letting immigrants into the United States From the East coast |
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Known for letting immigrants in to the United States from the West coast less immigrants were admitted in to the United States |
| Revolutionary War | we were fighting for our independence and our freedom |
| Articles Of Confederation | was our first constitution |
| Great Compromise | is how we have two representatives from each state |
| Bill Of Rights | the first 10 amendments in the constitution |
| doubled the original 13 colonies | |
| Missouri compromise | the 36, 30 parallel line was for slave states and free states |
| Indian Removal Act (Trail Of Tears) | was considered by the native americans as being racist |
| Mexican American War | a war between mexico and america for land |
| California Gold Rush | the 1949 gold rush |
| Homestead Act | gave away land if someone lives on it for 5 years |
| Industrial Revolution | a time of reaching new heights in america |
| Underground Railroad | a series of houses and trails for slaves running away |
| Seneca Falls Convention | a gathering for women's rights |
| Compromise Of 1850 | was to try to keep the U.S. united |
| Kansas-Nebraska Act | settlers could decide wether they were going to be a free state or a slave state |
| Dred Scott V. Stanford | the supreme court ruled that african americans didn't have the right to sue |
| Fugitive Slave Act | required citizens to help in the recovery of run away slaves |
| Bleeding Kansas | was when kansas was |
| Civil War | a disagreement about slavery |
| Emancipation Proclamation | frees slaves in confederate states |
| Civil War Draft Riots | rich people could pay their way out of the draft |
| Gettysburg Address | President Lincoln gave the Gettysburg Address to honor all of the fallen and to not let their deaths be in vein |
| Reconstruction | after the civil war the rebuilding of towns began |
| Civil War Amendments | 13th:banned slavery 14th:A U.S. citizen is any one born in the U.S. 15th: any U.S. citizen(except women) can vote |
| Transcontinental Railroad | the U.S. was eventually connected by railroads |
| Indian Wars | conflicts between the U.S. military and the native americans over land |
| The Gilded Age | a time of profit |
| Populist Party | created by farmers because of political views |
| Oklahoma Land Rush | people from around the world came to claim their property |
| Plessy V. Ferguson | a supreme court Case that dealt with the problem of slavery |
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