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Amendment An addition or change to a document
Assimilate Taking in any information and understanding it clearly
Bias against someone or something
Bicameral having legislation in two branches
Blockade the act to block off an area from people or goods entering or leaving
Boomtown a town that grows rapidly from sudden prosperity
Capitalism an economic and political system which is controlled by private owners for profit, rather than by the state
Captain of Industry business people who are very successful and powerful
Checks and Balances This is a system used so all branches will always be considered equal to one another
Congress The national legislative branch of a country
Due Process of law A system that gives fair treatment to the Judicial Branch
Economics Branch of social sciences that is dealt with the distribution, consumption and productions of goods and services.
Emancipated freed, from slavery or bondage
Enfranchise to give citizenship and the right to vote
Enumerated list one by one
Federalism the federal part of government
Forty-niners Someone who went to California during the Gold Rush in 1849.
Free Enterprise A system in which a private business works freely and is in competition with other businesses.
Habeas Corpus A law requiring a person under arrest to be brought before a judge or into court
Industry economic activity concerned with the processing of raw materials and manufacture of goods in factories
Judicial Of, by, or appropriate to a court or judge
Ku Klux Klan A secret society organized in the South after the Civil war organized for white supremacy by terrorism
Manifest Destiny Belief that the US should expand its territory from the East coast to the West coast
Martyr Killed because of a persons religion or beliefs
Monopoly Possession or control of the supply or trade in a service
Nomadic Anything that has to do with moving around constantly
Override If president veto's a bill it can still become a law if two-thirds of both houses vote to override it
Popular Sovereignty People are the source of the government's power
Ratify to approve
Radical Group of Northern congressman who favored using the Federal Government's power to create a new order in the South and promote full citizenship to free African Americans
Republicanism People that elect their political representatives
Robber Baron Cruel, ruthless business men who would stop at nothing to achieve wealth, often accused of working people to hard
Rural Country, off the beaten path
Separation of Powers A rule stated that the three branches of government has its own responsibilities
Social Darwinism The theory that individuals, groups, and people are subject to the same Darwinian laws of natural selection as plants and animals
Suffrage Gave the right for mainly women to vote in political elections
Supreme Court The highest judicial court in a country or state
Tariff A tax or duty to be paid on particular imports and exports
Taxation without Representation A situation in which a government imposes taxes on a particular group of citizens, having zero knowledge of it happening
Trade Union Another term used for labor union, which is a union of work throughout age groups
Urban In the city
Veto When the president rejects a bill
Thomas Jefferson Jefferson was the third president, author of the Declaration of Independence and was an American Founding Father.
Andrew Jackson 7th president, authorized the Indian Removal Act, known as "Common Man", Military General and was very racist.
Sacagawea Smart young women, helped communicate with Native Tribes, very good with navigation, was a huge help with the Lewis and Clark Expedition
James Polk Known as "Mr. Manifest Destiny", elected president in 1844, added more territory to the U.S. than any other president.
Frederick Douglass Freed Slave who freed himself, captured real meaning what America really is, wrote a Bibliography about his life as being a slave.
Harriet Beecher Stowe Abolitionist, Wrote a book about Slavery which has an affect on our world, hated that slavery was apart of our world.
John Brown Abolitionist, thought the only way to end slavery was to overthrow the institution, which didn't work out the way he wanted it too.
Robert E. Lee Leader of the Confederate Army during the Civil War, surrendered in 1865.
Andrew Johnson 17th president, served after Lincolns Assassination in 1865, lasted four years as president.
Susan B. Anthony Played a huge role in the women's rights movement, believed in equality between all.
Sitting Bull Native American Chief under the Sioux Tribes, led peoples resistance against the U.S.
George Custer Officer who served in the Civil War, goal was to identify a site for a fort to protect Indian land, stuff went down during the Little Bighorn Battle.
Cornelius Vanderbilt Wealthiest Man in the US, built wealth, from railroads and shipping, owned many ships and provided them to the Military, also played a big part in the Union Blockade.
John Rockefeller Wealthy man, bought every oil line in the US as long with every railroad, gave money to schools, medical institutes, churches and charities.
Andrew Carnegie Wealthy man, built some of the first railroads, invented steel, wanted too see a better world so he helped out by giving money to build tools and helpful buildings for others.
Jamestown Located in Virginia which was the first permanent English Settlement in America.
Plymouth English Colonial Venture in North America from 1620-1621.
Lexington and Concord Area where British Soldiers were told to go and capture leaders Sam Adams and John Hancock, they were also sent to go and seize gun powder.
Erie Canal Canal in New York, that ran about 360 miles on the Hudson River.
The Alamo Santa Anna (Mexico's President) tool an army to San Antonio to take a fort called "The Alamo."
Harper's Ferry Located in West Virginia, starting place of the Lewis and Clark Expedition, site of the John Brown raid which precipitated the Civil War.
Fort Sumter The first shots were fired here which started the American Civil War
Gettysburg The most famous battle of the civil war happened in Gettysburg, Lincoln also said his Gettysburg Address speech.
Appomattox Courthouse Here, Confederate General Lee surrendered his 28,000 troops to Union General Grant.
Ford's Theater Theater in Washington D.C. where Lincoln was assassinated in 1865.
Promontory Point Southernmost Point of the Peninsula where mountains project into the Northern Great Salt Lake.
Ellis Island And Angel Island Immigration station where immigrants were entering the US.
Declaration of Independence Thomas Jefferson in 1776 signed a document establishing the US as a nation.
Revolutionary War The war establishing American Independence from Britain, first started with the Battle of Lexington and Concord.
Articles of Confederation The first and original constitution signed in 1781.
Great Compromise Citizens were divided because of different beliefs, and the government structure was bad, so they came up with the Great Compromise to solve this.
Passing of the Constitution The Constitution is the "supreme law" of the US which was signed in 1789.
Adding the Bill of Rights Federalists said no and Anti-Federalists said yes to adding these, they were adding when the constitution was signed which was in 1789.
Louisiana Purchase The US bought the Louisiana Territory in 1803 from France.
Missouri Compromise Missouri was admitted as a slave state, Maine as a free state and slavery was prohibited in the Louisiana Purchase, North of 36, 30'N.
Indian Removal Act Andrew Jackson passed this act, forcing all Indian Tribes in the South to get off their territories and remove everything and head West.
Mexican-American War A war fought between the US and Mexico, in which the US won and felt that America was accomplishing the Manifest Destiny Expansion.
California Gold Rush Lasted from 1848-1855, when gold was discovered in Coloma, California.
Homestead Act Lincoln signed this act allowing settlers 160 acres of land, if they did two requirements required.
Industrial Revolution Everything was done by hand before the Industrial Revolution and more things were done by machine after.
Underground Railroad Network of secret routes and houses that were available for runaway slaves.
Seneca Falls Convention The first women's rights convention that discussed the rights of women.
Compromise of 1850 Compromise by Henry Clay that may be known as a delay to the start of the Civil War. A law enforced that Blacks were no longer safe.
Kansas-Nebraska Act This act allowed Kansas and Nebraska the ability to vote whether to be free or slave states.
Dred Scott V. Sanford This was a case that people were arguing that African Americans are not American Citizens and cannot sue in court.
Fugitive Slave Act This act forced the return of runaway slaves.
Bleeding Kansas The act in which people were fighting over slave and free territory, violence soon erupted and both sides fought for control.
Civil War A war in the same country between citizens
Emancipation Proclamation An order by Lincoln saying that all slaves in areas of rebellion against the US would be free
Civil War Draft Riots This was an act when rich people could pay their way out of the war and poor people couldn't so they were mad.
Gettysburg Address A speech by Abe Lincoln, which was one of the most famous political speeches. This speech encouraged the Union to continue to fight in the war.
Reconstruction The period after the Civil War in which people were brought back into the US
Civil War Amendments (13th, 14th, 15th) These amendments were added during the civil war and were designed to ensure the equality for recently freed slaves.
Completion of Transcontinental Railroad The first railroad that went from East to West, that allowed Expansion to happen
Indian Wars Conflicts between American settlers or the US government and the Natives of North America.
Gilded Age Rapid economical growth
Populist Party This is the third party that represented the common folk
Plessy V. Ferguson This was a decision decided everyone is "separate but equal."
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