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| Question | Answer |
| Amendment | The act of changing or adding to a bill, constitution, etc. |
| Assimilate | To adapt or adjust to a certain custom. |
| Bias | A high opinion, trend, inclination, etc. of an idea or social group. |
| Bicameral | Two branches, chambers, or houses of the legislative branch. |
| Blockade | An isolation or obstruction of an area to prevent entrances and exits. |
| Boomtown | A town that accelerates its growth very quickly. |
| Capitalism | The idea and economic system that any individual has a fair chance in becoming successful by ownership, production, distribution, etc. |
| Captain of Industry | The head of a large business or corporation that wants the better good of its employees and customers. |
| Checks and Balances | Limits the government branches' power by allowing each branch to amend or void acts. |
| Due Process of Law | The law in which no citizen should be denied its' rights as a citizen. |
| Economics | The knowledge concerned with the production, consumption, and transfer of wealth. |
| Emancipated | Being freed from slavery or bondage. |
| Enfranchise | To set free or give rights to citizens, such as voting. |
| Enumerated | Not listed. |
| Federalism | A system of government where power is separated nationally and within states. |
| Forty-niners | A person who went to California for the gold rush in 1949. |
| Free Enterprise | Freedom where private businesses can freely have competition for profits, with government regulations. |
| Habeas Corpus | A writ that was written so people under arrest have a fair trial in court, so they know why they are in jail/suspension. |
| Industry | Business in general, usually mechanical or technological. |
| Judicial | The court of justice/administration of justice. |
| Ku Klux Klan | Secret organization which started during the civil war, that strongly hated blacks and spread fear amongst them and those who tried to help them. |
| Manifest Destiny | The expansion of western territory in the United States, prospering the economy and social classes. |
| Martyr | A person who willingly dies in order to spread their belief, religion, etc. |
| Monopoly | A business that takes over all competition and is the only business left in the market. |
| Nomadic | Moving around a lot. |
| Override | To overrule or have final say. |
| Popular Sovereignty | Power belongs to the people. |
| Ratify | To approve |
| Radical | Extreme |
| Republicanism | The idea that each state has its own representative to hold power rather than the government overruling each and every state. |
| Robber Baron | A powerful 19th century business man who was in some ways cruel and only wanted personal benefit, rather than the good for the people. |
| Rural | A country life, rather than many businesses and city people. |
| Separation of Powers | The division of the legislative, executive, and judicial branches in to three different powers and jobs. |
| Social Darwinism | The social theory that only the best fit should survive, such as natural selection. |
| Suffrage | The given right to vote. |
| Supreme Court | The justice system in which it is the highest court in the United States. |
| Tariff | A tax to increase the price of imported goods and restrict trade. |
| Taxation without representation | A stand that American colonists took to resent British taxes. |
| Trade Union | An organization of workers that have come together to achieve a common goal such as better working conditions or pay. |
| Urban | A city, more business qualities. |
| Veto | To reject |
| Thomas Jefferson | The third president, who was one of Americas founding fathers. |
| Andrew Jackson | The 7th president of the United States, who owned slaves, and pushed Indian removal into action. |
| Sacagawea | The women who guided Lewis and Clark, while pregnant, through western territory. |
| James Polk | The 11th president who expanded the most U.S. territory. |
| Frederick Douglass | African-American who escaped slavery and became an strong abolitionist who wrote many speeches and books to spread the reality of slavery. |
| Harriet Beecher Stowe | American abolitionist who wrote Uncle Toms Cabin. |
| John Brown | American abolitionist who thought the only way to end slavery was to use violence. |
| Robert E. Lee | An American soldier who led the confederates during the civil war, in which the confederates surrendered ending his command. |
| Andrew Johnson | Became president after Lincolns assassination, 17th president, and was the first president to almost get fired. Some say he is the worst president that American has ever had. |
| Susan B. Anthony | American social reformist and feminist who became a powerful leader in the women's suffrage movement. |
| Sitting Bull | A holy Indian tribe leader who was murdered by Custer, an American soldier, because Sitting Bull was believed to be the leader of Ghost dances which intimidated the United States. |
| George Custer | Military commander who led his troop in a battle called Little Bighorn, which killed both Custer and his men. |
| Cornelius Vanderbilt | A business man who built his wealth by railroads and shipping goods. |
| John Rockefeller | Founded the first most successful U.S. oil company. |
| Andrew Carnegie | American industrialist who led the first steel expansion in the late 19th century. |
| Jamestown | First permanent English settlement in America. It was located in Virginia. |
| Plymouth | One of the first American settlements made by pilgrims. |
| Lexington and Concord | The first American and British battle during the Revolutionary war. Paul Revere was one of the famous people who sounded alarms for the Americans that the "British were coming". |
| Erie Canal | Links the waters of Lake Erie in the west to the Hudson River that allowed many goods to be transported across America easier and safer. |
| The Alamo | The attack of Texans to get them back as a part of the United States. |
| Harper's Ferry | The location where John Brown attacked Harpers Ferry in order to free the slaves. His attempt failed. |
| Fort Sumter | Where the first shots were fired that sparked the American Civil War. |
| Gettysburg | The most gruesome battle during the Civil War. |
| Appomattox Courthouse | Where Robert E. Lee surrendered his confederate troops. |
| Ford's Theater | The location that President Abraham Lincoln was assassinated. |
| Promontory Point, Utah | The meeting of the two major railroads. It was a race to see where this joining of the tracks would take place. Promontory Point, Utah was the location. |
| Ellis Island and Angel Island | The main difference between Ellis Island and Angel Island was that the majority of the immigrants that traveled through Angel Island were from Asian countries. |
| Declaration of Independence | Written by Thomas Jefferson in 1776, it states the individual liberty of America. |
| Revolutionary War | The war between Americans and British, it was the war fought for U.S. independence. |
| Articles of Confederation | The first constitution written by the original 13 colonies. |
| Great compromise | Also known as the Connecticut Compromise, was one of the most important compromises reached during the drafting of the United States Constitution in 1787. The delegates were trying to figure out how each state would be represented in Congress. |
| Passing of the Constitution | An amendment to the Constitution is an improvement, a correction or a revision to the original content approved in 1788. 27 Amendments have been approved, 6 have been disapproved and thousands have been discussed. |
| Adding to the Bill of Rights | Adding to the bill of rights has to go through a process where the house all agrees. |
| Louisiana purchase | Bought from Spain and was 828,000 square miles. This opened the western territories, and soon Lewis and Clark would explore the new land. |
| Missouri Compromise | A federal statute in the United States that regulated slavery in the country's western territories. The compromise, devised by Henry Clay, was agreed to by the pro-slavery and anti-slavery factions in the United States Congress and passed as a law in 1820. |
| Indian Removal Acts | The Indian removal was led by President Andrew Jackson. Indians were moved from their location and forced to live on different territories. Also known as the trail of tears. |
| Mexican-American War | An armed conflict between the United States and the Republic of Mexico from 1846 to 1848. |
| California Gold Rush | In 1849, gold was found in California which attracted many gold seekers to the area. |
| Homestead act | Signed into law by President Abraham Lincoln in 1862, it encouraged Western migration by providing settlers 160 acres of public land. In exchange, homesteaders paid a small filing fee and were required to complete five years of continuous residence before receiving ownership of the land. |
| Industrial Revolution | A time period from about 1760 to 1820s that improved new manufacturing products causing faster and more efficient production. |
| Underground Railroad | A hidden path that allowed slaves to escape and run away into free states. |
| Seneca Falls Convention | The first women's rights convention that discussed a convention to discuss the social, civil, and religious condition in America. |
| Compromise of 1850 | The Fugitive Slave Act to settle disputes between the north and south. |
| Kansas-Nebraska Act | Passed in 1854, the document allowed states to decide whether or not if they would allow slavery. |
| Dred Scott v Sanford | A case in which a former slave, Dred Scott, was brought into Missouri, who was owned by Sanford and was seeking freedom within the Missouri boundaries. |
| Fugitive slave act | Any run away slaves that were found without their freedom rights, would be put back into slavery and were called fugitives. |
| Bleeding Kansas | A border war with a lot of violent political fights in the U.S. involving anti-slavery Free-Staters and pro-slavery "Border Ruffian" which that took place in the Kansas Territory and the near towns of the state of Missouri between 1854 and 1861. |
| Civil War | A war between the north (union) and south (confederates). The north wanted slaves to be free, while south wanted slavery in the U.S. This led to a huge battle called the Civil War, eventually the north would win and all states would be free states and slaves would be emancipated. |
| Emancipation Proclamation | A document freeing all slaves. |
| Civil war draft riots | Many southerners were unhappy about the Civil War outcome, leading to disputes in the North over the documents freeing slaves. |
| Gettysburg Address | One of the most famous speeches in American history that Abraham Lincoln said which stated that all men are created equal. |
| Reconstruction | After the Civil War, the U.S. was struggling deeply and needed to build itself back up. |
| Civil War Amendments | The Civil War Amendments protected equality for emancipated slaves by banning slavery, defining citizenship, and ensuring voting rights. |
| Completion of the Transcontinental Railroad | Enabled the American conquest and settlement of the West so that others can safely get to places, which this increased the growth of towns. |
| Indian Wars | Multiple conflicts between American settlers or the United States government that usually involved some type of violent act. |
| Gilded age | A time period where some people were wealthy and successful and everything was booming. |
| Populist party | A revolt by farmers in the South and Midwest against the Democratic and Republican Parties for ignoring their interests and difficulties. |
| Plessy v Ferguson | A Supreme Court decision upholding the constitutionality of state laws requiring racial segregation in public facilities under the doctrine of "separate but equal". |
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