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- 1Amendmenta change to the constitution
- 2Assimilateto absorb and conform to your surroundings
- 3Biasto favor something over another
- 4Bicameralbi meaning two cameral meaning house so two houses referring to the senate and house of representatives
- 5Blockadeto block off an area restricting supplies
- 6BoomtownA town that grows very rapidly
- 7CapitalismA economic system were independent people own and run company's for a profit
- 8Captains of industrycompany owners that have a lot of money and donate most of it to help the world, nation ,and community
- 9Checks and balanceswhen no one branch can have to much power by the others taking or giving power
- 10congressthe house of representatives and the senate who make up laws to help the nation
- 11Due processmaking sure that every one has the fair rights in court
- 12EconomicsThe way a countryor state deals with money
- 13The Emancipatedwhen someone is freed
- 14En franchiseTo give some one the right to vote
- 15EnumeratedSomething that is listed
- 16FederalismThe seperation of government between local state and federal
- 17Forty-ninersPeoplE
- 18Free enterpriseThe ability to start a buisness and end a buisness at any time
- 19Habeus courpusThe right to see a judge
- 20industrythe ability to make something and then sell it
- 21ku Klux Klana hate group formed by six Tennessee war vetrans
- 22Manifest destinywhen we wanted are country to reach to one ocean to the other
- 23martyra religious hero that either died in battle or was captured
- 24monopolyWhen one companie takes over a entire trade or industry
- 25nomadicsome one that has the mind set to roam around
- 26overrideto prevail or out vote on something
- 27popular sovereigntywhen the people power the government
- 28ratifyto approve
- 29radicalto belive in some thing with extreme passion
- 30republicanismwhen people elect who they want to represent them
- 31Robber BaronA wealthy person that hordes there money and refuses to pay there workers
- 32rurala area of land that is not industrial
- 33separation of powerswhen each branch of the government has there own thing to do
- 34Social Darwinismthe thought that the intelligent will be wealthy while the one that are lazy will be poor
- 35Suffragewanting the right to vote
- 36supreme courtthe highest court in the nation
- 37tariffa list of government imports and exports
- 38taxation with out repersentationwhen you are being taxed outrageously for no apparent reason
- 39trade Uniona group of workers that unite for a common goal
- 40urbana modernized area
- 41vetowhen the president say no to a bill being passed
- 42Thomas Jeffersonthe third president he also acquired the Louisiana territory
- 43andrew jacksonthe 7th president he signed the Indian removal act and loved duelling
- 44sacageweaShe served as a guide and translator for Lewis and clark
- 45James k. Polkalso known as manifest destiny he bought the most land purchases for the united states
- 46Fredrick Douglasswas an escaped slave that started a news paper and wrote a story about his experiences
- 47Harriet Beecher Stoweshe wrote a novel called uncle toms cabin depicting slavery
- 48John Browna martyr to some a terrorist to others he led a attack on Harper ferry to arm and free slaves
- 49Robert E. Leethe most well known southern generals
- 50Andrew Johnsonhe led the country in reconstruction and was the first ever president to be impeached
- 51Susan b. anthonythe head women suffragist
- 52Sitting Bullwas one of the lead chiefs for the Indian wars and was murdered which caused wounded knee
- 53George Custerhe was the only general to be defeated in the Indian wars
- 54Cornelius Vanderbiltwas one of the richest men in america ever he started the railroad market
- 55John Rockefellerthew richest man ever to live he started gaining money from oil
- 56Andrew Carnegiehe was the first major steel manufacturer
- 57James townthe first English setlment
- 58Plymouththe 2nd English settlement formed by puritans seeking religious freedom
- 59Lexington and concordthe first battle of the revolutionary war
- 60eriecanalthe first time Chicago and New York were connected
- 61the almothe biggest battle of the Mexican american war
- 62Harpers ferrythe fort John brown attacked to retrieve guns for slaves to uprise
- 63Fort sumterthe first battle of the civil war
- 64gettysburgThe bloodiest battle and the turning point of the civil war
- 65Appomattox court housethe end of the civil war where general lee surrendered to the union
- 66Fords Theaterthis is were Abraham Lincoln was shot and had a attempted assassination on him
- 67promontory point utahis where the transcontinental railroads met
- 68Ellis Island and Angle IslandEllis island was where most immigrants went to enter the country
Angle island is where most Asian immigrants checked in - 69declaration of indpendencethe letter the united states wrote to England saying they didn't want to be apart of this anymore
- 70revolutionary warthe war between America And England
- 71the articles of confederationThe first counstition
- 72the great compromisewas a way to tell how congress would be divided
- 73passing of the constitutionwhen the heads of the government signed how the nation should be run
- 74adding the bill of rightsit said that these were laws to help protect the induvidual
- 75Louisiana purchasewhen we acquired one of the biggest land purchases for 4 cents an acere
- 76Missouri Comprimisedecided that any state under the 36 30 line was a slave state
- 77trail of tearswhen we moved native Americans of there land for white settlers
- 78Mexican american wara war for Texas was what this was
- 79California gold rushwhen gold was discovered in 1848 people started heading west which caused the population to boom
- 80homestead actan act that guaranteed anyone that moved west would get 160 acres
- 81industrial revoultionwhen there was a giant spike in invention that propelled America
- 82Underground Railroada way for slaves to escape and go some were else
- 83Seneca falls conventionthe first women suffragist convention
- 84comprimise of 1850is when the fugitive slave act was abolished and so was slave trade
- 85Kansas Nebraska actis when the government but it to the people for deciding whether or not Kansas should be slave or free
- 86Dredd Scott verse Sanfordwhen a slave moved to a free state with his master he wanted to be free so they went to court to figure it out the supreme court said not African american was to ever be free
- 87fugitive slave actsaid that any slave that was up north can be taken back to his master
- 88Bleeding Kansaswhen people were fighting for Kansas to be free or slave
- 89Civil Warwhen the north wanted no slaves but the south wanted slaves so they fought for it
- 90the emancipation proclamaitonwhen the union had control Abe Lincoln said that slaves in rebelling areas were now free
- 91Civil war Draft Riotswhen the union needed more troops they had to draft people so people got angry and started rioting to stop the drafts
- 92Gettysburg addressafter the battle of Gettysburg Abe Lincoln wanted to apologize and reunite the nation
- 93Reconstructionwas the time period were people were recollecting from the war
- 94civil war amendmentsthese said that blacks were free they could vote and were now citizens and abolished slavery for ever
- 95completion of the trans continental rail roadwhen the two lines met in promontry point utah
- 96indian warswhen we wanted land from Indians again so we fought for it
- 97Populist partywas the party for the people to take down big companies
- 98Plessy vs Fergusonwas when the supreme court ruled for segregation but equal
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