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1AmendmentAdded to the Constitution to change it and make it better
2AssimilateTo adjust to a group or nation's ways and attitudes
3BiasBeing more lenient to one side than the other(s)
4BicameralWhen a legislative body has two branches or houses
5BlockadeWhen a group or army blocks out another army/town's way of passage
6BoomtownA town that has grown very rapidly because of sudden prosperity
7CapitalismA type of government that uses competition
8Captain of IndustryPeople during the Gilded Age who earned lots of money using business skills and by being smart
9Checks and BalancesWhen the branches of the government are able to check on what the other branches are doing to keep everything fair
10CongressThe national legislative body of the United States
11Due Process of LawA person has the right to go to court before being put in jail
12EconomicsSomething that deals with the production, consumption and distribution of goods and services
13EmancipatedWhen someone or something is freed
14EnfranchiseTo be given the right to vote
15EnumeratedWhen something is not listed
16FederalismNational, state, and local governments
17Forty-ninersPeople who rushed to California during the Gold Rush trying to make a living.
18Free EnterprisePeople are allowed to make their own businesses and leave them
19Habeas CorpusPeople are allowed to see a judge before they are put in prison
20IndustryManufacturing goods in factories
21JudicialRelating to a court
22Ku Klux KlanA group around the time of the Industrial Revolution who fought for white supremacy
23Manifest DestinyThe belief that people should expand from coast to coast in the U.S.
24MartyrSomeone who is willing to die for a religious cause
25MonopolyWhen an entire part of the market is controlled by one company
26NomadicMoving locations a lot
27OverrideDismiss a decision of someone else
28Popular SovereigntyThe people are the source of the governments power
29RatifyTo approve
30RadicalExtreme
31RepublicanismThe belief that a government should be a republic
32Robber BaronSomeone during the Gilded Age who would do anything for money
33RuralNot very industrialized, farms, etc.
34Separation of PowersDifferent branches of the government do different jobs
35Social DarwinismThe theory that people are subject to natural selection
36SuffrageHaving the right to vote
37Supreme CourtThe highest court in the U.S. Government
38TariffA tax to be paid
39Taxation without representationPeople during the Revolutionary War were taxed for things they weren't able to vote on
40Trade UnionWhen workers unite for fairness
41UrbanA more industrialized area, cities, etc.
42VetoWhen a president declines a bill
43Thomas JeffersonThe 3rd president of the United States. He helped write the Declaration of Independence and purchased the Louisiana Territory.
44Andrew JacksonThe 17th president of the United States. He was a common man and was known for signing the Indian Removal Act.
45SacagaweaThe Indian who led Lewis and Clark on their adventure through the Louisiana Territory. Without her they would not have survived.
46James PolkHe was the 11th president of the United States and he bought a lot of land for the U.S. One of his more famous actions was the Oregon Treaty.
47Frederick DouglassHe was an African American Abolitionist who had been through slavery. Something he is famous for is writing an autobiography about his experiences.
48Harriet Beecher StoweAn abolitionist who had seen slavery happen. What she is most famous for is writing a very popular book at the time, Uncle Tom's Cabin.
49John BrownAn abolitionist who used violence to get his point across. He led the Harpers Ferry raid to free slaves.
50Robert E. LeeThe most famous Confederate general during the Civil War. He led the Army of Northern Virginia and surrendered to Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox Courthouse to end the Civil War.
51Andrew JohnsonHe is looked back at to be the worst president the U.S. every had. He is known as the veto president because he vetoed many bills.
52Susan B. AnthonyOne of the most famous woman's rights suffragists ever. She was at the very first women's rights convention ever in the U.S.
53Sitting BullSitting Bull was part of the Lakota tribe and fought for the Indians to keep their land. He was shot in the back of the head by an officer.
54George ClusterHe was the general who lead the attack on the Lakota tribe. All of his men including him were killed.
55Cornelius VanderbiltHe is viewed as both a Robber Baron and a Captain of Industry during the Gilded Age. He controlled most of the railroads during that time.
56John RockefellerHe was a Captain of Industry during the Gilded Age and made his money off oil. He donated nearly $200,000,000 and made his own university.
57Andrew CarnegieMost view him as a Robber Baron because of what a private army he hired did, they killed lots of workers. He made his money of of making steel, which America needed greatly at the time.
58JamestownThe very first town in America. Lots of tobacco was grown here.
59PlymouthPlymouth was where the Mayflower landed with lots of pilgrims.
60Lexington and ConcordLexington and Concord was the first battle of the Revolutionary War where America got their freedom.
61Erie CanalErie Canal was a huge project by the United States to make shipping easier with the invention of steamboats.
62The AlamoThe Alamo was a battle where the Mexican Army killed all of the Texan soldiers.
63Harpers FerryJohn Brown led a raid here to gain control of one of the largest gun supplies in the U.S.
64Fort SumterThe first shots of the Civil War were fired here by the Confederacy.
65GettysburgOne of the biggest battles of the Civil War. About 50,000 soldiers were killed.
66Appomattox CourthouseThis is where Robert E. Lee surrendered to Ulysses S. Grant to end the Civil War.
67Fords TheaterAbraham Lincoln was assassinated by John Wilkes Booth here.
68Promontory Point, UtahThis was where the railroads met and the U.S. finally had a transcontinental railroad.
69Ellis Island and Angel IslandThese islands were where immigrants would go to when coming to the U.S.
70Declaration of IndependenceThis document was signed by many people and was how the United States became an independent country.
71Revolutionary WarThis war was fought between the U.S. and England and the underdogs won. England expected to win easily and keep control of the U.S. but lost.
72Articles of ConfederationThis was the first constitution of the United States but was considered to be too weak. It was eventually taken over by the bill of rights and all of the amendments.
73Great CompromiseThe great compromise added fairness to the power of states. Each state was given 2 senators and representatives depended on the population of the state.
74Passing of the ConstitutionThe people would not allow the government to pass the Constitution without a Bill of Rights. They felt that they didn't have enough rights and that the government would have too much power.
75Adding the Bill of RightsThe Bill of Rights consisted of 10 amendments. All of which gave the people rights that protected the peoples freedom.
76Louisiana PurchaseThomas Jefferson purchased the Louisiana Territory in 1803 from Napoleon. The land costed a very cheap 3 cents an acre. It was eventually explored by Lewis and Clark.
77Missouri CompromiseIn the Missouri Compromise Missouri became a slave state and Maine entered as a free state. All slavery was banned above the 36°30′ latitude line.
78Indian Removal ActThis was signed by the president Andrew Jackson. Indians were forced to move out of their homes and had to live on areas called reservations. Many traveled the trail of tears to get there.
79Mexican-American WarThe Mexican American War was fought to gain possession of current day southwest United States. James K. Polk was president during this time.
80California Gold RushThe California Gold Rush was when many people went to California in hopes of finding gold and becoming rich. The miners who went out to California were called Forty-niners.
81Homestead ActThe Homestead Act was when everyone rushed into the land of Oklahoma in hopes of getting a claim to start anew. The people who cheated and went out early were called sooners and the people who tried normally were boomers.
82Industrial RevolutionDuring this time many people moved to cities to work in factories where things were mass produced. Child labor started becoming a growing problem and people were paid near to none.
83Underground RailroadThe Underground Railroad was not actually underground, but a secretive path slaves could take to freedom. Harriet Tubman is famous for helping lots of slaves go along this trail to freedom.
84Seneca Falls ConventionThis was the very first women's rights convention in the United States. People such as Susan B. Anthony and Sojourner Truth were here and spoke.
85Compromise of 1850In this compromise the Fugitive Slave Act was introduced. This meant that any runaway slave could be returned to their previous owners. This was a very bad thing for many African Americans in the north.
86Kansas-Nebraska ActThis created the Territory of Kansas which was fought over very much. The reason people were fighting was to determine if this state should be a slave state or a free state.
87Dred Scott vs. SanfordIn this court case a slave owner had taken his slave into a free state and Scott was trying to sue for freedom. He was denied in a 7-2 decision court case.
88Fugitive Slave ActThe Fugitive Slave Act was where any runaway slave could be returned to his master. Some people would lie and say that someone is a slave to get the reward.
89Bleeding KansasBleeding Kansas was when people were fighting over whether Kansas should be a slave or free state. The people fighting for freedom were Jayhawkers and for slavery were Bushwhackers.
90Civil WarThe Civil War was fought by the Union and Confederacy. The Confederacy wanted to become their own country. The Union wanted to have them back and be the United States again. About 620,000 soldiers died.
91Emancipation ProclamationThe Emancipation Proclamation was signed by Abraham Lincoln and it freed all slaves in areas of rebellion. It was signed at a very strategic time and was considered to be a war tactic.
92Civil War Draft RiotsDuring the Civil War people were drafted into the army but the rich would buy their way out. This angered many poorer people so they started riots and set cities on fire.
93Gettysburg AddressThe Gettysburg Address was a speech given by Abraham Lincoln after the battle of Gettysburg. It is said that he wrote it on the back of an envelope on his way there. It was a very inspirational speech and is a very important event.
94ReconstructionReconstruction was the time period after the Civil War which ended in failure. If we had had a better president during Reconstruction it might have succeeded but we had our worst president ever, Andrew Johnson.
95Civil War AmendmentsThese amendments were very crucial to today's society. They gave African Americans lots of rights that whites already had. These were birth rights, voting rights, and most importantly, they ended slavery.
96Transcontinental CompletionThe Transcontinental Railroad was completed by Irish and Chinese immigrants in 1869. The two railroads connected in Promontory, Utah. This allowed people to move out west with no risk.
97Indian WarsThese Indian Wars were fought between the U.S. military and the Indians. The Indians were fighting to be able to stay on the land they were living on. The final battle that ended all of them was Wounded Knee where 200 Indians were killed.
98Gilded AgeThis was a very important part of American history because the economy started booming. The first billionaires rose using business skills, and workers started being treated fairly.
99Populist PartyThis party was against the rich and wanted equality for the poor. This political group consisted of mostly farmers. These farmers were dealing with crop failure, falling prices, and lots of other economic failures.
100Plessy vs. FergusonThe Plessy vs. Ferguson case was a very important case involving racial segregation. Homer Plessy refused to sit in a Jim Crow railroad car, breaking a law. Plessy's argument was declined by the court. It stood as one of the only racial segregation cases for about 50 years.