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WYNTK FINAL
Fichas del conjunto (100)
- 1AmendmentSomething added to the Constitution
- 2AssimilateOpen to new things and to understand
- 3BiasLikes or dislikes a certain thing
- 4BicameralPassed on two legislative chambers
- 5BlockadeTo seal off an important use of entering or exiting
- 6BoomtownRapid growth in a town
- 7CapitalismCountry's trade and industry are controlled by private owners
- 8Captain of IndustryA great business leader
- 9Checks and BalancesPolitical power is not in the hands of one person
- 10CongressNational legislative body of a country
- 11Due Process of LawFair treatment through the judicial system
- 12EconomicsThe transfer of money or wealth
- 13EmancipatedLiberated
- 14EnfranchiseTo give the right to vote to
- 15EnumeratedTo mention one by one
- 16FederalismThe system of the government
- 17Forty-ninersProspecters in the California Gold Rush
- 18Free EnterprisePrivate businesses in competition
- 19Habeas CorpusA person under arrest shall be brought into court
- 20IndustryEconomic activity dealing with raw material
- 21JudicialAppropriate to a court or judge
- 22Ku Klux KlanSecret organization in the southern states of the U.S.
- 23Manifest DestinyExpansion of the United States of America
- 24MartyrTo kill someone because of their beliefs
- 25MonopolyControl of trade
- 26NomadicMoving around a lot
- 27OverrideTo use someone's authority to reject
- 28Popular SovereigntyCreated by and sustained by the people
- 29RatifySign to make something official
- 30RadicalComplete political or social reform
- 31RepublicanismGoverning a state as a republic
- 32Robber BaronAmerican people who were rich, selfish, and greedy
- 33RuralThe countryside
- 34Separation of PowersSeparating the legislative, executive and judicial powers
- 35Social DarwinismA theory of natural selection in humans
- 36SuffrageThe right to vote in elections
- 37Supreme CourtHighest judicial court
- 38Tariffa tax that is paid for imports or exports
- 39Taxation Without RepresentationNot allowed to choose representatives
- 40Trade UnionAnother term for labor union
- 41UrbanA city of town
- 42VetoA reject made by law
- 43Thomas JeffersonThomas Jefferson was the draftsman of the U.S. Declaration of Independence, was the first Secretary of State,the second Vice President, and was also responsible for the Louisiana Purchase.
- 44Andrew JacksonAndrew Jackson's leadership in the war between the United States and Britain earned his fame for being a military hero.
- 45SacagaweaSacagawea accompanied the Lewis and Clark Corps of Discovery in 1805-06
- 46James PolkJames Polk served as the 11th U.S. president from 1845 to 1849. During his time, America grew by more than one-third
- 47Frederick DouglassBorn a slave, Frederick Douglass escaped at the age of 20. He then became an antislavery activist that was known world wide.
- 48Harriet Beecher StoweHarriet was an American abolitionist and novelist who wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- 49John BrownJohn Brown was an abolitionist who believed in the violent over throw of slavery. John and his sons led attacks on pro-slavery citizens.
- 50Robert E. LeeLee served as a military General in the U.S. Army. He became legendary with his surrender to Ulysses S. Grant.
- 51Andrew JohnsonAndrew Johnson was the 17th president, after Lincoln's assassination. He was also the first president to be impeached.
- 52Susan B. AnthonySusan B. Anthony was born on February 15, 1820, and soon became a leading figure in the abolitionist and Women's Voting Rights movement.
- 53Sitting BullSitting Bull was the Native American chief of the Sioux tribes in their struggle for survival.
- 54George CusterGeorge Custer was a U.S. Cavalry Officer who led 200 or more of his men to their deaths while in battle.
- 55Cornelius VanderbiltVanderbilt used railroads to become rich and famous.
- 56John RockefellerJohn Rockefeller became one of the worlds wealthiest men and a major philanthropist.
- 57Andrew CarnegieAndrew Carnegie was an industrialist who led the enormous expansion of the American steel industry in the late 1800's.
- 58JamestownJamestown was known for growing tobacco and John Rolfe marrying Pocahontas, the daughter of an Algonquian chief.
- 59PlymouthPlymouth was the first permanent settlement of Europeans.
- 60Lexington and ConcordThis kicked off the American Revolutionary War(1775-83).
- 61Erie CanalThe Erie Canal was proposed in 1808 and completed in 1825. It also links Lake Erie and the Hudson River together.
- 62The AlamoThis is a group of volunteer soldiers occupied the Alamo, a former Franciscan mission located near present day city of San Antonio.
- 63Harper's FerryHarper's Ferry was a target of assault by an armed band of abolitionists led by John Brown.
- 64Fort SumterFort Sumter is most famous for being the place of the first shots of the American Civil War.
- 65GettysburgGettysburg was fought from July 1 to July 3, 1863. It is considered the most important engagement of the Civil War.
- 66Appomattox CourthouseOn April 9, 1865, General Robert E. Lee surrendered his 28,000 troops to General Ulysses S. Grant in Appomattox Courthouse, Virginia.
- 67Ford's TheaterOn April 14, 1865, John Wilkes Booth shot president Abraham Lincoln at a play at Ford's Theater in Washington D.C.
- 68Promontory Point, UtahOn May 10, 1869, Promontory Summit was the site of a huge celebration, the reason was simple, the trans-continental railroad was finally finished.
- 69Ellis Island and Angel IslandEllis Island opened in 1892 as a federal immigration station, a purpose it served for 60 years, it closed in 1854. Angel Island is where many Chinese immigrants were forced to prove they had a husband or father who was a U.S. citizen.
- 70Declaration of IndependenceThe Declaration of Independence is the most important of all American historical documents. It is a partisan document, a justification of the American Revolution.
- 71Revolutionary WarAmericans faced almost impossible obstacles, there wasn't even a Continental Army when the guns were fired at Lexington and Concord. There was no method of training, supplying or paying an army.
- 72Articles of ConfederationThe Articles of Confederation was the first constitution of the U.S. Under these articles, the states remained sovereign and independent. This was all before it was ratified on March 1, 1781.
- 73Great CompromiseThe Great Compromise was also known as the Conneticut Compromise. It was the most important compromise during the drafting of the United States Constitution in 1787.
- 74Passing of the ConstitutionThe U.S. Constitution established America's national government and fundamental laws. This was signed on September 17, 1787 by delegates in Philadelphia.
- 75Adding the Bill of RightsThe Bill of Rights protect the citizens, which is crucial. The Bill of Rights officially became part of the Constitution in December of 1791.
- 76Louisiana PurchaseThomas Jefferson Purchased land in 1803. He bought this 828,000 square miles of wilderness from France for $15,000,000.
- 77Missouri CompromiseTo balance the power in congress between slave states and free states, the Missouri Compromise was passed in 1820 admitting Maine as a free state and Missouri as a slave state.
- 78Indian Removal Act (Trail of Tears)Signed by President Andrew Jackson, the Indian Removal Act was passed by congress in 1830, which mandated the removal of Indians.
- 79Mexican-American WarThe Mexican-American War was from 1846 to 1848. This war marked the first U.S. armed conflict fought on foreign soil.
- 80California Gold RushThe discovery of gold in Sacramento Valley in early 1848 sparked the Gold Rush, one of the most significant events to shape American history.
- 81Homestead ActThe Homestead Act was one of the most remarkable events in the westward expansion of the United States. By giving 160 acres of free land to anyone who wanted land.
- 82Industrial RevolutionIndustrialization marked a point in our history where America started to create powered, special-purposed machinery, mass production, and factories.
- 83Underground RailroadThis is the most important part in U.S. history because it was life changing for everyone. Slaves tried or did escape from slavery to visit the Underground Railroad, and live with freedom.
- 84Seneca Falls ConventionLucretia Mott and Elizabeth Cady Stanton were holding a women's rights convention at the Wesleyan Chapel in Seneca Falls N.Y., almost 200 women attended. These women wanted to have the same rights as men.
- 85Compromise of 1850The war between Mexico and America was resolved in the Compromise of 1850. Some of the things it consisted of laws were admitting California as a free state and creating the Utah and New Mexico territories, with the question of slavery in each to be determined by popular sovereignty.
- 86Kansas-Nebraska ActThe Kansas-Nebraska Act was an 1854 bill that mandated popular sovereignty for slavery.
- 87Dred Scott v. SanfordSupreme Court ruled that Americans of African descent, were not American citizens and could not sue in court.
- 88Fugitive Slave ActThe Fugitive Slave Act was a pair of federal laws that stated the capture and return of runaway slaves within the territory of the U.S. could be returned to their owner.
- 89Bleeding KansasThis was a period of violence during the settling if the Kansas territory.
- 90Civil WarThe Civil War was the most deadly event in the United States history. There were nearly 10,500 battles in the American Civil War.
- 91Emancipation ProclamationThis freed slaves from anyone who "owned" them. Some people did not tell the slaves that they were free until months or even years later.
- 92Civil War Draft RiotsMrn between ages of 20 and 45 had to sign up for the war, people started to riot because of this. For example: Rich citizens could buy their way out of the war, so the people on riot would kill them.
- 93Gettysburg AddressThe Gettysburg Address was a speech given by Abraham Lincoln at a cemetery for union soldiers killed at the Battle of Gettysburg. This speech encouraged people to move on and face their fears.
- 94ReconstructionThe Reconstruction era was the rebuilding the United States of America.
- 95Civil War Amendments (13th/14th/15th)The 13th amendments set the slaves free, the 14th gave them citizenship, and the 15th gave male African Americans the right to vote.
- 96Completion of the Transcontinental RailroadThis gave transportation all across the U.S.A.
- 97Indian WarsThese were separated wars.
- 98Gilded AgeThe rise of industrial capitalism.
- 99Populist PartyMade up of mainly average people.
- 100Plessy v. FergusonPlessy was mostly white, so he sat in a white person car on a train, so he got a penalty for being one-eighth colored.