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Amendment An added part to the constitution that gives the people rights or takes away rights
Assimilate Adapting to your surroundings or new culture
Bias Having an opinion towards something because you do it or know it
Bicameral part of the legislative branch, having two branches
Blockade Blocking a port/entrance on water
boomtown Towns growing fast in population and economic growth
capitalism private ownership/own profit
Captains of industry Worked hard to grow a company and cares more about growing a business not about having money
Checks and Balances All three parts of the government can check on the other to make sure they are doing their jobs right
congress national branch for the United Sates government
due process of law everyone gets the same process in every court case no matter the severity of the case
economics productions and consumption and levels of wealth
Emancipated to free
enfranchise giving the right to vote
Enumerated not listed
Federalism power divided between national state and local issues
Forty-niners California gold rush
free enterprise competition in smaller businesses
habeas corpus can be seen before a judge earlier
Industry productions of goods and sevices to people anywhere
Judicial interperates the laws passed by the legislative
Ku Klux Klan A group that wanted white supremacy in all of the nation and did not like African Americans
Manifest Destiny Americans wanting to move westward
Martyr Willing to die for their religion
Monopoly leaving no competition
Nomadic Move around a lot. Hunter gatherers
override to have control over something
Popular sovereignty the people are the main source of power in the government
Ratify approval of a document or law
Radical extreme point of view on something
Republicanism belief that people in office should be voted in
Robber Barons Want all the money they can get, don't care about their workers/ working conditions
Rural Living outside of the city. The "country"
Separation of power Each of the three branches have specific jobs and they can check on the other branches to make sure they are doing their job
social darwinism the theory of natural selection happening all the time in the world
suffrage the right to vote in any political election
Supreme court Highest federal court in the United States. Has control over all other courts in the nation
Tariff A tax that needs to be paid on a particular import or export
Taxation without representation Slogan created during the 1750-60s which eventually led to the revolutionary war
Trade Union Group of workers fighting towards a goal of interests or working conditions
Urban Part of the city or town
Veto A president can veto a law which rejects the law from passing
Thomas Jefferson 3rd president of the U.S, wrote Declaration of Independence, bought Louisiana purchase
Andrew Jackson 7th president of the U.S, moved Native Americans onto reservations
Sacagawea Native American, helped lewis and clark navigate through the Louisiana purchase
James Polk 11th president of the U.S, acquired the most land out of any president
Frederick Douglass Slave, Wrote an autobiography about his life as a slave
Harriet Beecher Stowe Abolitionist, Wrote Uncle toms cabin
John Brown Tried to arm slaves with weapons, very violent
Robert E Lee General of the Confederate army during the civil war
Andrew Johnson 17th president of the U.S, President during reconstruction,
Susan B. Anthony Part of women right movements
Sitting Bull Native American who was killed at wounded knee
George Custar Killed in battle against Native Americans at little big horn, U.S general
Cornelius Vanderbilt had a railroad empire/ made steel
John Rockefeller Made a fortune off of oil during gilded age
Andrew Carnegie Gave lots of money away, found a cheaper way to produce steel, produced steel, made a fortune
Jamestown First permanent english settlement in the united states, founded in 1607 in Virginia
Plymouth established in 1620, held the first Thanksgiving
Lexington and concord first military actions during the Revolutionary war (America V.S. England), happend in 1775
Erie Canal Canal built from Albany to Buffalo connecting the Hudson river with lake Erie, completed in 1825
The Alamo Battle in the Mexican American war where a large group of Mexican soldiers attacked a smaller group of American soldiers
Harper Ferry Where John Brown was captured when trying to arm slaves with weapons
Fort Sumter First battle of the Civil war
Gettysburg Major battle fought in Pennsylvania in 1863, lots of people from both north and south died, Union won this battle
Appomattox courthouse Where the Civil War officially ended
Fords Theater Where Abraham Lincoln was shot and killed by John Booth
Promontory Point, Utah Once the workers finish the transcontinental railroad they celebrated here
Ellis island and Angel island Immigrants would travel to these islands when coming to America
Declaration of independence Established the United States as its own nation
Revolutionary War The war America gained their independence from Britain
Articles of Confederation Original U.S constitution that was ratified in 1781 but failed due to being weak
Great Compromise provided all states (small or large) the same amount of representation in the senate
Passing of the constitution Ratified on June 21st, 1788 giving Americans the freedom from Britain, made the United States its own nation
Adding the bill of rights collected name for the first 10 amendments
Louisiana Purchase Thomas Jefferson bought this for cheap from France, Whole middle section of the United States
Missouri Compromise Made all the states south of Missouri slave states and north free states splitting the United States in half
Indian Removal Act Andrew Jackson proposed the idea of moving indians out of their native land and move them onto reservations further and further westward
Mexican-American war War fought over the western part of the United states (cali, navada et..), U.S. won gaining more territory
California Gold Rush Happened 1848-1855, gold was discovered in California, helped westward expansion
Homestead act Offered western land for free, Abraham Lincoln hoped this would help westward expansion
Industrial Revolution Big businesses, Produce things faster/cheaper, lasted about 80 years
Underground Rail Road Slave escape route that Harriet Tubman would guide escaped slaves through, not a railroad or underground
Seneca Falls Convention Convention to discuss women rights/civil rights, held in seneca falls
Compromise of 1850 Made states vote whether they wanted to be slave or free states, made the Missouri compromise pointless
Kansas-Nebraska Act Allowed states to decided slave state or free through popular sovereignty
Dred Scott vs Sanford Dred Scott was told he was property therefor had no rights and could not leave Sanford
Fugitive Slave Act Southern slave owners could come to the north and take their run away slaves back to the south legally
Bleeding Kansas Period of violence during settling of the Kansas territory
Civil War Union vs Confederate, over slavery or not slavery, Lots of death in battles
Emancipation Proclamtion Freed all of the slaves on January 1st, 1863, Abraham Lincoln signed this document
Civil War Draft Riots Riots after drafts that rich people could pay out of, made poorer people angry that rich could pay to get out of going to war
Gettysburg address Lincolns speech given after Gettysburg, famous speech,remember the soldiers who died here
Reconstruction Time period after the civil war that tried to put the nation back together
Civil war amendments 13th: abolished slavery, 14th: granted citizenship to all African Americans, 15th: allowed all African American males the right to vote
Completion of Continental railroad First railroad to go from west to east, allows westward expansion
Indian Wars during indian removal some indian tribes refused to leave their native lands angering the white making fights break out normally ending in indian losses
Gilded age Big businesses, monopolies, working unions formed from poor working conditions
Populist party Represents the common folk, especially farmers, shows what the common people want
Plessy vs Ferguson Louisiana required that blacks and whites must have separate railway cars
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