Flashcards
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Cards in this deck (100)
- 1AmendmentSmall Change in the Constitution
Adjusting it to make it better - 2AssimilateTo understand or take in
To grasp onto an idea or a topic to understand. - 3BiasTo favor or support one group or another person more than the other due to experience or relationship
- 4BicameralTwo branches or Houses in the Government
- 5BlockadeTo trap inside or not let out or in an area
- 6BoomtownA city improving in size and value extremely fast
- 7CapitalismThe system where used by The United States of America government.
Controls trade and industry - 8Captain of IndustryBusiness man who was fair with workers and was a hard worker who never treated any man nor women wrong in deals or trade.
- 9Checks and BalancesWhen each branch of government has power over the other and keeps them in check and sturdy
- 10CongressAmerica's national legislative group
Discussions and ideas are talked about and presented here
- 11Due process of lawNo citizen can be denied his or her individual rights.
- 12EconomicsThe distribution of money and products in our economy
- 13EmaciatedTo be not allowed to eat and really thin
- 14EnfranchiseGive the right to vote
- 15EnumeratedNot listed
- 16FederalismNational, city, and state governments who do desperate things.
- 17Forty-NinersPeople who came to California for gold and wealth in 1849
- 18Free EnterpriseAllowing private companies to do whatever they choose
- 19Habeus corpusThe right to see a judge or court trial fast
- 20IndustryThe business of manufacturing goods and shipping them to other companies
- 21JudicialBranch of government were if a law is broken they are taken to court and Judge on it
- 22Ku Klux KlanGroup of American terrorists who believed blacks had no rights and southern ways were correct
- 23Manifest destiny.The adventure out west to catch the American dream and gain money
- 24MartyrSomeone Who would die for religious cause
- 25MonopolyWhen one business or another combine and become too powerful for our economy
- 26NomadicNomad lifestyle. No home no way of life
- 27OverrideTo overrule or deny something
- 28Popular sovereigntyThe people of the government source of power
- 29RatifyTo approve
- 30RadicalExtreme
- 31RepublicanismPrinciples of the republican party
- 32Robber BaronA leader of his company who is not fair to his workers and is cruel
- 33RuralOutside the city country type feel area
- 34Separation of powersOne group of the government has power over the other separating the powers
- 35Social DarwinismPeople must fight in the economic world to be successful and adapt
- 36SuffrageTo not allowed to vote
- 37Supreme CourtThe highest court in all the land nine Judges
- 38TariffDuties is your customs one must show
- 39Taxation without representationGeorge was still taxing Americans even know they left the continent of Europe and we can came to America
- 40Trade unionGroup of workers or union who form together to get something they want done
- 41UrbanCity like feel to a place where more industrial type products are made
- 42VetoTo deny or cancel
- 43Declaration of IndependenceSigned in 1776 this document announced freedom from Britain and gave us our own nation
- 44Thomas JeffersonFounding father, author of the Declaration of Independence and saw huge things for America
- 45Andrew JohnsonPresident during reconstruction and was known as veto president for always vetoing bills.
- 46Andrew JacksonSeventh US President was considered a common man and was very rebellious in like to fight
- 47SacajaweaHelped Lewis and Clark travel across United States and find a river from Missouri to the Pacific ocean and help them eat and survive
- 48James PolkUS president who gained us tons of land from other countries and wanted to expand our are you as president who gained us tons of land from other countries our nation
- 49Frederick DouglassSlave who was a huge towards the abolish of slavery and led many speeches and groups
- 50Harriet Beecher StoweWrote Uncle Toms Cabin and influenced many and showed many how awful slavery really was.
- 51John BrownAbolitionist Who was from Kansas and wanted to free all slaves. Harpers Ferry raid
- 52Robert E. LeeConfederate general who led his army to many victories and was a proud Virginia man
- 53Susan B AnthonyWomen's rights leader who believe women were equal to men big lead in women's rights
- 54Sitting BullChief of the Lakota tribe. Was a huge part of Indian American war
- 55George CusterLeader of the Army. Fought against the Lakota tribe and sitting bull and died during the battle
- 56Cornelius VanderbiltOne of the men who started our nation. Owned all railroads and was a captain of industry.
- 57John RockefellerJohn was a captain of industry who owned standard oil and was the richest man to ever live in America.
- 58Andrew CarnegieLargest steel meal owner in America. Had more money than most. Helped others out but was unfair.
- 59Revolutionary WarThe war that granted us freedom from Britian and got us to be our own free country.
- 60Articles of ConfederationOriginal Piece of writing that ruled how our nation was going to work but was weak.
- 61Great Compromise.Compromise that helped us get out of the war against each other of who got what land.
- 62Passing of the ConstitutionThe Constitution gave us our rights and are ways of life we followed it every day and must keep doing that to keep our nation running
- 63Adding to the bill of rightsThe Bill of Rights was added to ensure that people would get the things they wanted in laws would be upheld
- 64Louisiana PurchaseLand purchased from French that expanded our nation a lot.
- 65Missouri CompromiseThe Missouri compromise allowed any state under the 36 30 lines of latitude.
- 66Indian removal actAndrew Johnson said that we could have a bigger nation of we moved all the Indians so he did.
- 67Mexican American warWar between Mexico and America between over Texas and who gets that land. And California
- 68California gold rushThe California cold was in 49 and many people went to California for gold.
- 69Homestead actThe homestead act allowed people to stay at their homes and love where they wanted in the States.
- 70Industrial revolutionThe great increase in Industrial improvements and many people had many new improvements
- 71Underground Railroadthe underground railroad was a path taken to transport slaves to the North
- 72Seneca Falls ConventionHuge women rights convention in Seneca falls new york
- 73Compromise of 1850Replaced the Missouri compromise and gained land from Mexican American war was free land
- 74Kansas-Nebraska ActKansas was a free state and so was Nebraska and this was the result of this act
- 75Dredd Scott Vs. SanfordDredd Scott wen to the supreme court to see if he was a free man because he lived in a free state
- 76Fugitive Slave actany escaped slave will be returned to their owner without question
- 77Bleeding Kansasmany battles were fought to see if Kansas was a free state or slave state
- 78Civil WarThe war fought to decide if north and south could become one nation again
- 79Emancipation ProclamationFreed all slaves in the south and didn't free the slaves of the border states
- 80Civil War DraftsDrafts held to get people into the civil war so we can have more troops
- 81Gettysburg AddressAbe Lincolns speech about the war and who was going to win and what was going to happen
- 82ReconstructionThe reconstruction of our nation after the civil war and we were rebuilding
- 83Civil war amendements13th, 14th and 15th amendments
- 84Completion of the transcontinental railroadthe railroad that went all the way across the nation and many new cities went huge.
- 85Indian WarsThe Indian wars are wars fought over Indian territories
- 86Gilded AgeThe Gilded age was a time when we were booming our industry and many people opened new businesses and many became rich
- 87Populist PartyThe party started in Kansas that was meant for farmers who could fight for evenness
- 88Plessy V. FergusonA fair trial between whites and blacks where fair trials were held and many were satisfied
- 89Jamestownfirst settlement in America
- 90PlymouthFirst religious settlement, pilgrims
- 91Lexington and ConcordFirst battle of revolutionary war
- 92Erie CanalCanal across New York
- 93The alamobattle in Texas that was fought between Mexicans an Americans
- 94Harpers FerryJohn Brown led a raid to harpers ferry to lead a slave rebellion.
- 95Fort SumterWhere the first battle of the civil war took place.
- 96GettysburgBloodiest battle in civil war
- 97Appromattix CourthouseGeneral Robert E. Lee surrendered the war.
- 98Fords TheatureAbe Lincoln got shot in the fords theater and John Wilkes booth did it there.
- 99Promontory PointWhere the two trains met from east and west in the middle.
- 100Ellis and Angel IslandThe two main immigration places where people are going to come to America.
