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Flashcards by Matt Midiros, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Matt Midiros
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| Question | Answer |
| Amendment | a change to a document |
| Assimilate | to change to someone or something |
| Bias | strong belief towards something or someone |
| Bicameral | having a legislative body |
| Blockade | blocking or restricting someone or something to pass |
| Boomtown | a town that succeeds in the business world. |
| Capitalism | Where things are controlled o owned by private owners |
| Captain if industry | opposite of a Robber Baron, gives back, donates to charity, and fair pay and safe working conditions for employees |
| Checks and balances | where each branch watches over another branch to maintain their control and business |
| congress | part of the Legislative Branch, which is senate and House of Representatives |
| Due process of law | no citizen can not be able to be rejected to his or her rights, legal rights |
| economics | money growth and social evolution |
| emancipated | to free people from something |
| enfranchise | to be given the right to vote |
| enumerated | to name by one by one |
| federalism | relationship between U.S Senate and the United States |
| forty-niners | ten thousands of men, few woman that migrated after the discovery of GOLD |
| free enterprise | to own a private business without much government involved |
| Habeas corpus | deciding before court if the suspect is guilty |
| industry | production of goods |
| judicial | right to a court or judge |
| Ku Klux Klan | a klan created to keep and obtain white supremacist, white power. |
| manifest destiny | expand the US from coast to coast |
| Martyr | someone who is killed or will be killed for their religious beliefs |
| monopoly | when someone takes control of the business and buys out all business and is overtaking to much. |
| nomadic | constantly traveling from place to place don't have a SET home |
| Override | when the president VETOS whats trying to be established and the other two branches get a 2/3rds vote that it should pass |
| popular sovereignty | where the government is chosen by the people |
| Ratify | to approve something |
| Radical | go extreme, want change |
| republicanism | controlling state, society |
| robber baron | a person who *monopolizes* and doesn't give back, opposite of a captain of industry, not safe working condition, and no fair pay, nor any off time |
| rural | place outside cities, towns and is usually a farmer |
| separation of powers | separating the US governments power into three EVEN sections, Legislative, Judicial, and the Executive |
| social darwinism | the idea of *survival of the fittest* |
| suffrage | the right to vote for politics |
| supreme court | the biggest judicial courthouse anywhere |
| Tariff | a tax to be paid of imports/exports |
| Taxation without representation | used in the Rev. War, it wouldn't allow colonist to choose representatives |
| trade union | a group of people that come together as one and attempt to achieve goals |
| urban | in the city, or town and usually works in a factory, immigrants would live here for jobs and it would get filthy |
| veto | to reject, say NO |
| thomas jefferson | wrote the declaration of independence, third president of the US, and also believed in the rights of men |
| andrew jackson | named a Major General in war of 1812, known as the common man, vetoed MORE bills than the previous 6 presidents, signed the indian removal act which would later make him a hated man |
| Sacagawea | helped lewis and clark on their journey, helped translate of tribes languages, had a baby that Clark delivered and was named Janey |
| james polk | our 11th president, he was a democrat, known as the dar horse, got the US, organ territory, California, and New mexico, accomplished almost all goals he set |
| Frederick Douglass | run away slave, wrote three biographies that became apart of American History, became a anti-slavery activist |
| Harriet Beecher Stowe | american abolitionist, wrote uncle toms cabin, |
| John Brown | attempted to start a liberation movement for enslaved african americans, was hung after being found guilty for murdering 5 men and a slave |
| Robert E Lee | served as a military officer, legendary general at west point for confederates army, during the civil war, surrounded at Appomattox to the Union to Grant |
| Andrew Johnson | 17th president, vice president when lincoln was assassinated, he was impeached but got to serve his last months as president |
| Susan b Anthony | leading figure in the abolitionist and the woman's rights, led the woman's suffrage association, partnered up with Elizabeth Cady Stanton |
| sitting bull | led his people during the year of resistance, he was a chief, he fought back against what he thought was wrong |
| George Custer | U.S officer, led more than 200 men to their deaths at the battle of little bighorn |
| Cornelius Vanderbilt | he was an philanthropist, his wealth came from railroads and business, he was one of the men to form america |
| John Rockefeller | was also a philanthropist, and business magnet, his wealth came from the oil company, ended up running the oil business until retiring |
| Andrew Carnegie | he emigrated to the U.S, and boosted the steel bushiness world, he made it more efficient, faster, and cheaper, he became wealthy from steel and continued to grow, one of the men who built america |
| Jamestown | americas first permanent colony |
| Plymouth | second permanent colony for america, thirteen years after, became a commercial shipping port |
| Lexington and Concord | start of the American Revolution War, was fought in Lexington and Concord, it was the shot heard around the world |
| Erie Canal | man made canal that links hudson river and lake erie |
| the alamo | general antonio lopez de santa anna gave commands to attack th alamo killing dozens of texans |
| harpers ferry | a mission ordered by John Brown it was to start a revolt with slaves he wanted to get the slaves weapons |
| fort sumter | where the first shots were fired to start the American civil war ended up being a battle that the U.S lost its a historical place to be seen now |
| gettysburg | abraham lincoln gave a speech here called gettyburg address about the men who died and we can quit, |
| Appomattox courthouse | this is where robert e lee surrended to Ulysses s grant to end the civil war |
| fords theatre | abraham lincoln was assassinated at this theatre while watching a act being performed |
| promontory point, utah | where the first transcontinental railroad was built |
| ellis island and angel island | hundreds of thousands people from othe countries came through this small station before entering the U.S |
| declaration of independence | a bill signed by Thomas Jefferson stating that we will be our own country also called the "break-up" letter because we left the british |
| Revolutionary war | our first 13 colonies fought for independence and claim to be separated from the British and become the U.S.A |
| articles of confederation | this was the first constitution but it failed, no one listened, nor followed it we later made more and eventually made the current one, this was to have control and boundaries in america |
| great compromise | that state had equal representation for congress, senate, and house of representatives, it would later equal america |
| passing of the constitution | Gave america freedom and and laws were passed, enumerated, and or unenumerated rights to the people |
| adding the bill of rights | gave the americans individual freedom and rights, limited the governments power it was for the houses but most applied to the governments of the states by the Fourteenth amendment |
| Louisiana Purchase | land purchased by Thomas Jefferson from Napoleon, he was just looking to buy some of it but he got all of it and expanded the U.S by a lot |
| Missouri Compromise | it regulated slavery in the western territories where as the eastern part is all anti-slavery, Henry Clay was the one to set up this Compromise |
| indian removal act | Andrew jackson moved all native american tribes west to Oklahoma, (trail of tears) was its nickname because indians would die and it was literally a trail of tears it was a horrible part in history, he did this because he wanted their land |
| mexican american war | fought over Mexican territory following the Alamo the americans would end up winning and get some of Mexico which is now Texas |
| California gold rush | California exploded with gold, many people moved here to get some gold and for money, those people were called 49ers |
| homestead act | abe lincoln signed this bill, it gave settlers public land, in exchange they had to pay a small fee for five years |
| industrial revolution | a time period in which america boosted, started to build facilities which meant more jobs. The urban areas would get crowded and filthy |
| underground railroad | led by harriet tubman, it was a network of secret routes to the north to become free, enslaved slaves, they would hide in safe houses at night to not be caught by anyone |
| seneca falls convention | first woman's right convention, it was talk about the woman's rights it was held in seneca falls new york, it was a two day convention Elizabeth stanton was the one to organize all this. |
| compromise of 1850 | henry clay tried to compromise with the northland south, the fugitive slave act would take place here, and slavery was abolished in Washington D.C |
| Kansas Nebraska act | its opened land in Nebraska and Kansas for settlers caused by the Missouri compromise, the people would also choose if slavery would be abolished or not in that territory, it would later cause CHAOS |
| dred scott vs sanford | it led to where enslaved blacks couldn't become an American citizen and they also ordered that slaves couldn't sue due to the fact they aren't american citizens |
| fugitive slave act | it made the north free and the south able to own slaves if they wished, it was a part of the compromise of 1850 |
| bleeding kansas | when kansas was letting the people decide if they would become a free state or a slave state, this brought political aggressiveness, eventually politician would attack kansas and destroy everything this was all caused by the Kansas Nebraska Act |
| civil war | fight between the confederacy and the union to see if the confederates can not be apart of the U.S anymore, lasted 5 years the union would win this war |
| emancipation proclamation | during the third year of the civil war Lincoln wrote a bill saying all slaves were free, it only applied to states that had recently left the Union it allowed free blacks to join the army, and the navy |
| civil war draft riots | violent events took place draft riots are the biggest massacre besides the war, they didn't like the new laws passed by congress about drafting to the army |
| Gettysburg address | a speech given by Lincoln at gettysburg, it said that we shouldn't stop fighting and keep fighting because if we quit the U.S quits |
| reconstruction | when america was trying to fix all the problems starting with the states that left the Union, they would join back reconstruction was considered a fail because not much happened that helped america |
| civil war amendments (13th,14th,15th) | during the civil war three amendments were added, 13 being that slavery was banished, 14 being blacks were granted citizenship, and the 15th was that the blacks could now VOTE!! |
| completion of Transcontinental railroad | connected the east with rest of the U.S, it was being built at two different sides then they met in the middle, this made america much better |
| indian wars | wars against the natives and the americans about land, indians wouldn't just let us push them around so they fought back and usually lost, after the U.S said they could live in a cabin on a field if you don't want to change |
| Gilded age | where if you were poor you were poor you would get no help, the rich would be spoiled and get more attention, the social economics dropped dramatically |
| populist party | a party of people that shut down those robber barons they would represent the common folk |
| plessy vs ferguson | it separated whites from blacks which caused an uproar it stayed this way till awhile |
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