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| Question | Answer |
| Amendment | An alteration, addition or deletion to a law, bill or document, such as the Constitution. |
| Assimilate | To fully understand new information or to resemble |
| Bias | To show, have or make unfair decisions based on personal thoughts or favoritism |
| Bicameral | A legislature have two branches or chambers of lawmaking groups |
| Blockade | The sealing off or isolation of a water passage like a port or a harbor to prevent exit and/or entrance of goods |
| Boomtown | A town that has a rapid growth in population and business because of sudden prosperity. |
| Capitalism | Where private individuals maintain and control a country's economic system. |
| Captain of Industry | These were our nations founding fathers that put the nation first, were hard workers, and were fair bosses. most were self-made men |
| Checks and Balances | When/how the three branches of government cancel each other out to keep from one branch getting to powerful |
| Congress | It includes the Senate and the House of Representatives. It is the national legislature of the united states. |
| Due Process of Law | Fairness and Justice in the judicial system to give citizens a 100% fair trial |
| Economics | The condition of a country in terms of production, distribution and consumption of goods and services from a financial standpoint. |
| Emancipated | The freeing of someone/thing for legal/social reasonings |
| Enfranchise | To allow the right to vote, or to set free |
| Enumerated | To specifically mention one by one |
| Federalism | the system of government where the power is divided in national, state and local |
| Forty-niners | Prospectors who contributed to the gold rush of 1849 |
| Free Enterprise | The act of private businesses of corporations compete with little to no control from the government. |
| Habeas Corpus | The right to be seen before a judge quickly and fairly after an arrest. |
| Industry | The production and manufacturing of raw material through economic activity |
| Judicial | One of the three branches of government that interprets the law |
| Ku Klux Klan | a group of former confederate soldiers that during Reconstruction snuck out at night and abused and frightened former slaves, they are known for their pointy hats and large numbers. they are still around today. |
| Manifest Destiny | The expansion westward from east coast to west coast. |
| Martyr | When someone is killed for their religious beliefs |
| Monopoly | when one company controls most of what happens for the sales of one good or service |
| Nomadic | aimlessly moving around from place to place with no certain home |
| override | after a president vetoes a bill, if the house of representatives gets 2/3rds majority vote then the bill is still passed |
| Popular Sovereignty | The right for people to vote |
| Ratify | to agree or give consent to something |
| Radical | doing something extreme |
| Republicanism | where the leader or the representative of the state represents the people of that state |
| Robber Baron | They are the richest people who make their workers work for long hours and little pay. they are selfish and stomp on others to get to the top. |
| Rural | A country area with a low population |
| Separation of Powers | Each branch of government has its own set of responsibilities |
| Social Darwinism | Natural selection, Survival of the Fittest |
| Suffrage | The right to vote |
| Supreme Court | Part of the Judicial court system, highest court in the United States |
| Tariff | The government tax of imports and exports |
| Taxation without Representation | A slogan the colonists used during the Revolutionary war |
| Trade Union | also know as Labor union; a group of company workers who had common job interests |
| Urban | Highly populated area |
| Veto | When the president does not sign for a bill to be passed |
| Thomas Jefferson | Wrote the Declaration of Independence and Made the Louisiana Purchase. he was the 3rd president. |
| Andrew Jackson | He was a self-made man and one of our presidents. he was considered a war hero but is also responsible for the trail of tears. Its a debate of rather he is a hero or a villain. |
| Sacagawea | Assisted Lewis and Clark as a Translator |
| James K. Polk | Mr. Manifest Destiny, gained a lot of land for America |
| Frederick Douglass | he was a famous former slave. He was a genius, and he wrote a big about his experience as a slave |
| Harriet Beecher Stowe | She wrote the famous Abolitionist novel, Uncle Tom's Cabin |
| John Brown | A Abolitionist who believed in violence |
| Robert E. Lee | A successful confederate general. he was asked to be a general for the union, but he thought himself a Virginian before a American. he was also a graduate from Westpoint military academy. |
| Andrew Johnson | He was the president after Lincoln, during reconstruction. he was a big part of why it failed because he was a democrat that favored slavery |
| Susan B. Anthony | she was a huge women's rights activist |
| Sitting Bull | he was a tribe leader of the Sioux tribe. he was killed at wounded knee. |
| George Custer | a general of the United States military who was killed by the Sioux at the battle of Little Bighorn |
| Cornelius Vanderbilt | captain of industry/robber baron; he got rich from the railroad |
| John Rockefeller | Captain of Industry/Robber Baron; he became rich from oil |
| Andrew Carnegie | Captain of Industry/Robber Baron; he got his money from steel |
| Jamestown | the first permanent settlement, famous for tobacco |
| Plymouth | the second English settlement that was more for families than money |
| Lexington and Concord | The first battle of the Revolutionary War |
| Erie Canal | a Canal connecting the Hudson river and Lake Erie |
| The Alamo | a mission in San Antonio, Texas |
| Harper' Ferry | Where John Brown rebelled |
| fort Sumter | a civil war battle |
| Gettysburg | The bloodiest civil war battles and where Lincoln gave the famous Gettysburg Address speech |
| Appomattox Courthouse | this is where Robert E. Lee surrendered |
| Ford's Theater | This is the place Lincoln was assassinated in Washington D.C. |
| Promontory Point, Utah | the point where two railheads would meet following meetings in Washington, D.C. |
| Ellis Island and Angel Island | Many immigrants came in through these two places specifically immigrants from Asian countries for angel islands |
| Declaration of Independence | the document in which we declared our independence against Britain |
| Revolutionary War | the war in which we fought Britain for our Independence |
| Articles of Confederation | the First Constitution |
| The Great Compromise | how we got both house of representatives and Senate |
| passing of the constitution | the articles of confederation were written in 1781 and rewritten into the constitution in 1789 |
| Adding the Bill of Rights | added in 1787 |
| Louisiana Purchase | Thomas Jefferson bought the Louisiana Purchase in 1803 from France. |
| Missouri Compromise | Maine was Admitted as a free slave and Missouri was admitted as a slave state |
| Indian Removal Act (trail of Tears) | Andrew Jackson moved the Indians to Oklahoma in order to make more room for the whites |
| Mexican-American War | America fought Mexico in this war to help complete idea of Manifest Destiny |
| California Gold Rush | when gold mines were found in California and people from all over came to strike gold |
| Homestead Act | When Congress made unpopulated lands in the west available to settlers, first come first serve |
| Industrial Revolution | The period of time where machinery evolved and became more modern |
| Underground Railroad | this was a secret path for slaves to escape to the north on |
| Seneca Falls Convention | the first place where they discussed the importance of women's rights |
| Compromise of 1850 | Balanced the power of slave and non-slave states after we gained the land from the Mexican-American war |
| Kansas-Nebraska Act | decision by popular sovereignty whether a state would be a slave state or not |
| Dred Scott versus Stanford | Dred Scott moved with his slave owner to a on slave state and then claimed he was a free man. The court ruled against him. |
| Fugitive Slave Act | If you were in the north it was illegal to help an escaped slave. |
| Bleeding Kansas | there were lots of riots and violence in Kansas because some people wanted it to be a slave state and some people didnt |
| Civil War | The north states(union) and the south states(confederate) went to war to bring the confederate states back and eventually to stop slavery |
| Emancipation Proclaimation | this was the document that freed the slaves |
| Civil War draft riots | people were upset about the government trying to draft people in the war so they caused riots |
| Gettysburg Address | A speech given by Lincoln after the battle of Gettysburg that honored the soldiers that fought there and freed the slaves |
| Reconstruction | This was the period after the war where they tried to rebuild the south and come together as a nation, but it failed |
| Civil War Amendments | 13th- banned slavery 14th-allowed African Americans Citizenship 15th-allowed African American to vote |
| Completion of Transcontinental Railroad | this allowed transportation to go faster and goods to be transported all over the nation |
| Indian Wars | When people started moving into Indian Territory the Indians fought back starting wars. |
| Gilded Age | After the war when small businesses grew large and became very powerful and the economy was very good |
| Populist Party | someone who worries about the concerns or interests of ordinary people |
| Plessy v. Ferguson | a court case dealing with a black person sitting in a train car meant for white people. he was ruled against |
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