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- 1Amendmentchange
- 2AssimilateTo become like something
- 3BiasShowing favoritism towards one side or the other
- 4BicameralHaving two branches (government)
- 5BlockadeTo block off any and all supplies
- 6BoomtownsTowns that rapidly appear and grow
- 7CapitalismCompanies and industries have private owners
- 8Captain of Industrya business worker who provides good working conditions, offers reasonable pay, etc.
- 9Checks And BalancesA system that prevents one part of the government from becoming too powerful
- 10CongressThe senate and the house of representatives
- 11Due Process Of LawEveryone gets the same treatment by the law enforcement
- 12EconomicsThe study of how people choose to use resources
- 13EmancipatedFreed from bondage
- 14EnfranchiseTo give voting rights
- 15enumeratedListed
- 16Federalisma tier based governments system, the tiers from largest to smallest are: National, State, local
- 17Forty-NinersA sports team named after the year of the California Gold Rush, 1849
- 18Free EnterpriseThe freedom of owning a private business
- 19Habeas CorpusRight to a fair and speedy trial
- 20IndustryThe production of goods or services in an economy
- 21JudicialThe branch of the government responsible for enforcing laws
- 22Klu Klux KlanAmerica's first terrorists, known for white robes, and being very racist.
- 23Manifest DestinyThe belief that America was meant to move west
- 24MartyrA person who dies for a religious cause
- 25MonopolyWhen a good or service is only provided by one company
- 26NomadicFollowing your food source; not staying in the same place
- 27OverrideTo use authority to deny
- 28Popular SovereigntyPeople are the source of the government power
- 29RatifyTo confirm
- 30RadicalExtreme
- 31RepublicanismPeople elect their represntatives
- 32Robber BaronA person who is greedy and has no morals
- 33RuralCountry land, spread out
- 34Separation of PowersThe government's power is split into three branches
- 35Social DarwinismThose who have power will thrive, while those with no power will suffer
- 36SuffrageThe right to vote
- 37Supreme CourtThe highest court in America, made up of nine judges
- 38TariffA tax on imported goods
- 39Taxation Without RepresentationThe saying used by patriots, who were being unfairly taxed
- 40Trade UnionA goup of workers who band together to gain higher wages, better work hours, etc.
- 41UrbanCity area; compact
- 42VetoDeny
- 43Thomas Jefferson3rd President, bought Louisiana Territory, founding father
- 44Andrew Jackson7th president, started Indian Removal Act, led the battle of New Orleans
- 45SacagaweaA guide and translator on the expedition of Lewis & Clark
- 46James K. Polk9th president, known as Mr. Manifest Destiny, acquired the Oregon territory, modern Texas, and the south-west U.S.
- 47Harriet Beecher StoweThe abolitionist who wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin
- 48John BrownAbolitionist;
Led the raid on Harper's Ferry
- 49Robert E. LeeConfederate officer who led the North Virginia army, west point graduate
- 50Andrew Johnson17th president, impeached but not removed
- 51Susan B. AnthonyLeader of the women's suffrage movement
- 52Sitting BullA Native American who supported the removal of whites from native land, led the battle against General Custer
- 53Sitting BullAn American general who led an unsuccessful charge against sitting bull
- 54Cornelius Vanderbilta rich man who made money from transportation, primarily railroads
- 55John RockefellerThe richest man in history, made his money from oil
- 56Andrew CarnegieA rich man who made his money from steel
- 57JamestownThe first English settlement in America
- 58PlymouthFirst sizeable colony. Also held the first Thanksgiving
- 59Lexington & ConcordFirst battles of the revolutionary war
- 60Erie Canalan artificial river that connected New York and the Great Lakes
- 61The AlamoA battle in the Mexican American War. Though the Mexicans won, the field is remembered as a symbol of the ultimate sacrifice
- 62harper's FerryAn armory in Virginia that John Brown attempted to raid
- 63Fort SumterThe first battle of the Civil War; no casualties
- 64GettysburgA union victory in the civil war, where Lincoln gave one of the most famous speeches in history
- 65Appomattox CourthouseThe last battle of the civil war, and the place General Lee surrendered
- 66Ford's TheaterThe place where Abraham Lincoln was shot
- 67Promontory Point, UtahThe point where the transcontinental railroad was complete
- 68Ellis and Angel IslandEllis-East Coast
Angel-West Coast
The Islands where immigrants would arrive
- 69Declaration of IndependenceOur letter to Britain that said we were leaving them
- 70Revolutionary WarOur battle with Britain for independence
- 71Articles of ConfederationOur old constitution; weak and useless
- 72Great CompromiseThe compromise that gave us the senate and house of representatives
- 73Passing of the constitutionThe day we truly became a country
9-13-1788 - 74Adding the bill of rightsThe first ten amendments, gave us rights we couldn't lose
- 75Louisiana PurchaseThe biggest land purchase in our history
Gave the land shown above
- 76Missouri CompromiseA compromise that balanced the number of slave and free states
- 77Indian Removal ActKnown as the trail of tears; all native Americans were forced onto reservations, which had crappy land
- 78Mexican-American WarThe war that got us most of the land in the southwest U.S.
- 79California Gold RushWhen gold was found in CA, the population spiked as people tried to get rich
- 80Homestead ActIf you can live on a set of land for five years, you get it for free
- 81Industrial RevolutionThe time period in the U.S. when most jobs became more industrial, such a clever name
- 82Underground RailroadA secret system used to sneak slaves out of the south
- 83Seneca Falls ConventionA women's rights convention held yearly
- 84Compromise of 1850A set of five laws passed to keep peace between the north and south
- 85Kansas-Nebraska ActNebraska is a free state, and Kansas will be decided by the people
- 86Dred Scott v. SandfordA court case that ruled black people weren't citizens
- 87Fugitive Slave ActAny runaway slave could be captured and brought back to the south
- 88Bleeding KansasFights over whether Kansas should be a free or slave state
- 89Civil WarThe war that reunited the north and south U.S. and ended slavery
- 90Emancipation ProclamationLincoln announcing that all slaves in rebel states were free
- 91Civil War draft riotsPeople were unhappy that rich people could bail on drafts
- 92Gettysburg AddressLincoln's rally speech after a very hard battle
- 93ReconstructionThe time period following the civil war when the north and south were being forced to make ammends
- 94Civil War AmendmentsThe 13th-15th amendments
13-No more slavery
14-Black people are citizens
15-black people can vote - 95Completion of the Transcontinental RailroadThe moment the U.S. was fully connected(see promontory point)
- 96Indian WarsThe fights between the U.S. and the Natives, who both wanted the same land, though it was promised to the Natives
- 97Gilded AgeA period of superficial economic growth in the U.S.
- 98Populist PartyA people's party started by Kansas farmers, which merged with the democratic party
- 99Plessy v. FergusonCourt case that upheld the term "separate but equal"