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| Question | Answer |
| Amendment | change |
| Assimilate | To become like something |
| Bias | Showing favoritism towards one side or the other |
| Bicameral | Having two branches (government) |
| Blockade | To block off any and all supplies |
| Boomtowns | Towns that rapidly appear and grow |
| Capitalism | Companies and industries have private owners |
| Captain of Industry | a business worker who provides good working conditions, offers reasonable pay, etc. |
| Checks And Balances | A system that prevents one part of the government from becoming too powerful |
| Congress | The senate and the house of representatives |
| Due Process Of Law | Everyone gets the same treatment by the law enforcement |
| Economics | The study of how people choose to use resources |
| Emancipated | Freed from bondage |
| Enfranchise | To give voting rights |
| enumerated | Listed |
| Federalism | a tier based governments system, the tiers from largest to smallest are: National, State, local |
| Forty-Niners | A sports team named after the year of the California Gold Rush, 1849 |
| Free Enterprise | The freedom of owning a private business |
| Habeas Corpus | Right to a fair and speedy trial |
| Industry | The production of goods or services in an economy |
| Judicial | The branch of the government responsible for enforcing laws |
| Klu Klux Klan | America's first terrorists, known for white robes, and being very racist. |
| Manifest Destiny | The belief that America was meant to move west |
| Martyr | A person who dies for a religious cause |
| Monopoly | When a good or service is only provided by one company |
| Nomadic | Following your food source; not staying in the same place |
| Override | To use authority to deny |
| Popular Sovereignty | People are the source of the government power |
| Ratify | To confirm |
| Radical | Extreme |
| Republicanism | People elect their represntatives |
| Robber Baron | A person who is greedy and has no morals |
| Rural | Country land, spread out |
| Separation of Powers | The government's power is split into three branches |
| Social Darwinism | Those who have power will thrive, while those with no power will suffer |
| Suffrage | The right to vote |
| Supreme Court | The highest court in America, made up of nine judges |
| Tariff | A tax on imported goods |
| Taxation Without Representation | The saying used by patriots, who were being unfairly taxed |
| Trade Union | A goup of workers who band together to gain higher wages, better work hours, etc. |
| Urban | City area; compact |
| Veto | Deny |
| Thomas Jefferson | 3rd President, bought Louisiana Territory, founding father |
| Andrew Jackson | 7th president, started Indian Removal Act, led the battle of New Orleans |
| Sacagawea | A guide and translator on the expedition of Lewis & Clark |
| James K. Polk | 9th president, known as Mr. Manifest Destiny, acquired the Oregon territory, modern Texas, and the south-west U.S. |
| Harriet Beecher Stowe | The abolitionist who wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin |
| John Brown | Abolitionist; Led the raid on Harper's Ferry |
| Robert E. Lee | Confederate officer who led the North Virginia army, west point graduate |
| Andrew Johnson | 17th president, impeached but not removed |
| Susan B. Anthony | Leader of the women's suffrage movement |
| Sitting Bull | A Native American who supported the removal of whites from native land, led the battle against General Custer |
| Sitting Bull | An American general who led an unsuccessful charge against sitting bull |
| Cornelius Vanderbilt | a rich man who made money from transportation, primarily railroads |
| John Rockefeller | The richest man in history, made his money from oil |
| Andrew Carnegie | A rich man who made his money from steel |
| Jamestown | The first English settlement in America |
| Plymouth | First sizeable colony. Also held the first Thanksgiving |
| Lexington & Concord | First battles of the revolutionary war |
| Erie Canal | an artificial river that connected New York and the Great Lakes |
| The Alamo | A battle in the Mexican American War. Though the Mexicans won, the field is remembered as a symbol of the ultimate sacrifice |
| harper's Ferry | An armory in Virginia that John Brown attempted to raid |
| Fort Sumter | The first battle of the Civil War; no casualties |
| Gettysburg | A union victory in the civil war, where Lincoln gave one of the most famous speeches in history |
| Appomattox Courthouse | The last battle of the civil war, and the place General Lee surrendered |
| Ford's Theater | The place where Abraham Lincoln was shot |
| Promontory Point, Utah | The point where the transcontinental railroad was complete |
| Ellis and Angel Island | Ellis-East Coast Angel-West Coast The Islands where immigrants would arrive |
| Declaration of Independence | Our letter to Britain that said we were leaving them |
| Revolutionary War | Our battle with Britain for independence |
| Articles of Confederation | Our old constitution; weak and useless |
| Great Compromise | The compromise that gave us the senate and house of representatives |
| Passing of the constitution | The day we truly became a country 9-13-1788 |
| Adding the bill of rights | The first ten amendments, gave us rights we couldn't lose |
| Louisiana Purchase | The biggest land purchase in our history Gave the land shown above |
| Missouri Compromise | A compromise that balanced the number of slave and free states |
| Indian Removal Act | Known as the trail of tears; all native Americans were forced onto reservations, which had crappy land |
| Mexican-American War | The war that got us most of the land in the southwest U.S. |
| California Gold Rush | When gold was found in CA, the population spiked as people tried to get rich |
| Homestead Act | If you can live on a set of land for five years, you get it for free |
| Industrial Revolution | The time period in the U.S. when most jobs became more industrial, such a clever name |
| Underground Railroad | A secret system used to sneak slaves out of the south |
| Seneca Falls Convention | A women's rights convention held yearly |
| Compromise of 1850 | A set of five laws passed to keep peace between the north and south |
| Kansas-Nebraska Act | Nebraska is a free state, and Kansas will be decided by the people |
| Dred Scott v. Sandford | A court case that ruled black people weren't citizens |
| Fugitive Slave Act | Any runaway slave could be captured and brought back to the south |
| Bleeding Kansas | Fights over whether Kansas should be a free or slave state |
| Civil War | The war that reunited the north and south U.S. and ended slavery |
| Emancipation Proclamation | Lincoln announcing that all slaves in rebel states were free |
| Civil War draft riots | People were unhappy that rich people could bail on drafts |
| Gettysburg Address | Lincoln's rally speech after a very hard battle |
| Reconstruction | The time period following the civil war when the north and south were being forced to make ammends |
| Civil War Amendments | The 13th-15th amendments 13-No more slavery 14-Black people are citizens 15-black people can vote |
| Completion of the Transcontinental Railroad | The moment the U.S. was fully connected(see promontory point) |
| Indian Wars | The fights between the U.S. and the Natives, who both wanted the same land, though it was promised to the Natives |
| Gilded Age | A period of superficial economic growth in the U.S. |
| Populist Party | A people's party started by Kansas farmers, which merged with the democratic party |
| Plessy v. Ferguson | Court case that upheld the term "separate but equal" |
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