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1amendmentAn official change to a law or rule
2assimilateTo take in or absorb
3biasto agree with your own opinion
4bicameralTwo different branches or chambers
5Blockadeblocking a place from letting any goods or products in
6boomtowna sudden growth of a places economy
7capitalismwhen a country's trade and industries are run be private owners for a profit
8captain of industrythe opposite of a robber baron. They work hard but fair and become successful in the business world while also helping those around them to become successful too
9Checks and balancesthese are different ways to keep one branch of the government from getting anymore powerful than another
10congressPart of the legislative branch made up of the senate and the house of representatives
11due process of lawthe fair treatment through the judicial system. It is an important right to a citizen
12economicsthe production , consumption, and transfer of wealth
13emancipatedfreed from bonds
14enfranchiseto admit a citizen the right to vote
15enumeratedto go one after another
16federalismthe distribution of power
17forty-ninerspeople during the gold rush that went looking for gold the were called this because the gold rush happened in 1849
18free enterprisethe economic system where private business have competition
19habeas corpusthe right to all citizens in the USA to be sentenced to a trial before being ruled guilty and put in jail
20industryan economic system that processes raw materials and is very competitive
21judicialthe administration of justice throughout an area
22Ku Klux KlanA group of people who were against reconstruction and who's goal is to strike fear into freed slaves and anyone willing to help them so that the white people are deemed superior to the blacks.
23manifest destinythe idea that the west is meant for the Americans to go through and tame so that we can control our land and that it is what God wants no matter if anyone or thing gets in our way (specifically the native Americans) it is rightfully ours.
24Martyrsomeone killed because of their religious beliefs or practices
25monopolysomething that the government never wants its when one big company becomes so powerful that the other smaller company's have no chance of succeeding or getting any bigger.
26nomadicwhenever something or someone moves around a lot.
27overridewhenever someone's authority or opinion is rejected or canceled
28popular severitythe idea that the people run the government and the people are the ones that are benefited.
29ratifyto confirm something is done and agreed upon.
30radicalgoing to the extreme in any matter.(overdoing it)
31republicanismthe idea that there is a government a society and a state that manages things.
32robber baronthe opposite of a captain of industry. They scam their workers and buyers so that they can get the money. They don't care what happens in the world around them and most would enjoy it if they became the monopoly in their product field.
33ruralan area that is located away from cities and towns.
34separation of powersthe act of making judicial, legislative and executive branches of the government in separate bodies
35social Darwinismthe idea that survival of the fittest and those who adapt survive applies to polotics
36suffragethe right to vote in political elections
37supreme courtthe highest judicial court in the country or state
38tariffa tax or duty to be paid on something imported or exported
39taxation without representationduring and before the revolutionary war the colonists were not allowed political representation in London even though they paid the same taxes as those in london
40trade unionanother word for labor union where a group of workers come together to secure their future
41urbanthe characteristic of city or town
42vetothe right to reject a decision or a proposal relating to a law making group
43Thomas JeffersonThomas Jefferson was an American Founding Father a main author of the Declaration of Independence and the third President of the United
44Andrew Jacksonthe seventh president of the united states hero of the war of 1812 and ran for two terms
45Sacagaweathe native American woman who helped Lewis and Clark in their expedition through north America.
46James K PolkThe eleventh president of the United States. Most well known for all of the land that he got during manifest destiny.
47Fredrick DouglassAn African American slave who escaped slavery and wrote an autobiography exposing the horrors of slavery to the American people.
48Harriet Beecher StoweAn abolitionist woman who wrote a book about slavery helping to expose it.
49John BrownAn abolitionist that thought the only way to end slavery was by force. And was killed while trying to use force to end slavery.
50Robert E LeeThe leader of the confederate army during the civil war. He eventually surrendered and lost the war.
51Andrew JohnsonAndrew Johnson could arguably be the worst president ever. He was the president after Abraham Lincoln and helped to cause the failure of reconstruction.
52Susan B. AnthonyShe was an abolitionist in women's voting rights. She teamed up with Elizabeth Cady Stanton to lead the national American suffrage foundation.
53Sitting BullAn Indian who was being forced off of his land by the Americans. But ended up trying to stay on his land that is why he is called Sitting Bull because he would not leave.
54George CusterAn army officer that broke a treaty because the land that the treaty protected and gave to the Indians had gold on it.
55Cornelius VanderbiltAn American businessman who made his fortune off of railroads and shipping.
56John RockefellerAn American business man who made his money off of oil and monopolized the selling of oil for the time period that he was producing it.
57Andrew CarnegieA man who lead the expansion of steel throughout the US And mane the process of making steel quite a bit quicker and more efficient.
58JamestownThe first permanent English settlement in America.
59PlymouthThe first settlement of the Plymouth colony lead by captain John Smith
60Lexington And ConcordThe first fight of the revolutionary war with Paul Revere and the minute men.
61Erie CanalThe Erie Canal is an artificial waterway that connects the Hudson River to Lake Erie.
62The AlamoFollowing a 13-day siege, Mexican troops under President General Santa Anna launched an assault on the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. Killing all of the Texian defenders.
63Harpers FerryJohn Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry was an attempt by the white abolitionist John Brown to start an armed slave revolt in 1859 at Harpers Ferry, Virginia. Brown's raid, accompanied by 21 men in his party, was defeated.
64Fort SumterFort Sumter is located in Charleston Harbor, South Carolina. The fort is best known as the place where the shots that started the American Civil War were fired, at the Battle of Fort Sumter on April 12, 1861
65GettysburgThe Battle of Gettysburg was fought July 1–3, 1863, in and around the town of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, by Union and Confederate forces during the American Civil War. The battle involved the largest number of casualties of the entire war and is often described as the war's turning point. Union Maj. Gen. George Meade's Army defeated attacks by Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia, ending Lee's attempt to invade the North.
66Appomattox courthouseThis is where general Lee surrendered to Grant to end the civil war and to show the union had won.
67Fords TheaterThis is the theater that Lincoln was at when he was assassinated.
68Promontory PointThe point where the first transcontinental railroad was finished.
69Ellis Island and Angel IslandWhere many immigrants entered the US at.
70Declaration of independenceThis is the declaration that the settlers of the Americas want to be free from England and to be their own country.
71Revolutionary warThe war after the declaration of independence against the settlers of the new land America and the British their previous homeland over the freedom to have their own country.
72Articles of confederationThis was the first written constitution of the United States but it was eventually ratified due to many complications.
73Great compromiseThe Great Compromise, also known as the Connecticut Compromise. The delegates were trying to figure out how each state would be represented in Congress. Delegates from states with small populations wanted their states to have the same number of representatives as states with large populations. Otherwise, they figured, they would be under-represented in Congress. So they proposed a system where all states, regardless of population, would have the same number of Congressional representatives.
74passing the constitutionThe constitution was first formed as the articles of confederation but they changed it due to many complications and it is now called the constitution.
75Adding the bill of rightsThe bill of rights was added to the constitution to explain all of the rights that are given to the American citizens.
76Louisiana purchaseBought by the Americans from France because France had recently been in war and were in debt so they were willing to sell their land so that they would no longer be in debt.
77Missouri compromiseThe western and the northern states were fighting over if they should or should not have slavery so the compromise was the 36 30 which were the degrees separating the slave states from the free states.
78The Indian Removal actThis was also known as the trail of tears because the Indians were being forced off of their land so that the white settlers could settle in that place.
79Mexican American WarThis happened because of manifest destiny the Americans wanted the Mexicans land so a war started over who would get it.
80California gold rushThe idea of getting rich quick was a great idea so many people started to go to California because they heard that there may be gold there. This caused the gold rush.
81homestead actThe act that gives people the right to land if they would live and work the land that they were staying on for a small fee and many people took that opportunity.
82industrial revolutionThe time where many machines were being made because people had more time to waste.
83Underground railroada non literal railroad the was a rout that many slaves would take during the night to escape slavery.
84Seneca falls conventiona convention or group of people that met together and discussed the rights of women and what they wanted for them.
85compromise of 1850Attempt to seek a compromise and avert a crisis between North and South. As part of the Compromise of 1850, the Fugitive Slave Act was amended and the slave trade in Washington, D.C., was abolished.
86Kansas Nebraska actThis created the legal boundaries of Kansas and Nebraska.
87Dred Scott vs SanfordDred Scott was a slave born in a slave state and then moved to a free state and went to court saying that he should be free but the court decided against him.
88fugitive slave actThis was a law that allowed the capture of runaway slaves. But the problem was that they would also kidnap free saves and sell them into slavery.
89Bleeding KansasThis was talking about the border war between Missouri and Kansas against pro slavery and anti slavery people.
90Civil WarThe civil war was the north part of America vs the Southern part of America over weather or not we should have slavery.
91emancipation ProclamationThe proclamation that Abraham Lincoln sighed to free the slaves.
92Civil War Draft RiotsDuring the civil war the union was short on soldiers so they had the draft where they draw names of people eligible to go into battle and they have to go. But those eligible men were getting angry that they had to go to war so they started non peaceful riots to try and end it.
93Gettysburg addressThis was a speech given by president Abraham Lincoln talking about how the union needs to win the war for all of those who died at Gettysburg.
94reconstructionThis was a time period after the civil war where all of the destruction from the war was getting fixed.
95Civil war amendments13th amendment- abolished slavery
14th amendment- gave citizenship to African Americans
15th amendment-gave African American men the right to vote.
96completion of the transcontinental railroadThe completion of the transcontinental railroad allowed the expansion west to be much easier.
97Indian warsAfter the civil war people were looking for more and more land and the only way to get that land was by taking it from the Indians but they would not go down without a fight so that Is how the Indian wars started.
98gilded ageThis was all about money and big wigs and many social problems in the US after many of the major wars were over.
99populist partythe group that represented the common folk like farmers and protect them from the big wigs and major monopolies.
100Plessey vs FergusonPlessy attempted to sit in an all-white railroad car. After refusing to sit in the black railway carriage car, Plessy was arrested for violated the “separate but equal” railroad accommodations. Those using facilities not designated for their race were breaking the law.