Flashcards
WYNTK Final
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- 1AmendmentA change to an official document, often referring to the U.S constitution
- 2AssimilateTo become like something, or to blend in, usually culture.
- 3BiasUnfair opinion against one or more parties
- 4BicameralMeaning 'two houses' it is the style of government that we have, meaning we have a senate and a house of representatives
- 5BlockadeTo disallow materials or personnel to get in or out of a selected area
- 6BoomtownA town or city that grew very rapidly as a result of the industrial age, it exploded into economy and growth, very quickly
- 7CapitalismFree market economy where prices are driven by supply, demand, and competition. Designed so that the consumer always wins.
- 8Captain of IndustryA rich business owner who promoted economic growth and gave money to the poor. They also were respected for their skills and intelligence.
- 9Checks and BalancesLaws created for the government to prevent any of the branches from getting to much power
- 10CongressMade up of the house of representatives and the senate, part of the executive branch
- 11Due ProcessesRequirement that says government has to respect a criminal/suspect's rights
- 12EconomicsStudy of how wealth moves and flows around a certain region or country
- 13EmancipatedTo be set free from slavery or imprisonment
- 14EnfranchiseTo give the right to vote
- 15EnumeratedSomething that is included in a list
- 16FederalismIdea that the government's power is divided into smaller and smaller divisions. 'Mother bird feeds down to babies'
- 17Forty-NinersPeople who went towards California in the 1849 Gold Rush were called forty-niners
- 18Free EnterpriseA market where anyone is entitled to create their own business, and try their luck in the economy
- 19Habeas CorpusThe right that everyone is entitled to a fair and speedy trial
- 20IndustryOpposite of agriculture, focuses on factories, and manufacturing goods
- 21JudicialBranch of government that interprets the laws and holds the court system
- 22Ku Klux Klan19 and 20th century hate group focused on white supremacy and extremely racist to blacks and anyone who supported them
- 23Manifest DestinyThe idea that Americans were made to settle America and started the westward expansion era.
- 24MartyrSomeone who dies for a religious cause
- 25MonopolyWhen a business or corporation buys out all competition to destroy competition. Bad for economy.
- 26NomadicWhen a group or civilization has no permanent home and follows food source
- 27OverrideTo make a decision that contradicts what someone else wants
- 28Popular SevereigntyThe idea that the government's power comes ultimately from the people
- 29RatifyTo pass a bill and make it a law
- 30RadicalExtreme, out of the ordinary, something outside of popular belief
- 31RepublicanismWhen citizens elect representatives to express their ideas for them
- 32Robber BaronSomeone with a lot of money, who enforces hard labor laws, low wages, and uses wealth to cheat their way out of consequences.
- 33RuralOpposite of Urban, a community that is primarily agricultural, sparsely populated, many fields and open wilderness
- 34Separation of PowersIdea that the government is separated into 3 different branches to ensure that one branch doesn't get all the power
- 35Social DarwinismIdea that those with good business skills and philosophies will succeed
- 36SuffrageThe right to vote
- 37Supreme CourtHighest federal court, decides the outcomes of the largest nationwide laws
- 38TariffTax on a certain good, in import and export
- 39Taxation without representationWhen someone imposes a tax without asking the citizens, or without looking out for the citizen's well-being, just want to make more money
- 40Trade UnionWhen a group of laborers get together to try to improve working conditions, wages, and vacation days
- 41UrbanOpposite of rural, highly industrial, large cities, not much unsettled land, unless it's a park
- 42VetoTo deny a choice, president can veto bills from congress, and congress can veto ideas of the president
- 43Thomas JeffersonHelped write constitution and the Declaration of Independance
- 44Andrew JacksonResponsible for the death of thousands of Native Americans
- 45SacagaweaLed Lewis and Clark on their expedition to explore the western territory, acted as a guide, from a Native American tribe
- 46James K. PolkIncreased U.S. territory during the Mexican-American war
- 47Frederick DouglassWrote an autobiography, active suffragist speaker and spoke out against slavery
- 48Harriet Beecher StoweWrote 'Uncle Tom's Cabin' Spoke out against slavery, suffragist
- 49John BrownViolent anti-slavery man, attacked Harper's Ferry, died a martyr
- 50Robert E. LeeGeneral of the southern army in the civil war, came from west-point, was a brilliant general
- 51Andrew JohnsonBegan presidency during reconstruction, messed it all up, became president after Lincoln's death
- 52Susan B. AnthonyFamous women's rights fighter, suffragist
- 53Sitting BullIndian Chief, shot at wounded knee for doing the 'ghost dance'
- 54George CusterFamous for a failed attack against the Native Americans, faced fatal losses
- 55Cornelius VanderbiltExtremely wealthy man who made his money off of transporting goods via railroads
- 56John D. RockefellerWealthy man during the gilded age who made his money off of oil production
- 57Andrew CarnegieWealthy business owner who made his money off of the Bessemer Process, a fast way to make industrial steel
- 58JamestownThe first, failed colony of the U.S. failed due to disease and Indian battles
- 59PlymouthSecond colony of the U.S, succeeded
- 60Lexington and ConcordFirst battle of the revolutionary war
- 61Erie CanalConnected the great lakes to allow transport of goods across water
- 62The AlamoThe location of a battle in the Texas revolution
- 63Harpers FerryLocation of the raid by John Brown, the attack failed, John Brown was surrounded and arrested
- 64Ft. SumterLocation of the first battle of the American Civil war
- 65GettysburgBloodiest battle in the civil war, important due to its location in the East
- 66Appomattox CourthouseSite of the surrender of Robert E Lee to Grant, ending the civil war
- 67Ford's TheaterLocation of the assassination of Abraham Lincoln, Lincoln was shot from a balcony
- 68Promontory PointThe site where the transcontinental railroad was finished
- 69Ellis Island and Angel IslandMain points where immigrants from other countries have to go in order to legally get into the country
- 70Declaration of independanceLetter to England, showed that the Americans didn't want to be part of England anymore
- 71Revolutionary WarWar that America fought with Britain to let us be our own country
- 72Articles of Confederationoriginal constitution, was later substituted for the constitution
- 73Great Compromisestated that congress would be bicameral with the senate and the house of representatives
- 74passing of the constitutionconstitution was first the articles of confederation, then it was the simple constitution, then the bill of rights was added
- 75Adding the bill of rightsnecessary addition to the bill of rights to simply tell citizens what they can and can't do
- 76Louisiana PurchaseVast amount of land purchased from France (Napoleon needed the money) that doubled the size of the U.S.
- 77Missouri CompromiseDesigned to keep the amount of free states and slave states equal
- 78Indian Removal ActsStated that Native Americans couldn't live where they wanted anymore, they were moved to reservations and kept out of society
- 79Mexican American warWar between America and Mexico over land, America won and got more land
- 80California Gold RushPromoted Westward expansion, acted as an incentive for thousands of people to come to California hoping to strike it rich.
- 81Homestead actSaid that if a farmer went to the west, took care of the land for a year, he could keep the land
- 82Industrial revolutionwhen the American economy had enough materials that we could stop worrying about constantly farming, creating a boom in technological advances and materials became more readily available
- 83Underground RailroadSecret network of homes during slavery designed to help runaway slaves find freedom in the North
- 84Seneca Falls ConventionFirst women's rights convention
- 85Compromise of 1850Runaway slave laws were made harsher, but slavery in D.C. was abolished
- 86Kansas Nebraska ActGot rid of the Missouri compromise and allowed the territories to determine slavery through popular sovereignty
- 87Dred Scott vs. SanfordRuled that blacks did not have citizenship and that they were not allowed to bring whites to court
- 88Fugitive Slave Actsaid that if a slave ran away to the north, their owner could track them down and bring them back
- 89Bleeding Kansastime period during the Kansas-Nebraska Act when Kansas was split pro-slavery or anti-slavery, battles and skirmishes broke out.
- 90Civil WarThe time period after all the compromises failed, states seceded from the Union, and battles were being fought with the CSA
- 91Emancipation ProclaimationStated that all slaves they were in the rebel territories were forever free
- 92Civil War Draft Riotsangry mob of lower class citizens rioted because rich people could pay their way out of the draft and now have to go to war
- 93Gettysburg AdressSpeech give by Lincoln as a sort of 'pep talk' to the nation to keep fighting and win the Civil War
- 94ReconstructionTime period directly following the Civil War, time of rebuilding, utter failure due to Andrew Johnson's tactics
- 95Civil War Amendments13. Abolished slavery forever
14. Said blacks were citizens
15. Gave black males the right to vote - 96Completion of the Transcontinental Railroadfinished a path from the East to the West, made transporting goods infinitely faster, cheaper, and more efficeient
- 97Indian Warsbattles against Native Americans and americans
- 98Gilded Agetime of extreme economic wealth in the U.S, sparked by the industrial revolution
- 99Populist partypolitical party from Kansas said to represent farmers and the common man, opposed robber barons and monopolies
- 100Plessy vs. Fergusonstated that equal but separate facilities between blacks and whites was okay (segregation)