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1942A U.S. History
| term | definition |
|---|---|
| The Compromise of 1850 | A package of five separate bills passed by the United States |
| Manifest Destiny | belief that the expansion of the US throughout the American continents was both justified and inevitable |
| The Gold Rush | A situation where people rush to a place when gold was discovered |
| Monroe Doctrine | A statement of the United Sates foreign policy expression opposition to extension of Europeans control or influence in the western hemisphere |
| Bill of Rights | A documents containing a formal statement of rights |
| Articles of Confederation | The original constitution of the US |
| Life in the 1800s | Boys and men had to carry wood for the stove and fireplace, carrying water, repairing fences, working in felids and fishing and hunting for food. Girls had to sew clothes, cooking, milking animals, preparing food, and cleaning |
| Farm life in the 1920s | There were no electricity or indoor plumbing. Farming was ward and you get little money or a long day. Every member of the family had a chore to do around the farm, weather it was milking the cows or cleaning and picking. |
| Imperialism | The policy of establishing economics, political, and military dominance over weaker nations on humanitarian and moral grounds |
| Gilded Age | The period in the U.S. (World War 1) The growth of industry and wealth |
| Social Gospel Movement | A movement emphasizing the application of Christian principles to social problems |
| Trail of Tears | The route along which the United States government forced several tribes |
| Tammany Hall | A democratic political organization in the New York city |
| Political Corruption of the 1800s | The use of powers used by the government officials for illegitimate private gain |
| Americanization Movement | To make or become American in character |
| Seneca Falls Convention | A woman rights convention |
| Age of Enlightenment | An intellectual and scientific movement of 18th century Europe which was characterized by a rational and scientific approach to religious, social, political, and economic issues |
| Industrialization | The large-scale introduction of manufacturing, advanced technical enterprises, and other productive economic activity into an area |
| Fourteen Points | A statement of the war aims of the Allies, made by President Wilson on January 8, 1918 |
| Great Compromise | An agreement made among the delegates to the constitutional convention that the American government would have two houses in congress |
| Muckrakers | A writer whose investigative articles or books attacked abuses such as child labor or corruption |
| Paparazzi | A freelance photographer |
| Abraham Lincoln | The 16th president of the United States |
| John Locke | An English philosopher |
| Magna Carta | The "great character" of English liberties |
| Hero Journalists | The activity or job of collecting, writing, and editing news stories |
| Advantages of the South in the Civil War | Defending their homeland gave them a strong reason to fight. They had great skills which made them great soldiers. |
| Advantages of the South in the Civil War | Had many people to grow food and work in the factories. They had a large navy. |
| Thomas Jefferson | An American lawyer and founding father |
| 18th Amendment | Established the prohibition of alcohol beverages in the Unites States |
| 19th Amendment | Prohibits any citizen from being denied the right to vote on the bias of gender |
| 21st Amendment | Ending prohibition and its ban on alcohol beverages |
| Volstead act | A law that enforced alcohol prohibition in the US during the 1920-33 |
| Scopes Trial | An American legal case in which a teacher was accused of violating butler act |
| Sugar act | A law passed by the British parliament |
| Intolerable act | A law passed by the British parliament after the Boston Tea Party |
| Unjustifiable acts | Not able to be shown to be right or reasonable |
| Boston Tea Party | An entire shipment of tea was destroyed and dumped into the ocean |
| Checks and Balances | Counterbalancing influences by which and organization or system is regulated |
| "Supreme Law of the Land" | All treaties made or which shall be made |
| Federal VS. State powers | The United States Constitution was provided a structure by the United States Government operates, while establishing a connection between the Federal Government and the states |
| Reconstruction | The action and process of reconstructing or being more constructed |
| Rehabilitation | The action of restoring someone to health or normal |
| Federalism | Federalism is a government where the constitution provides power that's divided between a central form of government and regional governments like states |
| Trigger that began WWI | The triggered was the assassination of the Austrian archduke, Franz Ferdinand and his wife |
| Music movement in the 1920s | The roaring twenties; jazz age |
| Progressive movement | An American reform movement that occurred principally during the time between the Reconstruction after the American Civil War |
| Main ideas of the Anti-Federalists | Country lie in the cities and Jefferson believed that the future of the country |
| Harlem Renaissance | Literary movement in the 1920s that centered on Harlem and was an early manifestation of black consciousness in the US |
| Allied powers of WWI | An alliance is an agreement made between two or more countries to give each other help when they needed it |
| Gilded age | Serious social problems |
| Year for women to gain vote | Woman's suffrage |
| Prohibition Movement | The act of prohibiting the manufacturing |
| Laissez Faire | A policy or attitude of letting things take their own course, without interfering |
| Robert E. Lee | |
| Factors that shaped the North's development | The colonies of the Chesapeake are Maryland, Virginia and Delaware |
| What was the North called during the civil war |
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