Final US History Vocab List

Primary Source

was ACTUALLY there

Secondary Source

was NOT at the event

Bias

favoring one person or side over another

Push Factors

why you leave (bad)

Pull Factors

why you want to go somewhere (good)

Chronology

timeline

Economics

money

Turning Point

major change

Northwest Passage

waterway to China

Colony

settlement ruled by a mother country

Colonization

establishing a colony

Columbian Exchange

a global exchange of goods

Compact

agreement

Cash Crop

crop grown to make money

Charter

written permission

Salutary Neglect

Britain ignoring the colonies

Parliament

Britain's legislature (law making body)

Indentured Servant

someone working without pay for passage to America

1607

- Jamestown

1620

- Piglrims

1776

- Declaration of Independence

1787

Constitution

1803

Louisiana Purchase

"Bleeding Kansas"

violence in Kansas

"Common Sense"

Separate from England

1861-1865

Civil War

3/5 compromise

5 slaves=3 people for population/representation

36° 30'

Which states are free/slave

54° 40' or FIGHT

Oregon territory

Abigail Adams

Remember the Ladies

abolitionists

want to free the slaves

Abraham Lincoln

16th president during Civil War, assassinated, "Preserve the Union"

Alexander Hamilton

National Bank/Federalist

amendment process

2/3 Congress-3/4 States

American system

Better Roads/Henry Clay

Andrew Jackson

Common Man's President

anti-Federalist papers

Don't ratify constitution

anti-federalists

add Bill of Rights

Appomattox Courthouse

Lee's surrender/end of Civil War

articles of confederation

too weak/1st constitution

Battle hymn of the republic

Julia Ward Howe changed the words

Battle of Antietum

Bloodiest Batle of Civil War

Battle of Gettysburg

Turning Point in Civil War

Battle of Trenton

Sneak Attack/Crossing the Delaware/Hessians

Battle of Vicksburg

Grant gains control of Mississippi River and cuts south in half

Battle of Yorktown

Last Battle of Amer Rev

Ben Franklin

Inventor/politician/Helped write Declaration of Independence

Bernardo de Galvez

Spanish leader in Amer Rev

Bessemer Process

Makes Steel out of coal

Bill of rights

1st 10 amendments

Boston Massacre

1st bloodshed of Amer Rev, Crispus Attucks, found innocent

Boston tea party

civil disobedience, Mohawk Indians

Charles De Montesquieu

enlightenment thinker, separation of powers

checks and balances

not let branches become too powerful

chief Justice John Marshall

Judicial Review, increased power of Supreme Court & Federal Gov.

civic virtue

voting, jury duty

civil disobedience

breaking law w/o hurting anyone

civil War

War btwn N and S over slavery and States' Rights

civil War amendments

13 - free slaves, 14 - citizenship, 15 - vote

Compromise of 1850

California =FREE, Fugitive Slave Law, Henry Clay

Congress

House of Rep & Senate, Legislative,

Connecticut

Thomas Hooker, New England

Constitution of the USA

outline gov, Bill of Rights, Preamble & 5 Articles

constitutional convention

wrote Constitution in secret

Cotton gin

Eli Whitney, caused spread of slavery

Crispus Attucks

1st to die in Boston Massacre

Daniel Webster

Secretary of state, Whig party

Dawes act

divided indian territory, promoted assimilation of native americans

declaration of Independence

Mostly written by T. Jefferson, "Life, Liberty, & Pursuit of Happiness", unalienable rights, list of grievances

Delaware

Middle Colony, Bread Basket

democratic Republicans

1st political parties, T Jeff

development of political parties

fight over how much power the government should have

Dorthea Dix

better treatment for mental illness

Dred Scott vs Sanford

Slaves are NOT citizens, they are property

educational reform

Horace Mann, free public education

Election of 1860

Lincoln is elected bc Democrats had 2 delegates

Eli Whitney

cotton gin & interchangeable parts

Elizabeth Cady Stanton

declaration of sentiments in seneca falls

emancipation Proclamation

freed slaves but only in the south

English bill of rights

1689 - more rights for the people

Executive Branch

Enfore to law, president

Export

trade goods leaving USA to be sold in foreign countries

factory system

mass production of goods under one roof

federalism

separation btwn NATION & STATE

federalist papers

85 essays to convice US to ratify Constitution

federalists

pro constitution, A. Hamilton, 1st Political Parties, strong central gov

Florida purchase

1819 - Spain, $5 million, Adams-Onis Treaty

foreign policy

remain neutral

Fort Sumter

Beginning of Civil War

Frederick Douglass

first hand account of slavery, runaway slave, famous speaker, abolitionist

free enterprise system

less gov involvement

Freedman's bureau

helped freed slaves w/education, housing, jobs

French and Indian war

war btwn french & British over Ohio River Valley, Treaty of Paris 1763

Fugitive Slave Law

Legal to hunt down and return runaway slaves

fundamental orders of Connecticut

1st state constitution

Gadsden purchase

$10 million, Spain

George Mason

Anti-Federalist, VA Bill of Rights

George Washington

Commander of Continental Army, 1st President, Set Precedent

Georgia

Southern Colony, debtors, James Oglethorpe

Gettysburg address

Lincoln's famous speech, eulogy for ALL soldiers lost at Gettysburg