A place where people from one country settle in another land
What is a colony?
Freedom from control by another country
A set of fundamental principles and laws that govern a country
The development of industries and factories in a country
What is Industrialization?
The belief that it was America's destiny to expand across the continent
What is Manifest Destiny?
A war fought between groups within the same country
What is a Civil War?
A period in American history characterized by rapid economic growth industrialization and wealth inequality
What was the Gilded Age?
Native people living in a place before settlers arrived
What are the Indigenous?
Someone who supports their country and its freedom
A change or addition to the Constitution
What is an Amendment?
The growth of cities and the migration of people from rural areas to urban areas
What is Urbanization?
The edge of a settled area where the wilderness begins
What is the Frontier?
The southern states that seceded from the Union and formed their own government during the Civil War
What was the Confederacy?
Large business combinations that controlled entire industries, leading to monopolies and limited competiton
What were Trusts?
People who moved from Europe to live in colonies in North America
What are the Colonists?
British soldiers who fought against the American colonist during the Revolutionary War
Who were the Redcoats?
What is Ratification?
A building where goods are manufactured by machines
What is a Factory?
A piece of land given to settlers to farm
What is the Homestead?
The northern states that remained loyal to the United States government during the Civil War
What is the Union?
A company that controls all of the market for a product or service, allowing it to set prices and reduce competition
What is a Monopoly?
Traveling to discover new lands
What is exploration?
A group of leaders from the colonies who met to discuss and coordinate actions against British rule
What was the Continental Congress?
The sharing of power between a central government and state governments
What is Continental Congress?
A production process where products move along a line with workers adding parts of them
What is an Assembly Line?
A route pioneers used to travel westward from Missouri to Oregon
What is the Oregon Trail?
The period after the Civil War when the United States worked to rebuild the South and integrate freedom slaves into society
What was Reconstruction?
The right to vote in political elections, especially for women
What is Suffrage?
What is a conquest?
An agreement between countries to end a war or settle a dispute
What is a Treaty?
The first ten amendments to the Constitution, protecting individual rights
What is the Bill of Rights?
Making large quantities of goods quickly and efficiently
What is Mass Production?
The acquisition of territory from France in 1803, doubling the size of the United States
What was the Louisiana Purchase?
An executive order issued by President Abraham Lincoln that declared all slaves in Confederate territory to be free
What was the Emancipation Proclamation?
A period of social and political reform in the United States, focusing on issues such as women's suffrage, labor rights, and anti-corruption measures
What was the Progressive Era?
He was an Italian explorer who sailed across the Atlantic Ocean and reached the Americas, opening the way for European colonization
Who is Christopher Columbus?
He was the commander of the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War and later became the first President of the United States
Who is George Washington?
He is known as the "Father of the Constitution" for his role in drafting it and promoting its ratification
Who is James Madison?
He invented the cotton gin, revolutionizing cotton production in the South, and also pioneered the use of interchangeable parts in manufacturing
Who is Eli Whitney?
They led an expedition to explore the Louisiana Purchase and map the western territories
Who were Lewis and Clark?
He was the President of the United States during the Civil War and issued the Emancipation Proclamation
Who was Abraham Lincoln?
He was the 26th President of the United States and a leading figure of the Progressive Era, known for his efforts to regulate big business and protest natural resources
Who was Theodore Roosevelt?
He was a leader of the Jamestown settlement in Virginia, helping establish one of the first successful English colonies in North America
Who is John Smith?
He wrote the Declaration of Independence, declaring America's freedom from Britain
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
He was one of the authors of the Federalist Papers, advocating for the ratification of Constitution, and later served as the first Secretary of the Treasury
Who was Alexander Hamilton?
He was a steel magnate who built a vast steel empire and revolutionized the steel industry through vertical integration and philanthropy
Who was Andrew Carnegie?
A Shoshone woman who served as a guide and interpreter for Lewis and Clark
Who was Sacagawea?
He was the President of the Confederate States of America during the Civil War
Who was Jefferson Davis?
He was a steel magnate and philanthropist who became one of the wealthiest individuals of his time and advocated for social Darqinism
Who was Andrew Carnegie?
She was a Native American woman who helped the English settlers at Jamestown and fostered peace between the colonist and Native Americans
He was a founding father who helped negotiate the Treaty of Paris, which ended the Revolutionary War
Who was Benjamin Franklin?
He was an influential delegate at the Constitutional Convention and advocated for the inclusion of a Bill of Rights to protect individual liberties
Who was George Mason?
He founded the Standard Oil Company and became one of the wealthiest individuals in history by dominating the oil industry through horizontal integration
Who was John D. Rockerfeller?
He signed the Indian Removal Act, forcing Native American tribes to relocate west of the Mississippi River
Who was Andrew Jackson?
He was the commanding general of the Union Army and later became the 18th President of the United States
She was a prominent suffragist and women's activist who played a key role in the women's suffrage movement
Who was Susan B. Anthony?
He founded the colony of Pennsylvania as a place for religious freedom and fair treatment of Native Americans
Who is William Penn?
He was a leader in the independence movement and later became the second President of the United States
Who is John Adams?
He was a prominent opponent of the Constitutional Convention and advocated for the inclusion of a Bill of Rights to protect individual liberties
Who was Patrick Henry?
He invented the telegraph and Morse code, transforming long-distance communication during the Industrial Revolution
Who was Samuel Morse?
A frontiersman and folk hero known for his role in the Texas Revolution and his death at the Battle of the Alamo
Who was Davy Crockett?
He was a Confederate general known for his military leadership during the Civil War
Who was Robert E. Lee?
He founded the Standard Oil Company and controlled much of the oil industry, leading to calls for antitrust legislation
Who was John D. Rockerfeller?
He was a Puritan leader who led the Massachusetts Bay Colony and famously described it as a "City upon a hill," setting an example for others
He warned colonist that the British were coming, helping to start the Revolutionary War
Who was Paul Revere?
He was one of the authors of the Federalist Papers and later served as the first Chief Justice of the United States, helping establish the authority of the judiciary
WHo was John Jay?
He was an inventor and businessman who developed many devices, including the phonograph and the electric light bulb, contributing to the rise of electric power and modern communication
Who was Thomas Edison?
An explorer and military officer who played a significant role in the westward expansion of the United States
Who is John Fremont?
He was an escaped slave who became a leading abolitionist and advocated for equal rights during Reconstruction
Who was Frederick Douglass?
She was a social reformer and founder of Hull House, a settlement house in Chicago that provided social services to immigrants and the poor
Who was Jane Addams?