People
People who move from place to place with animals
Nomads
A man-made waterway - they often connect lakes or rivers.
Canal
The US' song of freedom
Star Spangled Banner
An act or decision future generation follow.
precedent
Amount owed by the nation
national debt
They visited America 500 years before Columbus.
Vikings
Imagined route to Asia thru N. America
Northwest Passage
This declared the US to be free and independent states.
Declaration of Independence
The right to vote.
suffrage
Era of change from handmade to machine made products
Industrial revolution.
They came to California to pan for gold
49ers
Transatlantic route of slave ships.
Middle Passage
These 10 amendments secure certain freedoms for the US citizens
Bill of Rights.
the separation of groups of people
segregation
5 part agreement which made Calif. a state right after the Gold Rush
Compromise of 1850
They supported passage of the US Constitution without a bill of rights.
Federalists
Route of escaped slaves headed north.
Underground Railroad
The term for Lincoln's freeing of some slaves.
Emancipation proclamation
Information - ofen biased - meant to sway opinions
Propaganda
The US' first - failed - government
Articles of confederation.
Organizations of skilled workers which organize for better pay and working conditions
Trade Unions
Native alliance from New York state.
Iroquois (Confederacy)
The term for a state to break away and seek freedom from the national government.
Secede or secession
A tax on imported goods.
Tarrif
Religious criminals in England - they came to Pennsylvania - they were against slavery - they paid natives for land.
Quakers