Vocab 1
a law letting some people avoid voting restrictions based on family history
grandfather clause
international organization promoting peace after World War II
United Nations
immigrants tried and executed in a controversial murder case
Bartolomeo Vanzetti and Nicola Sacco
president during the start of the Great Depression
Herbert Hoover
steel industry leader and philanthropist
Andrew Carnegie
secret project that created the atomic bomb
Manhattan Project
place where company shares are bought and sold
stock market
military rule during emergencies
martial law
teacher involved in the Scopes Monkey Trial
John Scopes
patriot known for “Give me liberty, or give me death!”
Patrick Henry
a direct vote by citizens on an issue
referendum
a deadlock where neither side can win
stalemate
leader in the women’s rights movement
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
explorers who led the Lewis and Clark expedition
Meriwether Lewis and William Clark
writer of Common Sense supporting independence
Thomas Paine
powers kept by state governments instead of the federal government
states’ rights
encouraging rebellion against the government
sedition
a white Southerner supporting Reconstruction
scalawag
writer who exposed problems in the meatpacking industry
Upton Sinclair
Union general known for Sherman’s March to the Sea
William Tecumseh Sherman
Britain’s loose control over the colonies before the Revolution
salutary neglect
information used to influence opinions
propaganda
Union general during the Civil War
George B. McClellan
people who rushed to California for gold during the Gold Rush of 1849
49ers
escaped slavery and led others to freedom on the Underground Railroad
Harriet Tubman