Expansion and Migration
Native Americans arrived in North America by crossing this land form. (1.1)
Beringia
Americans won this battle in the Revolutionary War to secure French support. (2.5)
Battle of Saratoga
Two corrupt Acts passed by John Adams. (3.5)
Alien and Sedition Acts
The time in American history that means "the rapid expansion of wealth and wealth inequality"(7.1)
The Gilded Age
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Cricket
Granted 160 acres of land to people for free in exchange for farming land for five years. (7.3)
Homestead Act
This was purchased by Thomas Jefferson so that the United States could gain New Orleans as a strategic location for any oncoming conflicts. (3.6)
Louisiana Purchase
This president wanted to appoint 6 more Supreme Court Judges, but was ultimately declined. (9.3)
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Term written in an 1859 news article critiquing Cornelious Vanderilt's Steamboat Empire, but was later expanded to pertain to industry titans such as Carnegie and Ford . (7.1)
Robber Barons
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Purchased from Russia for $7.2 Million Dollars that fueled more United States expansion.(8.1)
Alaska
Washington crossed this river to attack Mercenaries. He won the battle and it inspired man men to continue to fight for their freedom. (2.5)
The Delaware River
Lincoln arrested secessionists in Maryland and denied them this (civilian trials). (6.1)
Habeas Corpus
Riot that broke out in protest to African Americans being drafted into the Civil War. (6.1)
New York Draft Riots
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The letter "R"
The name of the path travelers took to navigate West in hopes of finding Gold. (5.1)
The "Oregon Trail"
War between the British and the Americans that ultimately ended in a stalemate. Americans perceived the battle as a victory, which ushered in "The Era of Good Feelings" (4.1)
The War of 1812
Most famous "Political Machine" that stole millions from the city government. (7.4)
Boss Tweed
Anthony Burns
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Towns that popped up in the Rocky Mountains as a result of people going West to find Gold and Silver. (7.3)
Boomtowns
Harry S. Truman ordered these to be dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Ultimately showed that America was willing to do what it took to end the war. (9.5)
The Atomic Bombs
The deal when Henry Clay (Speaker of the House) cut a deal with John Quincy Adams that if Clay convinced enough people to vote for Adams, then Clay could be Sec. of State. (4.3)
"Corrupt Bargain" of 1824
African Americans could not receive money from this New Deal Program. (9.3)
AAA (Agricultural Adjustment Act)
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