Constitution
name given to the group fighting to ratify the Constitution
Federalist
the name of the railroad that connects east to west
Transcontinental Railroad
made everything north of 36 30 free - later repealed by Kansas-Nebraska Act
Missouri Compromise
Which amendment granted citizenship and equal protection
14th Amendment
period of rapid growth of factories and manufacturing
Industrialization
group that opposed the Constitution
Antifederalist
law that provided land grants to persuade people to move west
Homestead Act
One advantage the North had over the South during the Civil War
farmland acres, railroad track, factories, money, population
Which amendment gave african americans the right to vote
15th Amendment
a law created so that business practices that attempted to eliminate competition could be regulated
Sherman Antitrust
this was added in order to relieve the fears of anti federalists that the legislative branch had too much power
Bill of Rights
the belief that the US must expand to the west coast
Main goal of Abraham Lincoln during Civil War
Wrote a book to expose standard oil monopoly
Ida Tarbell
an example of Manifest Destiny could be
Louisiana Purchase
Annexation of Texas
Mexican American War
Mexican Cession
Gadsden Purchase
A book written by Harriet Beecher Stowe that exposed the cruelties of slavery and grew the abolition movement
Uncle Toms Cabin
law that prevented chinese laborers from entering the US
Chinese Exclusion Act
which amendment gave women the right to vote
19th Amendment