Unit 1
Abundant
To have a lot of
Alliance
A formal friendship or partnership, usually between countries
Abolish
To get rid of entirely
The _______ that Native Americans were moved to were often very far away from their original homelands.
Reservations
What were the two sides of the American Revolution?
The British and the American Patriots
Reservation
A place reserved for someone or a group
Contradiction
Directly going against what was already said
Abolitionist
A person who works to end slavery
Native Americans are __________ to North America.
Indigenous
Name one important or prominent abolitionist
Frederick Douglass, William Lloyd Garrison
Cultivate
To grow something
Debate
A formal argument where an idea is discussed
Amend
To fix or change
The United States and France formed an _______ during the early years of the Revolutionary War.
Alliance
Name two of the three tribes of Native Americans that are indigenous to Chicago/Illinois
Ojibwe, Potawatomi, Ottawa
Migrate
To move to a new place
Grievance
A serious complaint about something
Commerce
Buying and selling, usually on a large scale
Black Americans have faced ________ throughout the entirety of American history.
Racism
Name at least one European country that colonized the area now known as the United States
Indigenous
People who are native to an area
Hipocrisy
Similar to a contradiction, but a repeated pattern of going against what was already said
Compromise
Meeting in the middle to resolve a problem or disagreement
Native Americans were forced to _______ into the dominant white culture in the USA. They were forced to learn English, cut their long hair, and dress like white people.
Name two of the thirteen original colonies
Any East Coast states (North Carolina, New York, South Carolina, Georgia, Virginia, New Jersey, etc.)
Inhabitants
People who live in a certain place
Ideal
A goal set super high, perfection
Constitution
A document outlining the rules and setup of a government
Frederick Douglass and William Lloyd Garrison were two hard-working __________ -- people who fought to end slavery.
Abolitionists
What is the Constitution?
A document that set up the rules and structure of the government
Kinship
A family-like relationship
Negotiate
To discuss and debate something, usually ending in one side or both giving up some of what they want to end the argument
Convention
A meeting, usually to solve a problem or complete a task
The ____________ is a document that created rules for how our system of government should be set up.
Constitution
What year was the Constitution ratified/made official?
1789
Excavation
To dig something up
Neutral
To not pick a side
Persist
To continue even when faced with challenges
At one point, Spain had total ________ over most of the Americas, including Mexico, Cuba, Central and South America, and parts of the United States.
Sovereignty
Polish, Greek, Italian, etc.
Assimilate
To blend in with the dominant culture, usually forcefully
Proclamation
A declaration or speech
Ratify
To formally make a part of something, such as a Constitution
Some people decided to remain _______ during the American Revolution. They felt like neither side really had their best interest in mind.
Neutral
Why did Native Americans usually pass their history down orally?
They did not write stories down, they told them to their children. Sometimes for fear of persecution or attack.
Portage
To carry something across a body of water
Prohibit
To ban or forbid people from having something or doing something
Racism
Systemic discrimination, such as not allowing people of a certain race to buy a home in a certain neighborhood, or denying people of a certain race a job opportunity
William Lloyd Garrison believed that the promises made in the Constitution showed ________. He could not believe that they made promises of equality while enslaving human beings.
Hypocrisy
What happened at the meeting to make Chicago an official city? What groups were there?
Ojibwe, Ottawa, Potawatomi leaders and white settlers. Chicago became American territory without consent of the Native Americans.
Sovereignty
Total control over a people or an area
Rebellion
To go against something big, usually the government
Segregation
Separation of groups of people, typically based on race
The African ________ is very extensive. There are people of African descent in every continent of the world!
Diaspora
Which US President took big moves to forcefully relocate Native American groups out West?
Andrew Jackson
Oral History
History passed down through word of mouth or story telling
Siege
To take over something or some place, usually during a war
Treaty
A document that formally and officially ends a conflict, such as a war
The main ________ that Frederick Douglass had with the Constitution was that the country did not live up to the ideals written in it, such as equality.
Grievance
Which President signed the Emancipation Proclamation, ending slavery in the South? Did this end slavery for good?
Abraham Lincoln. No.