vocab test Flashcards
(30 cards)
freedmans bureau
reconstruction agency to help war torn areas
union pacific and central pacific
two railroads that completed first transcontinental railroad in 1869
horizontal monopoly
method of forming big business by controlling all the same type of business
samual gompers
leader of AFL
jacob riis
wrote book ¨how the other half lives¨
john d rockefeller
owner of standard oil company
know nothings
small political party that was anti immigration
lincoln douglas debates
famous political race for the senate seat of illinois
gettysburg
turning point of civil war
patriot
someone who wanted the us to be free
alexander hamilton
leader of federalist party
merit system
system of examinations that gave jobs to the most qualified person for the job
boston tea party
colonial protest of townshend act that created monopoly
1828 tarriff crisis
crisis involving SC
great compromise
agreement between large and small states for bicameral congress
trail of tears
forced removal of cherokee indians
puritans
group of religious refugees who est massachusetts bay
sedition act
laws passed by federalist congress to suppress opposition during XYZ affair
american system
program of internal improvements
underground railroad
network of safe houses for slaves
common sense
article by thomas paine
proclamation of 1763
british law prohibiting colonists from crossing App mountains
columbian exchange
exchange of goods and ideas between dif cultures
social darwinism
idea that best businesses will rise to the top
