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- 3. Term used to describe the growth of cities
- 6. ________________ Sovereignty: “The Will of the People” shall determine leaders and laws
- 7. Living in the city
- 9. Time period when new ideas challenged the beliefs of the Dark Ages
- 11. Separation of _______________: Branches of Gov’t have distinct powers; Checks & Balances on each other
- 14. _______________ Rights: Life, liberty, property, and the pursuit of happiness; promoted by the Enlightenment
- 16. Industry and the market need each other
- 18. The Greater ___________: Gov’t serves the People
- 20. Founders who favored a powerful federal government backed by a Constitution
- 21. Shows favoritism for one group or idea over others
- 24. __________________ Bargaining: Workers speaking/acting as a united group
- 25. Where goods are bought and sold
- 26. ______________ Source: A source that comments on an original event
- 28. A reliable, believable source, statement or person
- 30. Transcontinental _________________: Connected the east and west coasts by train for the first time
- 34. __________ Drive: Cattle march north from Texas to cow towns in Kansas, Missouri and Nebraska
- 36. ________________ Farming: New Farm machines => better farming => healthier/larger population of workers
- 40. U.S. ______________________: U.S. founding document, which strengthened the structure to the Federal Government by separating the government into three different branches.
- 41. Cloth and clothing
- 44. Anti-_________________: Founders who opposed a strong federal government and favored independent states
- 45. ______________ Line: Organized production of many goods at once in a factory
- 49. Articles of _______________________: Wartime government during the American Revolution; Had many weaknesses/problems
- 50. Type of government ruled by a king or queen
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- 1. Business leader
- 2. Written set of rules for government
- 4. Declaration of __________________: Document that challenged the authority of the King of England
- 5. _____________ Industry: Goods made by hand, at home
- 8. Americans who settled in the American West
- 10. Additions, edits and upgrades to the US Constitution
- 12. Created (and patented) new machines to increase efficiency at work
- 13. ________________ Age: Era in the 19th century when the American economy transitioned from agriculture to manufacturing
- 15. _______________ Worker: Factory worker with little training
- 17. Citizens rising up against unjust rulers
- 19. Northwest ____________________: Organized the Northwest Territory (Ohio, Michigan, Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin); spelled out the 3 Stages to Statehood; outlawed slavery in new territories
- 22. __________ Rush: Discovery of gold in CA, AL, ND and SD led to waves of pioneers seeking easy riches
- 23. ________________ Wire: Used to “fence in” farmlands on the Great Plains; hated by cattle ranchers
- 27. African American pioneers who settled in the American West
- 29. Goods and merchandise coming into a country
- 31. __________________ Act: Government policy that gave away free land to pioneers
- 32. Type of government in which citizens elect their leaders
- 33. Robber _____________: Term used to describe a wealthy industrialist or factory owner
- 35. ________ Materials: Natural resources used in factories to make goods (lumber, oil, iron, etc.)
- 37. _____________ Worker: Trades worker trained to do a specific job
- 38. Founding ___________: Equality, Rights, Liberty, Opportunity, Democracy
- 39. ________________ Source: an original source of information; an example would be a diary entry
- 42. Living in the country
- 43. Bill of ______________: U.S. founding Document that stated (or affirmed) many natural rights guaranteed for citizens
- 46. Goods and merchandise going out of a country
- 47. _________________ or Bison: Animal that was sacred and important to Native Americans of the Great Plains; nearly wiped out by the US gov’t and railroad companies
- 48. Labor ______________: Employee organizations set up to pressure bosses into giving workers certain rights