guarantees citizenship and rights to all people born or naturalized in the United States.
Mercantilism
an economic theory that a country’s strength is measured by the amount of gold it has, that a country should sell more than it buys and that the colonies exist for the benefit of the Mother Country.
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
ended the Mexican War. The US gained Mexican Cession.
Civil Disobedience
the refusal to obey a government law or laws as a means of passive resistance because of one’s moral conviction or belief.
Ulysses S. Grant
was the General of the Union Army and was responsible for winning the Civil War for the North.
Bicameral
is consisting of two houses, or chambers, especially in a legislature.
Fort Sumter, in South Carolina
The first shots of the Civil War were fired
The Tenth Amendment
states that powers not given to the federal government belong to the states.
Representative Government
a system of government in which voters elect representatives to make laws for them.
