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- james madison
- "father" of the united states constitution
- 1962
- first year leigh opened
- 435
- number of people in the house of representatives
- 10 years
- the most a president can be in office
- 1600 pennsylvania ave
- address of the white house
- minerva
- Goddess of the great sea of california
- 31 stars
- represents 31st state
- san Diego
- where first mission in California was built
- MT whitney
- Highest mountain in the 48 states
- MT Mckinley
- Highest mountain in 50 states
- Sam Houston
- only man to serve as governor of 2 states
- 100
- Total number of members in us senate
- January 20th
- The day the president and vice president take office
- Thomas Jefferson
- Author of the declaration of independence
- San Jose
- First capital of California as a state
- Eli whitney
- Invented cotton gin
- gray
- color for the south in the civil war
- july 4, 1776
- date (inscription)on the tablet the statue of liberty is holding
- Francis scott key
- wrote the national anthem
- Peter burnett
- First governor of california as a state
- Sutters mill
- where gold was discovered
- James marshall
- Man who discovered gold in sutters mill
- Treasure island
- Man-made island in san francisco bay
- Fort point
- Civil war fort under golden gate bridge
- 1861-1865
- american civil war years
- Alcatraz
- Island prison in san francisco bay
- john wilkes booth
- man who assasinated abraham lincoln
- "sic semper tyrannis"
- "and thus to all tyrants" john wilkes booth said this to the stage after assasinating the president
- Washington D.C
- Capital of th united states, not in a state, but in its own district
- blue
- color for the north in the civil war
- fords theatre
- place where lincoln was shot
- Two years
- Term of a member of the house of representatives
- 4 years
- length of the president of the united states term
- six years
- Term of a united states senator
- Monitor/merimac
- First ironclad warships
- Tariff
- tax on imported goods
- Mt vernon
- Ancestral home of george washington
- France
- The country that gave the US the statue of liberty
- Fort sumter, South carolina
- First shots of the civil war
- Andrew Jackson
- Hero of the battle of new orleans
- Railroad big 4
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- Purchased from Russia. 1867
- Rio Grande River
- Southern texas-Mexico border
- Central pacific
- Built the trans-continental railroad fon east to west
- Union Pacific
- Built the trans-continental railroad from east to west
- Levi strauss
- built denim pants for miners
- Little big horn river
- site of custers last stand
- Golden poppy
- California state flower
- Valley quail
- California state bird
- Chinese
- Labor force for central pacific railroad
- Irish
- Labor force for union pacific railroad
- US Grant
- Top general for union army in the civil war
- Robert E Lee
- Top southern general in civil war
- Westpoint, NY
- US military academy
- West virginia and nevada
- 2 states admitted to the union during the civil war
- father serra
- Began california mission system
- 50 dollar bill
- Ulises S grant
- Promontory point, Utah
- Where the first trans-continental railroad joined
- Richmond , VA
- Capital of the confederate states of america
- Carpet bagger
- northern opportunist in south during reconstruction
- scalawag
- southerner who helped northerners during reconstruction
- 13th ammendment
- this freed slaves
- 14th ammendment
- guarrantees citezenship to blacks
- 15th ammendment
- gives voting rights to blacks
- 25 years of age
- minimum age to be a member in the house of reps.
- 30 years of age
- minimum age to become governor
- 35 years of age
- minimum age to become president
- bicameral legislature
- legislature has 2 houses that make up the government
- 10 dollar bill
- alexander hamilton
- miranda vs arizona
- accused person must be read their rights
- "the jungle"
- a novel that exposed the meat-packing industry
- 100 dollar bill
- Benjamin franklin
- mach
- term given to speed of spund
- comstock lode
- silver discovery 1869
- placer mining
- mining gold in a stream
- alexander g bell
- invented telephone
- peninsula
- land surrounded on 3 sides by water
- patent
- exclusive right to an invention or process
- spoils system
- elected officials give jobs to friends or supporters
- alan freed
- man credited for naming rock and roll
- de facto segregations
- segregations exist, but not by law
- R
- pirates favorite letter
- mandate
- a clear endorsement
- gerrymander
- dividing a voting district to favor a group or party
- boycott
- organized movement to not support a certain business or buy certain items
- steerage
- lowest passenger level of a ship
- 9
- # of justices in US supreme court
- air force one
- any airplane the president is on
- copper
- the outside of the statue of liberty
- angel island
- former immigrant center in san francisco bay
- andrew johnson/bill clinton
- only 2 presidents that were impeached
- inflation
- prices go up, money is worth less
- copyright
- exclusive right to publish music or a document
- jackie robinson
- the first african american to play in major league baseball
- eureka
- california state motto
- ace
- nickname given in the military that means you shot down 5 enemy aircrafts
- speaker of the house
- 2nd in line for presidency
- unicameral
- single house legislature
- precinct
- voting district
- veto
- disaproval of a bill
- armistice day
- nov 11, 1918 at 11am
- suffrage
- the right to vote
- richard halliburton
- only person to swim the length of the panama canal
- ronald reagen
- oldest person elected as president of the united states
- McKinley lincoln garfeild kennedy
- 4 presidents that were assasinated
- erie canal
- connects albany, NY with buffalo
- deflation
- prices are falling, money is worth more
- potomac river
- river where washington DC is located
- coup
- overthrow of the government from within