Immigration
What group came to America to escape famine
The Irish
What was the name of the territory that today known as the "Midwest" and makes up the states of Michigan, Ohio, Illinois, Indiana, Wisconsin, and part of Minnesota?
The Northwest Territory
Name one Invention/Innovation created by Eli Whitney
Cotton Gin, Interchangeable Parts, Assembly Line*
Susan B Anthony was a part of what reform movement?
Women's Suffrage/Rights
Cultural Movement that emphasized Self-Reliance, Independence, and the importance of nature
Transcendentalism
What group came to the US to escape political turmoil
The Germans
Why did America want the land that made up the Gadsden Purchase?
To complete the southern route of the Intercontinental Railroad
Who introduced the Factory System to America?
Horace Mann wanted to reform what
Education
Henry David Thoreau, Ralph Waldo Emerson
What group came to America in search of Gold and to escape economic turmoil?
The Chinese
What Spanish territory was brought into the Union by the Adams-Onis Treaty?
Florida
What invention had the effect of increasing the demand for slave labor?
The Cotton Gin
Temperance Movement
This movement named after a school was America's first homegrown art movement.
The Hudson River School
What two groups helped build the Transcontinental Railroad?
The Irish
The Chinese
What territory did Britain and America share before it was officially divided in 1846?
The Oregon Country
the Mechanical Reaper and the Steel Plow increased production for what?
Agriculture, crops, farms, etc
William Lloyd Garrison
Name of the religious revival characterized by building a personal relationship with God and a need to better ones' self and society.
The 2nd Great Awakening
What is Nativism?
The belief that those born in a country should be preferred over immigrants
What compromise said Maine would be a free state and Missouri would be a slave state. No more slave states above Missouri
The Missouri Compromise
What invention allowed for fast travel between the Atlantic and Pacific coasts?
The Railroad, Train, transcontinental Railroad
Who organized the Seneca Falls Convention?
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Susan B Anthony
What was the main subject of the Hudson River School?
Nature/Landscapes