Social Reform Movements
This religious revival in the early 1800s sparked a wave of social reforms.
Second Great Awakening
He was a prominent abolitionist and the editor of the anti-slavery newspaper The Liberator.
William Lloyd Garrison
The belief that U.S. expansion across the continent was both justified and inevitable.
Manifest Destiny
The specific location where gold was first discovered in 1848.
Sutter’s Mill
The river that served as the disputed border triggering the Mexican-American War.
Rio Grande
This movement sought to reduce or eliminate the consumption of alcohol.
Temperance Movement
She was a famous "conductor" of the Underground Railroad, helping many escape to freedom.
Harriet Tubman
This "Manifest Destiny President" oversaw the greatest territorial growth in U.S. history.
James Polk
These rapidly growing towns developed overnight around mining sites.
Boom Towns
This treaty ended the Mexican-American War and ceded CA and NM to the U.S.
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
This political party was formed by nativists who opposed immigration.
Know-Nothing Party
The Declaration of Sentiments was modeled after this famous historical document.
Declaration of Independence
Expansion led to the forced removal and destruction of the traditional way of life for this group.
Native Americans
These are the abandoned towns left behind after gold resources were depleted.
Ghost Towns
The U.S. hesitated to annex this republic because it would upset the balance of slave/free states.
Texas
This reformer worked to improve conditions for prisoners and the mentally ill.
Dorothea Dix
This Supreme Court ruling declared that African Americans were not citizens.
Dred Scott Decision
Why did people want to go to Oregon?
The government offered settlers free land
This merchant became wealthy during the Gold Rush by selling sturdy denim pants to miners.
Levi Strauss
This 1853 purchase from Mexico was intended to provide a route for a southern railroad.
Gadsden Purchase
This famine caused millions of people to migrate from Ireland to America in the 1800s.
Potato Famine
This novel by Harriet Beecher Stowe moved many Northerners to join the abolitionist cause.
Uncle Tom’s Cabin
What slogan did James Polk use when running for election in 1844?
Fifty-four Forty or Fight (All of Oregon or none of it)
This city was the primary arrival point for gold seekers coming to California by ship.
San Francisco
This mission was the site of a famous siege where Texans fought to the death against Santa Anna.
Alamo