Reform
This movement aimed to end slavery in the United States and was supported by leaders like Frederick Douglass and William Lloyd Garrison.
What is the Abolitionist Movement?
This term refers to the growing political, economic, and social differences between the North, South, and West before the Civil War.
What is sectionalism?
This belief stated that it was the United States’ destiny to expand westward across North America.
What is Manifest Destiny?
This 1776 document, written primarily by Thomas Jefferson, declared the American colonies’ independence from Britain.
What is the Declaration of Independence?
In 1607, this was the first permanent English settlement in North America.
What is Jamestown?
The Seneca Falls Convention of 1848 was a major event in this reform movement, which sought equal rights for women, including the right to vote.
What is the Women's Rights Movement?
The economy of the North was based on industry and factories, while the economy of the South relied on this form of labor
What is slavery?
In 1848, gold was discovered in this state, leading to a massive migration of people hoping to strike it rich.
What is California?
The first shots of the American Revolution were fired in April 1775 at these two Massachusetts towns.
What are Lexington and Concord?
This group of English settlers, also known as the Pilgrims, founded Plymouth Colony in 1620 seeking religious freedom.
Who were the Puritans?
The Temperance Movement focused on reducing or banning this substance, which reformers believed caused social problems like crime and poverty.
What is alcohol?
This 1820 compromise temporarily eased tensions by admitting Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a free state while banning slavery north of the 36°30′ latitude line.
What is the Missouri Compromise?
This 1830 law forced Native American tribes to relocate west of the Mississippi River, leading to the tragic Trail of Tears.
What is the Indian Removal Act?
This foreign nation became an important ally of the American colonies after the Battle of Saratoga in 1777.
What is France?
The economy of the Southern colonies relied heavily on these large farms that grew cash crops like tobacco and cotton.
What are plantations?
Dorothea Dix was a key leader in this movement, which worked to improve conditions in prisons and create better treatment for the mentally ill.
What is the Prison and Asylum Reform Movement?
The idea that states could decide for themselves whether to allow slavery, as seen in the Kansas-Nebraska Act, was known by this term.
What is popular sovereignty?
The United States gained a large amount of land from Mexico in 1848 after winning this war.
What is the Mexican-American War?
This harsh winter at a Pennsylvania encampment tested the strength of Washington’s troops, but they emerged stronger thanks to training from Baron von Steuben.
What is Valley Forge?
This 1733 law placed restrictions on trade between the American colonies and countries other than England, enforcing the idea of mercantilism.
What are the Navigation Acts?
This education reformer believed that all children should receive free public education and helped establish the first state-supported schools in Massachusetts.
Who is Horace Mann?
This novel by Harriet Beecher Stowe increased tensions between the North and South by exposing the harsh realities of slavery.
What is Uncle Tom’s Cabin?
This 1854 act allowed settlers in Kansas and Nebraska to decide for themselves whether to allow slavery, leading to violent conflict known as "Bleeding Kansas."
What is the Kansas-Nebraska Act?
The last major battle of the war took place in this Virginia town in 1781, where British General Cornwallis surrendered.
What is Yorktown?
The colony of Pennsylvania was founded by this Quaker leader as a place for religious tolerance and self-government.
Who is William Penn?