Basic Vocabulary
This person moves from one country to another.
What is an immigrant
These devices do a process or job that is slower when done by hand.
machines
This group of people believe in the possibility of making a perfect world.
Utopianists
This nickname refers to the shifting of Henry Clay's supporters to John Quincey Adams, winning Adams the election.
the Corrupt Bargain
Known as "Moses" this conductor of the Underground Railroad is the most famous
Harriet Tubman
the name for a place with heavily concentrated infrastructure and population.
Urban
Where were most mills, factories, and railroads found?
in the Northern United States
This term is used to describe the ability to vote.
suffrage
This was the first major meeting in favor of women's right to vote.
the Seneca Falls Convention
Who had the right to vote in 1850?
white male citizens
This kind of area had little infrastructure, and is sparsely populated
Rural
These Mills gave young women one of the first opportunities to earn money away from home.
Lowell Mills
These people believed in the immediate outlawing of slavery in all states.
abolitionists
This describes the idea that the United States should gradually take over most of North America
Manifest Destiny
Known for his temper and popularity among voters, but not fellow politicians, this President brought a pig to his inaugural ball.
Andrew Jackson
This is the name for a person who moves from one area of their country to another
a migrant
This method of making gears and fittings so that they could be used in multiple machines is called
Interchangeable Parts
This term refers to the act of removing ones state from a country or group.
secession
This genocidal action was the result of the United States failing to follow its own Constitution, and resulted in the deaths of 4,000 people.
the Trail of Tears
This President promoted access to free basic education, and a system of scholarships for students who showed promise
Thomas Jefferson
The movement from making things slowly at home to quickly in a factory is called this.
Industrialization
The process of making things by hand at home to sell is called this
a cottage industry
This term refers to the gradual freeing of enslaved people over time through wills and timelines of emancipation.
manumission
Many political dealings and laws of the 1840s and 50s were geared with preserving this
balance between the amount of free and slave states
This public speaker worked to promote women's suffrage- though her speeches were written by her friend, Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Susan B. Anthony