Moving Westward
Belief that Americans were destined to expand across North America.
What is Manifest Destiny?
The "Father of Texas", his role was bringing American settlers to Texas.
Who is Stephen F. Austin?
The right to vote.
What is suffrage?
The leading advocate for public education. Known as the "Father of American Education"
Who is Horace Mann?
Movement to end slavery in the United States.
What is the abolition movement?
Trail used by thousands of settlers moving to the Oregon Country in the mid-1800s.
What is the Oregon Trail?
Battle that took place in 1836 when Texan defenders fought against Mexican forces.
What is the Alamo?
The beginning of the women's rights movement in the U.S.
What was the Seneca Falls Convention?
The movement sought to improve conditions in prisons and promote rehabilitation.
What was the penitentiary movement?
The famous escaped slave and author known for his speeches against slavery.
Who is Frederick Douglass?
Leader of the Mormons who led them to Utah.
Who is Brigham Young?
Name of the war fought between the United States and Mexico from 1846 to 1848.
What is the Mexican-American War?
The legislative act passed in 1848 granted married women the right to own property.
What is the Married Women's Property Act?
The movement aimed to reduce or eliminate alcohol consumption in the 19th century.
What is the temperance movement?
The leader of the slave revolt in 1831 that resulted in heightened fears about enslaved people.
Who is Nat Turner?
U.S. President who was a strong proponent of westward expansion and the annexation of Texas.
Who is James K. Polk?
General that became a prominent figure during the Mexican-American War and later became President.
Who is Zachary Taylor?
The two women who organized the Seneca Falls Convention.
Who are Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia Mott?
The prominent abolitionist that published "The Liberator".
Who is William Lloyd Garrison?
The African American woman who became a prominent abolitionist and women's rights activist.
Who is Sojourner Truth?
Ppurchase that aimed to facilitate a southern route for a transcontinental railroad.
What is the Gadsden Purchase?
The attempt to ban slavery in territories acquired from Mexico.
What was the Wilmot Proviso?
Prominent figure in the mental health reform movement, advocating for the treatment of the mentally ill?
Who is Dorothea Dix?
Movement that promoted religious revival and social reform.
What was the Second Great Awakening?
The African nation that began as an American colony for freed slaves.
What is Liberia