Industrial Growth
Transportation and Communication
Social and Cultural Changes
Reform Movements
Expansion of the US
100

What Invention by Eli Whitney transformed the Southern Economy by increasing cotton production?

Cotton Gin

100

What road, also known as the Cumberland Road, was the first federally funded highway?

The National Road

100

What religious movement in the early 1800s led to widespread revival and social reform?

Second Great Awakening

100

What was the movement to end slavery called?

The abolitionist movement

100

Which famous abolitionist and former enslaved woman became a key conductor on the Underground Railroad, leading many to freedom?

Harriet Tubman

200

What system first used in New England, brought manufacturing under one roof?

The Factory System

200

What mode of transportation, developed by Robert Fulton, revolutionized river travel?

The steamboat

200

What philosophy emphasized emotion and nature over reason, influencing American literature?

 Romanticism

200

Who was a former enslaved person who became a leading abolitionist and wrote Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass?

Frederick Douglas

200

Who was the famous preacher during the second great awakening, known for his fiery sermons and revivals in New England?

Charles Finney

300

What was the first industry to be industrialized in America?

The Textile Industry

300

Who built the first successful American railroad, and what was its name?

Peter Cooper; Tom Thumb

300

What was the name of the movement that promoted communal living and close societies in the early 19th century?

The Utopian Movement

300

What constitutional amendment, ratified in 1919, banned the manufacture, sale and transporation of alcholic beverages in the United States?

Eighteenth Amendment

300

Which abolitionist, who was a prominent advocate for the immediate emancipation of slaves and started the antislavery newspaper The Liberator?

William Lloyd Garrison

400

Which two immigrant groups provided most of the labor in factories during the Industrial Revolution?

Irish and German immigrants

400

What is the name of the first long distance railroad in the United States completed in the 1820's?

The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad

400

What was the name of the group of writers who promoted individualism and self-reliance, including Ralph Waldo Emerson

Transcendentalists

400

What reformer fought for better treatment of the mentally ill?

Dorothea Dix

400

What was the name of the slave who led a violent rebellion in Virginia in 1831?

Nat Turner

500

What economic system, based on private ownership and free markets, fueled industrial growth in the U.S.?

Capitalism

500

What communication breakthrough did Samuel Morse develop in 1844?

The telegraph and Morse code

500

Who was the educator that reformed American public education by advocating for free, compulsory schooling?

Horace Mann

500

What convention, held in 1848, was the first major women’s rights gathering in America?


The Seneca Falls Convention

500

Which religious denomination saw a significant growth in the early 19th century due to its emphasis on mission work and social justice?

Methodist Church

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