God Says
This describes the time period of religious revival across the United States during the late 1700s and 1800s
The Second Great Awakening
This woman organized the Seneca Falls convention to demand rights for women
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
This war was started over America's desire to take Texas and other southwestern lands
The Mexican-American War
This frenzied time period saw thousands of Americans move west in search of riches (yellow nuggets)
The Gold Rush
Southern States and Northern States were mostly split on this issue
Slavery
These large gatherings, usually in the forest on the frontier, would feature many preachers
Camp Meetings
This man was born a slave and taught himself to read and write so he could tell his story
Frederick Douglass
This describes the method by which independent Texas was incorporated into the United States
Annexation
This route to the West was famous for the many thousands of families that travelled it in search of more land
The Oregon Trail
This word describes the split between the north and south on slavery, which caused them to stick together and refuse to negotiate
God says become an American pioneer and move west to fulfill this idea
Manifest Destiny
This man was the President that added Texas and Oregon to the United States to keep a balance
James K Polk
This man led a large slave rebellion in Richmond Virginia that killed 60 people
Nat Turner
Men who moved out to California to mine for gold were called this, in reference to the year they arrived
49ers
This meeting of women in upstate New York pushed for women's rights
The Seneca Falls Convention
God says slavery is immoral, so you should join this movement
Abolition movement
This man was a white abolitionist who published the influential newspaper The Liberator
William Lloyd Garrison
The signing of this ended the Mexican-American War and ceeded over a million square miles of land to the United States
The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
This proposal aimed to ban the expansion of slavery to all land won in the Mexican-American War
The Wilmot Proviso
Many northerners were not abolitionists because they feared increasing tensions with _________
The South
God says drinking alcohol destroys the souls of men so you should join this movement against it
Temperance movement
These two women were some of the first abolitionists who were barred from participating in the movement dominated by men
The Grimke Sisters
This phrase was used in reference to the Mexican government slaughter of Anglo-Texans and gathered support
"Remember the Alamo"
- Increase in nativism
- California Statehood in 1850
This was the law that prevented Congress from discussing or voting on the issue of slavery
The Gag Rule