West
This western trail was 2,000 miles long and extremely dangerous.
Oregon
The American colonists were not represented in Parliament and could not vote, which is why they were angry about Parliament voting to create new _____ in the colonies.
Taxes
Missouri would be admitted as a slave state, while Maine would be admitted as a free state.
Missouri Compromise
It was the birth of modern industry and all its changes.
Industrial Revolution
Group who were discriminated against and worked for low wages in cities.
Irish Immigrants
This western trail was used by the forty-niners.
California
This battle of the American Revolution is considered the turning point in the war since it convinced France to help the American colonists.
Saratoga
The United States' second system of government that replaced the Articles of Confederation. It had a system of checks and balances made sure no one branch got too powerful.
The Constitution
This invention increased the demand for enslaved workers.
Cotton Gin
Former enslaved person who helped dozens of enslaved people escape to the North. Also spied on the Confederacy during the Civil War.
Harriet Tubman
It was a private stage coach line that carried mail.
Butterfield Trail
Which battle of the American Revolution is the final one, in which British General Cornwallis surrendered to American and French forces?
Yorktown
The United States' first plan of government. It created a weak national government that had the power to coin money, create an army, and each state had one vote.
Articles of Confederation
The four stages of Texas.
Spanish, Mexican, Independent, U.S. State
Education reformer who wrote textbooks called McGuffey Readers, with different reading levels. They taught reading and moral values.
William McGuffey
It cost $15 million and almost doubled the size of the United States.
The Louisiana Purchase
Santa Anna was forced to sign the Treaties of Velasco at the end of this war.
The Texas Revolution.
In 1791 Congress passed a very unpopular tax on liquor, sugar, snuff, and carriages. This led to an uprising in which farmers attacked tax collectors. Washington needed to make it clear that armed rebellion against the national government would not be tolerated. The farmers fled when they saw him arrive with troops.
Whiskey Rebellion
Stated that “all men and women are created equal.” Created at the Seneca Falls Convention.
Declaration of Sentiments
Reformer who wanted to improve prisons. She noticed that mentally ill people were jailed alongside violent criminals.
Dorothea Dix
This religion did American settlers have to convert to in order to move to Texas.
Roman Catholic
This treaty ended the Mexican-American War. The United States paid the Mexican government $15 million, and Mexico recognized Texas as part of the United States.
Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo
A reason Texans supported the annexation of Texas.
Many Texans always considered themselves Americans, not Mexicans.
The Texas economy would be improved.
The U.S. government would protect them from Mexico.
This event caused revivals, meetings designed to reawaken religious feelings, to rise. Women were welcome to pray and even preach publicly.
Second Great Awakening
Education reformer who promoted mandatory school attendance and locally funded schools.
Horace Mann