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What term is used to describe the right to vote in political elections?
Suffrage
In the early 19th century, which political party was formed as an opposition to the Democrats?
Whigs
Who were the frontiersmen who explored and trapped in the Rocky Mountains?
Mountain men
In the early 19th century, what was the name of the movement advocating for moderation in the consumption of alcohol?
Temperance movement
Which event in 1848 marked the beginning of the organized women's rights movement in the United States?
Seneca Falls Convention
Name the system where political supporters are rewarded with government jobs.
Spoils system
Who founded the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, also known as the Mormons?
Joseph Smith
What do you call someone who travels overland to the West, often in search of new opportunities?
Overlander
Who was a prominent advocate for public education and is often called the "Father of American Education"?
Horace Mann
What religious group, led by Brigham Young, settled in Salt Lake City during the 19th century?
Which process involves states formally withdrawing from a larger political entity?
Secede
What term refers to the belief in the gradual elimination of slavery over time?
Gradualism
What term describes the formal relinquishment of territory, often by one country to another?
Cede
Identify the woman who worked for the improvement of treatment for the mentally ill in the 19th century.
Dorthea Dix
What was the name of the trail that connected Missouri to Santa Fe, facilitating trade in the 19th century?
Santa Fe Trail
What do you call a meeting of members of a political party to select candidates?
Caucus system
Which movement sought to end slavery completely?
Abolitionism
Which individual is associated with the establishment of a colony in California during the gold rush?
John Sutter
What term describes the process of converting a religious mission into a non-religious institution?
Secularize
What term refers to a person of mixed European and Indigenous American ancestry in Spanish colonies?
Mestizo
Identify the word associated with the power of a state to reject a federal law.
Nullification
Identify the process of setting a group of people free, especially from legal, social, or political restrictions.
Emancipation
What term describes individuals who settled on public land without legal title?
Squatter
Who was a prominent African American abolitionist and speaker in the 19th century?
Fredrick Douglass
Identify the term used for the formal process of adding territory to the United States.
Annexation