Abolitionists and Suffragists
William Lloyd Garrison was the founder of which antislavery newspaper?
The Liberator
What does the word "suffrage" mean?
The right to vote
The Indian Removal Act of 1830 forced Indians to move
What is Oklahoma.
What did the steam locomotive do?
What is: provide faster land transportation
What did abolitionists work for?
What is: end slavery
Led hundreds of enslaved African Americans to freedom along the Underground Railroad
Who is Harriet Tubman?
Was a former slave who wrote a newspaper and helped on the Underground Railroad. Wrote an autobiography of his life.
Fredrick Douglas
What did the cotton gin do (what task did it perform)?
separated the seed from the cotton fiber
U.S. President who signed the Indian Removal Act of 1830 ordering ALL Native Americans to be relocated west of the Mississippi River.
Eli Whitney
What is: the cotton gin
Abolitionists believed that slavery was 1.___________ 2.____________ 3.___________
What is: 1. morally wrong 2. cruel and inhuman 3. a violation of the principles of democracy
Wrote the Liberator and worked for immediate emancipation of all enslaved African Americans
Who is William Lloyd Garrison?
The first official political meeting to address the issue of Women's Rights was held here.
Seneca Falls, NY
What impact did the cotton gin have on slavery?
it led to the growth of slavery
Chief Justice John Marshall of the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in favor of the Cherokee, however, Pres. Jackson refused to enforce the Court’s ruling.
true
Jo Anderson and Cyrus McCormick
What is: horse drawn reaper
played a leadership role in the women's rights movement
Who was Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Worked for African Americans and women to better their lives and wrote The North Star
Who is Frederick Douglass?
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What did the 19th Amendment say?
Women had the right to vote
Led an expedition to explore lands of the Louisiana Purchase.
Who is Lewis and Clark
How were Native Americans affected by the loss of their land? Name 3
Report an issue
Report an issue
Robert Fulton
What is: steamboat
an advocate to gain voting rights for women and equal rights for all
Who is Susan B. Anthony?
An act that forced the Cherokee nation and other tribes to give up their lands east of the Mississippi River and to relocate to an area in present day Oklahoma. This journey became known as the Trail of Tears.
The American Indian Removal Act
Who changed their name after they escaped?
Sojourner Truth
Dove into the waters to rescue important papers and a compass from a capsized boat
Who is Sacagawea?
The Choctaw, Cherokee, Creek, Chickasaw, and Seminole are known as
The Five Civilized Tribes
The 19th-century doctrine or belief that the expansion of the U.S. throughout the American continents was both justified and inevitable
What is the Manifest Destiny?
a nationally known advocate for equality and justice
Who is Isabella (Sojourner) Truth?
Why did the white settlers and the American Indians begin having conflicts?
The white settlers wanted the Native Americans' land