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This president hated the First Bank of the United States so much that he refused to renew its charter
Who was Andrew Jackson?
This mission was where the Texan rebels made a stand against the Mexican Army
What is the Alamo?
The forced migration of Indian tribes from the interior south to Oklahoma during the 1830s
What was the Trail of Tears?
This route was used by slaves to escape north to Canada
What was the Underground Railroad?
These movements, spearheaded by middle-class women, included temperance, abolition, and early feminism
What were social reform movements?
This former slave turned abolitionist leader became the spokesman for free and enslaved African Americans
Who was Frederick Douglass?
This area in upstate New York was a center of reform movements and religious revivals
What is the burnt-over district?
This religious revival during the 1820s and 1830s sparked the various reform movements of the period
What was the Second Great Awakening?
The idea that America was granted the "God-given right" to expand westward
What was Manifest Destiny?
The introduction of the steam engine on land led to the rise of a new mode of transportation
What was the rise of railroads?
These two sisters rejected their wealthy upbringing in the south by moving north and becoming abolitionists
Who were Angelina and Sarah Grimke?
This region of the south was known for its rich, fertile soil that was great for cotton-growing
What is the black belt?
A rebellion by Anglo-American settlers into this Mexican territory led to the founding of the Lone Star Republic
What was Texas Independence?
Hostility by native-born WASPS towards increased Catholic immigration
What was Nativism?
SC's refusal to pay the excise tax led to Jackson forcing Congress to pass a bill that blockaded the state. SC later passed a law saying it could reject federal laws if they want
What was Nullification and the Force Act?
This physician who was concerned with children's diets invented a new type of food that included wheat
Who was Sylvester Graham?
These 19th century textile manufactories were located in a city in Massachusetts
What are the Lowell Mills?
This crisis was precipitated by the shutdown of the First Bank of the US and a run on smaller banks to withdraw savings
What was the Panic of 1837?
A philosophical movement based on the idea that humans were perfectible and didn't need a structured religion
What was transcendentalism?
The election of 1828 saw a greater role of partisan newspapers and factions in the American political system rather than individual candidates
What was the rise of political parties and political newspapers?
Led the Texan rebels to victory at San Jacinto and became the president of the Republic of Texas
Who was Sam Houston?
A convention to discuss women's rights was held in this upstate New York town in 1848
What is Seneca Falls?
The statehood of this territory in 1820 led to a crisis over the balance of power between slave and free states
What was the Missouri Crisis?
This 1848 statement asserted women's rights and equality with men
What was the Declaration of Sentiments?
The process to produce cotton textiles fueled rise of industrialization in the north
What was the American System of Production?