Vocabulary
The first women’s rights convention in the United States.
What is the Seneca Falls Convention?
Why was the Underground Railroad considered an important element of the resistance to slavery?
What is: it provided safe passage for runaway slaves?
The key objective of the Temperance Movement.
What is to reduce alcohol consumption?
What was one major impact of the development of the steam locomotive on American society in the 19th century?
What is improved long-distance travel and trade?
What was a major reason for the surge in immigration to the United States in the mid-1800s?
C. What is: Economic opportunities in the US?
A foreign policy announced by the President in 1823. The main idea was that European countries should not try to create new colonies or take back old ones in North or South America.
What is the Monroe Doctrine?
Which movement aimed at ending slavery in the United States and played a significant role in the Reform Movement between 1800-1860?
What is the Abolitionist Movement?
What made the Seneca Falls Convention of 1848 significant in the context of the Reform Movement?
What is the first women's rights convention?
Which technological advancement significantly improved communication across the United States in the 19th century?
What is the Telegraph?
Which economic policy during the early 1800s aimed at protecting American industries from foreign competition by raising taxes on foreign products?
What is the Protective Tariff?
This movement, led by a President, championed greater rights for the common man and was opposed to the rich leading the nation.
What is Jacksonian Democracy?
**Special Jeopardy**
Name as many famous abolitionists as you can.
100points per abolitionist
Who are:
Frederick Douglas
Harriet Tubman
John Brown
Harriet Beecher Stowe
William Lloyd Garrison
What does “suffrage” mean?
What is women's right to vote?
**Double Jeopardy**
Name all four America's Foreign Policies. (Remember Survivor Island)
What were Convention of 1818, Adams-Onis Treaty, American System, and The Monroe Doctrine?
Why did many immigrants come to the United States during the reform era?
What is for jobs, freedom, and better living conditions?
One nation or nationality above all others, and that places primary emphasis on the promotion of its culture and interests as opposed to those of other nations
What is Nationalism?
This Act allowed slave owners to send slave hunters after escaped slaves, even if it was into the Northern free states.
What was the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850?
This problem was not solved for women until the 1920's when the 19th amendment was passed.
What is women getting the right to vote.
What was the Convention of 1818?
What was it allowed American businesses to fish in eastern Canadian waters. The deal also let the United States and Britain share parts of present-day Oregon and Washington. This let both countries make money from the fur trade in the area?
What was one danger workers (children) faced in factories during this time?
What was unsafe machinery, long hours, or poor working conditions?
The first major financial crisis in the United States, especially in the Cotton Belt.
What is The Panic of 1819?
The answer is: Why political cartoons were used in the early 1800s.
In the early 1800s, political cartoons were used because most people couldn't read well, but everyone could understand a funny picture, making them the perfect way to spread ideas and criticism through newspapers. They let artists make fun of politicians and important issues in a way that got people talking, kind of like how memes work today.
When the 18th Amendment was passed, which made it illegal to produce, transport, or sell alcohol in the United States, what were the downsides/problems it caused?
What hurt many businesses that made or sold alcohol and led to the rise of crime and violence in America as many broke the laws?
What was the Adams Onis-Treaty?
This treaty helped America because Spain gave east Florida to the United States. This meant that America got more land and had better control over the area to stop attacks from Native Americans on American towns.
What was the Tariff of Abominations?
What is a tax placed on imported goods (like cloth and iron) that made foreign products more expensive than American-made ones. Southern states hated it because they relied on buying cheap imported goods and selling cotton to other countries?
An important international agreement, signed between the United States and the United Kingdom, helped resolve long-standing border disputes and mend their relationship.
What is the Convention of 1818?
In your own words, explain what an Abolitionist is and what they do?
An abolitionist is a person who believed that slavery was wrong and had to be stopped completely.
The word "abolish" means to get rid of something forever. the act of officially ending slavery Abolitionists worked hard to end slavery.
Here are some things they did: Gave speeches to convince people that slavery was evil Wrote books and pamphlets explaining why slavery should end Helped enslaved people escape to freedom (some were part of the Underground Railroad) Protested against slavery laws Fought for new laws that would make slavery illegal Organized groups to work together against slavery
Who co-wrote the Declaration of Sentiments?
Who was Elizabeth Cady Stanton?
Describe the American System?
After the War of 1812, Americans wanted their country to be independent and powerful. They didn't want to rely on other countries for stuff they could make themselves. So they did a few things. The first was to raise tariff rates to tax foreign goods and support American businesses. They then extended Hamilton’s national bank so that everyone in America could use the same money (uniform currency) and it would be easier to trade. Finally, they used tax money to improve roads and canals.
In your own words, what was the Common School Movement?
It was a big push in the 1800s to make sure that all children — no matter how rich or poor they were — could go to school for free. Before this movement, many kids didn't get to go to school at all, especially if their families didn't have much money.