Social Reform
what was the child labor reform
convince the public that a primary school education was a necessity if the nation were to advance as a whole
why did The Texas Rebellion start
The most immediate cause of the Texas Revolution was the refusal of many Texas, both Anglo and Mexican, to accept the governmental changes mandated by "Siete Leyes"
What was significant about the Battle of Shiloh?
The Battle of Shiloh's significance is that it was the Confederacy's best chance at holding off the Union army and keeping them out of Mississippi
what does it mean to Relocate
To move to another place
who is Andrew Jackson
7th U.S president
what was the Prison Reform
Era involved phasing out prison labor.
Battle of Appomattox Court House
final battle of the civil war
what make the Battle of Antietam so important
the deadliest one-day battle in American military history
what is Western Expansion
Acquisition of territories by the United States across the whole area of the North American continent from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west
what was the Domestic Slave Trade
The trade of enslaved peoples among the United States
what is the Temperance reform
To lessen the amount of alcohol
How much did the Louisiana purchase cost
fifteen million dollars
How many people died in the civil war
620,000 men where killed
what is Manifest Destiny
The belief popular in the United States during the 1800’s that the country must extend its boundaries to the Pacific Ocean
what happened in the Indian Removal Act
Federal law enacted to provide for an exchange of lands with the Indians residing in any of the states or territories, and for their removal west of the river Mississippi. It called for the removal of all American Indians from East of the Mississippi River to reservations in the Oklahoma Territory.
what are Abolitionists trying to achieve
To end slavery
what is the Louisiana purchase
The Louisiana Purchase was the acquisition of the territory of Louisiana by the United States from the French First Republic in 1803.
who won the battle of Gettysburg
The Battle of Gettysburg, fought in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, from July 1 to July 3, 1863, ended with a victory for Union General George Meade and the Army of the Potomac.
what are Underground Railroad
A system of cooperation to aid and house enslaved people who had escaped
what was the Missouri Compromise
Federal legislation that admitted Maine to the United States as a free state, simultaneously with Missouri as a slave state—thus maintaining the balance of power between North and South in the United States Senate. As part of the compromise, the legislation prohibited slavery north of the 36°30′ parallel, excluding Missouri.
what did they try to do in the Women Rights movement in 1800's
Women having the right to vote
what happened in The Battle of Fort Sumter
was the bombardment of Fort Sumter near Charleston, South Carolina by the South Carolina militia. It ended with the surrender by the United States Army, beginning the American Civil War.
how long did the siege of vicksburg last
46 days
What were some bad things about the manifest destiny
This ultimately led to confrontations and wars with several groups of native peoples via Indian removal.
what is the Trail of Tears
Forced relocation of approximately 100,000 Native Americans in the 1830s, in which thousands of indigenous people lost their lives