Reform
Who is the father of public education
Horace Mann
The idea/ policy that the US should spread from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean
Manifest destiny
What group came to the U.S. via the Pacific Ocean and worked primarily on the Railroads
Chinese Immigrants
Attempted to keep sectional tensions at ease by adding Maine- free state and Missouri- slave state, to not upset the balance in congress
Missouri Compromise
Whiskey Rebellion
To change for the better
To reform
in 1849 a huge migratory event happened. What was it known as
California Gold Rush
Pass a civics/ citizenship exam
Book detailing the evils of slavery
Uncle Tom's Cabin
Who was elected president due to him being in favor of annexing Texas
President James K Polk
How did industrialization affect some American women?
It allowed them to find jobs and become active in social/political issues
Due to the gold rush, what territory applied to become a state
California
What push factor caused the largest group of immigrants to come to the United States
Irish came because of a potato famine
The Election of 1860 was significant because
Court case that expanded the powers of the federal government by giving them the final say on all things involving the Constitution
Marbury vs Madison
judicial review
In which way were the lives of enslaved people and women similar?
both were denied rights, such as suffrage
What land acquisition was made due to the US attempting to build a transcontinental railroad
Gadsden purchase
Nativists
Kansas- Nebraska act said that those areas would decide if they were going to be a free or a slave state by???
popular sovereignty/ voting
What is significant about the election of 1828
voter participation increased and mudslinging became a permanent fixture in American politics
What was the model for the Seneca Falls Declaration of Sentiments?
The Declaration of Independence
What caused the Mexican American war
U.S. annexing Texas and a border dispute with Mexico
Nativists created a party that pushed for tighter immigration control. What was it known as
No Nothing Party
American Party
Compromise that tried to appease/satisfy free and slave states
added California as a free state
Enacted a strict fugitive slave law that forced Northern states to aid in the return of runaway enslaved people
Compromise of 1850
Where did the Transcendentalists believe that you could find God?
nature