Antebellum Era and Reform Movements
This was a period of religious revival in the Early American Republic.
The First and Second Great Awakenings.
Manifest Destiny was a 19th-century policy that stated...
Americans had a God-given right to expand across the continent.
This president freed the slaves.
Abraham Lincoln.
"The Gilded Age" can be best described as an era where there was an increase in this.
Industry/Industrialization and Immigration.
The Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 did this to incoming Chinese immigrants.
Banned them from coming to America.
The Temperance Movement wanted to stop the sale and consumption of ______.
Alcohol.
Dred Scott vs. Sanford was a court case that said...
Slavery was legal in all states.
These laws enforced segregation policies in America up until the 1960s.
Jim Crow Laws.
A _____ is when a company controls the market for a product.
Monopoly.
"Nativism" refers to this idea.
Native-born Americans (excluding Native Indigenous Americans) were favored by the government.
The Declaration of Sentiments was inspired by the...
Bible
Declaration of Independence
Federalist Papers
Declaration of Independence
What was the main idea of Uncle Tom's Cabin? What was the main idea of Aunt Phillis's Cabin?
Uncle Tom's Cabin argued that slavery was immoral, while Aunt Phillis's Cabin argued that slaves liked being enslaved and that it was good for them.
The Black Codes...
Were a series of laws that sought to restrict the freedoms of African-Americans OR laws that ended segregation.
Were a series of laws that sought to restrict the freedoms of African-Americans.
True or False? The Gilded Age was from 1960 to 1970.
False.
Settlement houses provided _______ and ________ to immigrants and poor urban families.
Aid and education.
Horace Mann.
The Mexican-American War happened between these years.
1846 and 1848.
Given in 1863 by President Lincoln, the _______ ________ formally freed the slaves.
Emancipation Proclamation.
Businessmen who either share their wealth to help build up the economy and businessmen who are greedy and keep it to themselves.
This island off the coast of New York City was the central point of entry for immigrants between 1890 and 1920.
Ellis Island.
The movement to end slavery.
Abolition/Abolitionism.
Who was John Brown?
Led a raid on a federal armory in Harpers Ferry, Virginia, to start a slave revolt.
True or false? The Radical Republicans wanted the Confederate States to rise again.
False.
"Socialism" is the belief in this form of economic policy.
When the government controls key businesses and wealth distribution.
Name 3 reasons why immigrants come to the United States.
Acceptable answers -
To have freedom of religion, to escape war, to have freedom of speech, and to seek better job opportunities.