-- 1803
--Thomas Jefferson
--Effect: Doubled the size of the US
--Bought from France
--Appalachian Mts to the Mississippi River
LA (Louisiana Purchase)
Which piece of land gained its independence from Mexico. This also led to the US-Mexican War
TX Annexation
1) Organized by Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Lucretia Mott, & Susan B. Anthony
2) Pushed for women's suffrage (helped the 19th Amendment pass)
Women's Rights Movement
This illustration depicts which technological invention?
Interchangeable Parts
Period in history associated with the Industrial Revolution
Reform Movement
The name of this piece of land was owned by both the US and Great Britain ?
Oregon Territory/ Country
Push factor = escape Potato Famine
Irish
-Known as the fight against slavery
-Effect = Creation of the 13th Amendment
Abolitionist Movement
1) Invented by Eli Whitney
2) Needed for more enslaved labor to cultivate and harvest cotton & led to the growth of the slave population.
Cotton Gin
1) Spiritual revival: Americans wanted to improve society (led to temperance, abolition, & women's rights
2) Effect = Growth in more religions (more Christian denominations)
2nd Great Awakening
Purchased from Spain for $5 million dollars with the help of John. Q. Adams via the Adams-Onis Treaty
Florida Cession
What is the name of this piece of land that was gained as a result of the Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo?
Mexican Cession
-Movement to ban alcohol
- Effect = 18th amendment (later repealed by 21st amendment)
Temperance Movement
The effect of this innovation led to a boom in the textile industry
The spinning jenny
These pictures were painted by the......
Hudson River School
This event was a result of the US gaining the Mexican Cession. This also led to an increase of immigration from Asian nations (mostly Chinese)
CA Gold Rush
These characteristics established guidelines for the orderly expansion of the US:
1. Abolish slavery
2. Process for admitting states
3. Free education required
4. Population = 60,000 +
5. Guaranteed Bill of Rights
Northwest Ordinance
Fought for prison rights & better treatment of people with mental illnesses
Dorothea Dix
Used to transmit messages over long distances using electrical signals.
The telegraph
-A patriotic song written by Julia Ward Howe during the American Civil War.
- It expressed the Union's cause and the fight against slavery.
Battle of the Hymn Republic
Name 1 cause and 1 effect of the US-Mexican War
Causes: 1) Border Disputes , 2) TX Annexation
Effects: 1) Gained the Mexican Cession, 2) Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo
When the United States bought land from Mexico to help build a transcontinental railroad.
Gadsden Purchase
This illustration depicts the efforts of which reform movement?
The Labor Reform Movement
This innovation enabled mass production and increased efficiency in manufacturing.
Assembly Line
1) Founders included Ralph Waldo Emerson & Henry David Thoreau
2) This idea believed in the connection between nature and spirituality.
3) Urged people to question society's rules
Transcendentalism