Vocab
the ability to vote
suffrage
this is a term for the period in which the American and global economy changed drastically due to technological innovation
Market Revolution
Abraham Lincoln
"Bleeding Kansas"
This man invented the cotton gin
Eli Whitney
A period of feminist activity and thought that focused primarily on securing voting rights for women
first wave feminism
These are man-made waterways that connect bodies of water and were crucial to inter-state business.
canals
This anti-slavery abolitionist led an armed raid on the federal armory at Harper's Ferry
John Brown
This decision admitted Missouri as a slave state so long as Maine could be admitted as a free state
Missouri Compromise / Compromise of 1820
This was the "king" crop grown and harvested in the South
cotton
This political party rose to represent the anti-slavery voice in American politics
Republican Party
Commerce before the Market Revolution involved . . . (1 example)
*answers may vary*
This was the idea that slaveholders were secretly working to gain control of the federal government in order to make slavery legal throughout the country, not just the South
"slave power conspiracy"
*DAILY DOUBLE*
After Texas was admitted as a slave state, which other state was admitted as a free state in order to maintain the balance between free and slave states?
Oregon
This practice was banned in the Northern USA and Western Europe by the early to middle 1800s
slavery
The selection of political officials, laws, or other decisions by majority vote of the population
popular sovereignty
Eli Whitney pioneered the process of _________: a manufacturing process where identical components are produced in large quantities to be easily swapped or replaced in the assembly of a product
interchangeable parts
What were the changes to the Fugitive Slave Law in 1850?
Any slave who escapes from the South to the North and gains freedom could be reclaimed by southern owners
This was the Supreme Court decision that further exposed the horrors of slavery to Northerners.
Dred Scott
Commerce before the Market Revolution involved . . . (1 example)
*answers may vary*
First formal meeting in which activists discussed women's rights in 1848
Seneca Falls Convention
This was the document drawn up at the Seneca Falls Convention that officially recognized women's quest for suffrage
Declaration of Sentiments
Which state was admitted as a result of the Compromise of 1850?
California
1. _______ was the name for pro-slavery settlers from Missouri who crossed into Kansas to sway elections.
2. _______ was the name for anti-slavery settlers who crossed into Kansas.
1. Border Ruffians
2. Free Staters
This was the dominant industry in the North during the early to middle 1800s
Textiles/Clothing