Trails
Why did people take the San Francisco Trail?
Gold
What was the convention called where women gathered to assert their rights?
The Seneca Falls Convention
In what nation did the Industrial Revolution begin?
England
What was the major cash crop at the time?
cotton
What trail led Native Americans westward when they were forced off of their land?
The trail of tears
Why did people take the Mormon Trail?
Religious Freedom
In what year was the Seneca Falls Convention?
1848
Why was the telegraph important during that time?
Made communication quicker across an expanding nation
What invention expanded slavery?
The cotton gin
During the Mexican American war what was President Polk and the US hoping to gain?
Land, resources/ Texas
Why did people take the Oregon Trail?
Land
What is the term for the right to vote?
Suffrage
WHat famous author from Missouri was inspired to write stories about life on the river and the steamboat?
Mark Twain
What was the Southern economy based on?
Slave labor and cash crops
What is Manifest Destiny?
The idea that America had the divine right to go from sea to shining sea
What famous party got lost and snowed in in the SIerra Nevada mountains pass?
The Donner Party
The SFC was based on what document?
The Declaration of Independence
What industry led to faster transportation of goods and people?
The railroads
Name one other cash crop at the time other than cotton
rice, indigo, hemp, tobacco
What famous explorer related to Mrs. Gray led people west through the Cumberland Gap?
Daniel Boone
Name 3 dangers along the way that those taking the trails would have faced?
Wild animals, disease, conflict with Native Americans over land, river crossings...
What was the role of the woman at this time?
Housekeeper, caring for children
What invention allowed goods to be moved up the river as well as down the river?
The steam boat
What group(s) of individuals dd not benefit at the beginning of the railroads?
The immigrants and the farmers
North-no slavery but no civil rights
South-slavery