Reformers
They grew up on a slave plantation and became abolitionists and later women's rights activists when they were denied the ability to speak to a crowd of men
Grimkee Sisters
Term used to justify expansion as a God given right
Manifest Destiny
The majority of immigrants came from these two countries in the first half of the 19th century
Ireland and Germany
The issue of slavery was first debated in a political campaign debate by these two men
Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Douglas
The region of central New York that was the center of religious revivals and the Second Great Awakening
Burned-OVer-District
She wrote the best seller, Uncle Tom's Cabin
Harriet Beecher Stowe
trail along which most settlers heading west traveled
Oregon Trail
Reason why wealthy city dwellers built country homes to spend the summers at
lack of sanitation in the cities led to epidemics of cholera, typhus and yellow feaver
The Compromise of 1850 made this territory a state and opened these two territories to slavery
California became a state and NM & UT were open to slavery
The Spanish speaking residents of Texas were known as
Tejanos
He was a self educated former slave who became a prominent abolitionist
Frederick Douglass
Location of major defeat in the Texas War for Independence
The Alamo
Impact of the transportation revolution on growth of cities
cities grew along railroad and canal networks; ex. Chicago
This concept allows people of a territory to decide whether or not they want to have slaves
Popular Sovereignty
This movement among writers and politicians supported democratic and nationalistic ideals of expansion
"Young America" Movement
She advocated for the mentally ill and secured the building of state hospitals
Dorothea Dix
Reasons why the United States did not annex Texas as a state when it first won its independence
Concern over conflict with Mexico and would disrupt the balance of free and slave states
Tammany Society in New York City was an example of this city government phenomenon
Rise of corrupt political bosses who controlled voting and city government
Some northern stats passed these laws in reaction to the Fugitive Slave Law
Personal Liberty Laws
This proposal would have banned slavery in the territory acquired in the Mexican-American War
Wilmont Proviso
He supported the temperance movement and gained support for an anti-alcohol law in the state of Maine
Neal Dow
Why the Mexican-American War is known as "Mr. Polk's War"
President Polk moved troops into disputed Texas lands to get Mexican army to attack
This area of New York City was the most notorious slum where many immigrants, free African Americans, poor workers, and criminals were forced to live
Five Points Neighborhood
The Supreme Court made these two significant determinations in the Dred Scott Case
They said slaves are property and Congress cannot deny an owner of his property without due process
This political party was anti-immigrant
Know-Nothing Party