Reform Movements
What was the main goal of the Temperance Movement?
To moderate or ban alcohol in America. They were concerned with effects on moral behavior and other societal reforms encouraged it.
Describe the goal of the abolition movement.
Abolitionists wanted to abolish slavery across the United States.
Why did many Americans go to Texas?
Since Mexico owned Texas and they were offering land grants to immigrants. Also they assumed the US would eventually gain control of the area.
In 1824 Andrew Jackson promised electoral voters a place in his cabinet as long as they voted for him. What is this event refereed to as?
The Corrupt Bargain
When was the first Independence Day?
July 4th 1776
What reform movement did Ralph Waldo Emerson promote?
He was a transcendentalist who strongly influenced american thought and culture.
Who is known as the father of the American civil rights movement?
Fredrick Douglas
When did Texas gain independence from Mexico?
1836
Who were the Whigs?
The Whigs were opposed to royalty. They received support from the National Republicans and ex-federalists.
Describe the goals of the Transcendentalist Movement
They believe that individuals are corrupt by the government, and that people are at their best when they are independent.
Who Founded Mormonism?
Joseph Smith
What was the goal destination of the underground railroad and how did slaves get there?
The ultimate goal of the underground railroad was for runaway slaves to escape to Canada through a network of safe houses.
Describe Manifest Destiny
The 19th entry belief that the expansion of the US throughout the American continents was both justifies and inevitable. (used god as justification)
Free Soil Party
What was refereed to as the king of the south?
Cotton
Name three women's rights activists.
Emma Willard
Catherine Beecher
Sarah Grimke
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Lucretia Mott
Name three abolitionists.
William Lloyd Garrison
Elijah Lovejoy
David Walker
Fredrick Douglas
Angelina Grimke
Lydia Maria Child
Harriet Jacobs
Solomon Northup
What was the Hudson River School?
A collection of artists painting American landscapes.
How did the north and the south view one another?
When was gold discovered in California?
1848
Describe the beliefs of Horace Mann.
He was an education reformer who implicated liberal education reforms. He made high quality no cost public schooling.
What year was the fugitive slave act enacted, and what were its guidelines?
It was enacted in 1850 and it stated that all runaway slave had to return to their masters.
When did railroads begin to replace canals as the main mode of transportation in the US?
1840s-1850s
Who opened up trade with Japan in 1853?
What did Goodyear discover?
The vulcanization of rubber.