Industrial Growth
What Invention by Eli Whitney transformed the Southern Economy by increasing cotton production?
Cotton Gin
What road, also known as the Cumberland Road, was the first federally funded highway?
The National Road
What religious movement in the early 1800s led to widespread revival and social reform?
Second Great Awakening
What was the movement to end slavery called?
The abolitionist movement
Which famous abolitionist and former enslaved woman became a key conductor on the Underground Railroad, leading many to freedom?
Harriet Tubman
What system first used in New England, brought manufacturing under one roof?
The Factory System
What mode of transportation, developed by Robert Fulton, revolutionized river travel?
The steamboat
What philosophy emphasized emotion and nature over reason, influencing American literature?
Romanticism
Who was a former enslaved person who became a leading abolitionist and wrote Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass?
Frederick Douglas
Who was the famous preacher during the second great awakening, known for his fiery sermons and revivals in New England?
Charles Finney
What was the first industry to be industrialized in America?
The Textile Industry
Who built the first successful American railroad, and what was its name?
Peter Cooper; Tom Thumb
What was the name of the movement that promoted communal living and close societies in the early 19th century?
The Utopian Movement
What constitutional amendment, ratified in 1919, banned the manufacture, sale and transporation of alcholic beverages in the United States?
Eighteenth Amendment
Which abolitionist, who was a prominent advocate for the immediate emancipation of slaves and started the antislavery newspaper The Liberator?
William Lloyd Garrison
Which two immigrant groups provided most of the labor in factories during the Industrial Revolution?
Irish and German immigrants
What is the name of the first long distance railroad in the United States completed in the 1820's?
The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
What was the name of the group of writers who promoted individualism and self-reliance, including Ralph Waldo Emerson
Transcendentalists
What reformer fought for better treatment of the mentally ill?
Dorothea Dix
What was the name of the slave who led a violent rebellion in Virginia in 1831?
Nat Turner
What economic system, based on private ownership and free markets, fueled industrial growth in the U.S.?
Capitalism
What communication breakthrough did Samuel Morse develop in 1844?
The telegraph and Morse code
Who was the educator that reformed American public education by advocating for free, compulsory schooling?
Horace Mann
What convention, held in 1848, was the first major women’s rights gathering in America?
The Seneca Falls Convention
Which religious denomination saw a significant growth in the early 19th century due to its emphasis on mission work and social justice?
Methodist Church