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America turns 50
100
a believer in nationalism and president during the "Era of Good Feelings"
Who is James Monroe.
100
the right to vote
What is suffrage.
100
this man invented the mechanical reaper
Who is Cyrus McCormick
100
this movement wanted to stop the drinking of alcohol and attacked bad behavior like gambling.
What is the temperance movement.
100
this document warned European nations against interfering in the Western Hemisphere.
What is the Monroe Doctrine
200
brought the Industrial Revolution to the United States by building a cotton spinning mill in Rhode Island.
Who is Samuel Slater.
200
to make goods
What is manufacture.
200
this machine, invented by Eli Whitney, could clean 50 times as much cotton in a day as could be done by hand
What is the cotton gin.
200
this document was based on the Declaration of Independence and listed the rights that women should have.
What is the Declaration of Sentiments
200
Known as the people's president, this President promised equal rights for all; special privilege for none.
Who is Andrew Jackson
300
born into slavery in New York; escaped and became a preacher; supported the abolitionist movement and women's rights
Who is Sojourner Truth.
300
a ditch dug through the land and filled with water
What is a canal
300
This man was a former slave who spoke as an abolitionist. He wrote several autobiographies about his life.
Who is Frederick Douglass
300
this act gave the President the power to move Native Americans to land west of the Mississippi River.
What is the Indian Removal Act
400
Were leaders of the Women's Rights movement; organized the Seneca Falls Convention
Who are Lucretia Mott and Elizabeth Cady Stanton
400
meetings that brought back or strengthened people's religious feelings
What are revivals
400
a change in the way goods were produced, from hand made goods to goods make by machines
What is the Industrial Revolution.
400
name for reformers who attacked slavery as an evil that needed to be erased.
What is an abolitionist
400
Name of a Cherokee leader who developed an alphabet for the Cherokee language
Who is Sequoyah.
500
Cherokee leader who took his people's case to the Supreme Court to try and keep their land.
Who is John Ross
500
the idea that all people should pull together with a sense of strong pride in their country.
What is nationalism.
500
Robert Fulton created this invention to solve the problem of traveling upstream, against the current.
What is a boat powered by a steam engine.
500
Horace Mann led reforms in this area.
What is education
500
800 mile journey the Cherokee were forced to take to Indian Territory.
What is the Trail of Tears