Vocabulary
A person who fights to end slavery
Who is an abolitionist?
This event was momentous and doubled the size of our country.
What is the Louisiana Purchase?
This president was responsible for the deaths of many Native Americans.
Who is Andrew Jackson?
The main goal of the women's rights movement was for women to achieve this.
What is the right to vote?
These two explorers were responsible for mapping out the newly purchased land and finding a route to the Pacific Ocean.
Who are Lewis & Clark?
To change
What is reform?
This law forced many Natives to leave their homes and move to western territories.
This group was forced on the Trail of Tears and moved to western lands.
Who are the Cherokee Natives?
The movement to ban alcohol
What is temperance?
This man-made waterway greatly improved transportation and led to a boom in the U.S economy.
What is the Erie Canal?
A member of the women's rights campaign
What is a suffragette?
This battle lasted only 30 minutes and was the end of the War of 1812.
What is the Battle of New Orleans?
This famous emperor offered to sell the biggest land purchase in U.S history.
Who is Napoleon?
This famous activist fought to reform how the mentally ill were treated.
Who is Dorothea Dix?
This resource was needed in order for factories to run during the Industrial Revolution.
What is water?
A feeling of pride towards one's country
What is nationalism?
This was the movement of thousands of people from the east to the west after this mineral was discovered.
What is the California Gold Rush?
This famous abolitionist became a free person and published a newspaper and an autobiography.
Who is Frederick Douglass?
This person set up one of the first schools for deaf and incorporated sign language into their daily schedule.
Who is Thomas Gallaudet?
This state took the lead in reforming public school education.
What is New York?
An organization formed to advocate for better working condititons
What is a labor union?
This act gave away free western lands to anyone 21 years or older.
What is the Homestead Act?
This group faced dangerous working conditions and made very little money when working.
Who are children?
At the Seneca Falls Convention the women modeled their document after this famous document.
What is the Declaration of Independence?
In the 1830s, this reformer set up a school for African American girls.
Who is Prudence Crandall?