A New Nation
Who was the first president of the United States?
George Washington
A law, enacted in 1830, that forced Native American peoples east of the Mississippi to move to lands in the West.
Indian Removal Act
The 19th-century belief that the United States would inevitably expand westward to the Pacific Ocean and into Mexican territory.
Manifest Destiny
Emotional songs that expressed religious beliefs.
Spirituals
This runaways slave became the most famous conductor on the Underground Railroad helping slaves escape to their freedom.
Harriet Tubman
Which president doubled the size of the country with the Louisiana Purchase?
Thomas Jefferson
Who invented the cotton gin?
Eli Whitney
In the late 1840s, what happened in California that caused the population to skyrocket and diversify?
gold rush
The Declaration of Sentiments was based off of which document?
The Declaration of Independence
Why did free-soilers oppose the extension of slavery into U.S. territories?
They didn’t want African Americans to take away jobs from white men.
What were two causes of the War of 1812?
British impressment of American sailors.
International conflicts over commerce.
British aid to Native Americans on the Northwest frontier.
What was one reason why the United States industrialized?
The Embargo Act of 1807
The War of 1812
Why did Mormons go to Salt Lake City, Utah?
What were three movements that came out of the Second Great Awakening?
-Abolition
-Women’s rights
-Worker rights
-The right to an education
-Prisoner rights
-The rights of those with disabilities
-Temperance
What is Harriet Beecher Stowe known for?
the anti-slavery novel Uncle Tom's Cabin
Under the John Adams administrations, laws created in 1798 that permitted the President to expel foreigners, made it harder for immigrants to become citizens, and allowed for citizens to be fined or jailed if they criticized the government or its officials.
Alien and Sedition Acts
Why did the Whig Party form in 1834?
To oppose the policies of Andrew Jackson.
Who led Texans against Santa Anna and became the first president of Texas?
Sam Houston
This person established teacher-training programs, instituted curriculum reforms, and helped double the money that states spent on schools.
Horace Mann
What was the Freeport Doctrine?
Stephen Douglas' idea that any territory could exclude slavery by simply refusing to pass laws supporting it.
What were the first two political parties in the United States?
Federalists
Democratic-Republicans
Name three 19th century inventors and their invention.
-Elias Howe -> sewing machine
-Samuel Morse -> telegraph
-John Deere -> steel plow
-Cyrus McCormick -> mechanical reaper
-Robert Fulton -> steamboat
What were two causes of the Texas Revolution?
Cultural differences
The issue of slavery
Mexico’s failed attempt to seal the borders
Large Anglo (English-speaking) population
Political instability
Stephen F. Austin traveled to Mexico city to petition for greater self-government for Texas
Mexican president, Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna, suspended the Mexican constitution and had Austin imprisoned
Santa Anna sent troops to Texas to stop a rebellion
Who were two people actively involved in the women's rights movement of the 19th century?
-Lucretia Mott
-Elizabeth Cady Stanton
-Sojourner Truth
-Frederick Douglass
-William Lloyd Garrison
What were two parts of the ruling in Dred Scott v. Sanford?
Scott remained a slave
African Americans weren’t citizens
Scott had no right to file a lawsuit
Banning slavery violated a white man’s “property” under the Fifth Amendment
The Missouri Compromise was unconstitutional