Politics & Social Terms
White Power!
Invention that increased cotton production and slavery expansion
What is the cotton gin?
THe belief that American settlers were destined to expand
What is Manifest Destiny?
7th President, known for Indian removal and expanding democracy (also known as the president who destroyed the economy and caused the nullification crisis)
Who is Andrew Jackson?
Slavery should end!
Anti-immigrant sentiment among native-born Americans
Manufacturing method using machines and division of labor
What is the factory system?
Law passed in 1830 forcing Native Americans to leave
What is the Indian removal act?
Former enslaved person, abolitionist leader, and author
Who is Frederick Douglass?
Our people were forced to move to Oklahoma and our people lost all of our land. This act... This evil act...
Network helping enslaved people escape to freedom
What is the Underground Railroad?
Standardized parts that could be easily replaced
What are interchangeable parts?
Forced relocation of Native American tribes and thousands of deaths
Trail of tears
Conductor on the Underground Railroad, activist for Black rights and Women's rights.
Who is Harriet Tubman?
We need voting rights!
What is Suffrage?
Using moral arguments to convince others
What is Moral Suasion?
Early textile factories employing young women
What is Lowell Mills?
Conflict between U.S. and Mexico over territory
What is the mexican-american war?
Fighting for her rights.
Who is Elizabeth Cady Stanton?
What is the policy forcing Native Americans west of the Mississippi River?
What is Indian Removal?