Westward Expansion
What was the area of land acquired by the Louisiana Purchase?
What is the land from the Mississippi River to the Rocky Mountains?
What was the Second Great awakening?
The second great awakening was a religious revitalization in the 1800’s
Name one difference in ideology that led to sectionalism
(one of the following), Slavery, Tariffs, States rights
What were some inventions that were made during the industrial revolution?
Cotton gin, interchangeable parts, trains/railroads, canals, telegraph, textile mill, etc.
What were the two main political parties that arose in this time period?
Who are Whigs and Democrats
What is the forced movement of Native Americans further West?
What is the Indian Removal Act (1830) and the Trail of Tears?
What movements were advanced by the second great awakening?
abolition, women’s rights, temperance, education
What did southerners start to do that caused Northerners to start acting against slavery?
Southern farmers moved west in search of fertile lands to replace their worn out lands
What did the Industrial revolution do for women?
It allowed women to work outside the house and become independent
What is one thing that the Democrats argued for?
(any of the following) States rights, agrarian purity, liberty
What is the name of one Native American group that was forced westward?
Who are the(Any of the following) Cherokee, Choctaw, Creek, Chickasaw, Seminole?
How was the second great awakening different from the first?
The second great awakening focused more on reformation than religion, was less strict
Southern farmers moved west in search of fertile lands to replace their worn out lands
The tariff of abominations; high protective tariffs that harmed the South
How did the industrial revolution change the economy?
It went from a agriculture-based economy to a factory-based economy
Who were the Democrats led by
Who is Andrew Jackson
Immigrants began arriving in the US and some moved Westward while others stayed more in cities. Who were which group (generally) and why was that the case?
Irish people mostly stayed in the East while Germans went Westward because the Germans arrived with more money to sustain life in the untouched West.
How did the second great awakening influence American society?
The second great awakening elevated the status of women, changed the nature of religion in America, and improved society overall with reformations
What is the line that divided slave states and nonslave states in the Missouri compromise
What is the 36 30 line
What happened at the same time as the industrial revolution and how did it change people's lives?
The market revolution, and allowed people from small towns and farms to purchase goods made from far away and fewer goods to be made at home
Why did the South oppose tariffs
Southerners felt that the tariffs supported the North more than the South and/or affected the South negatively more than North (ex: The Tariff of Abominations)