Women
This convention was the first in a push for Women's Suffrage
Seneca Falls (1848)
This word means to get rid of slavery
Abolition
This president was an expansionist & a follower of Andrew Jackson
James Polk
Jackson was born in SC but grew up & lived & owned slaves in this state
Tennessee
This war leads to America adding the modern-day states of Texas, Arizona, New Mexico & California
Mexican-American War
The term for banning alcohol which women supported to prevent their husbands from becoming drunks
Temperance
This religious zealot took a violent stand against slavery and killed several slaveowners in Kansas before leading a failed slave revolt that ends in his death
John Brown
These famous Americans died in the Alamo which became a rallying cry for the Texas War of Independence
Daniel Boone & Davey Crockett
The National Bank
This horrific event occured when Southern Native tribes were forced off their land and moved to the "Indian Territory "
The Trail of Tears
The idea that women should not leave the house without their husbands - they should cook, clean, care for children and be happy when their man comes home
Cult of Domesticity
This is the concept that when a territory had enough citizens to become a state they could vote on whether or not to allow slavery in the new state
Popular Sovereignty
This slave filed a lawsuit for his freed because his owner took him to states where slavery was illegal
Dred Scott
Jackson first gained fame for his victory in New Orleans in this war
1812
Oregon Territory
This former slave spoke out not only on slavery, but on Women's rights as well
Sojourner Truth
"I stand before you as a thief and a robber. I have stolen this head, these limbs from my master and ran off with them"
Frederick Douglas
This supreme court justice rules against Dred Scott & even goes as far as saying that all free Black men and women in the North could possibly be slaves again
Robert Taney :(
Nullification Crisis
This compromise stated any new states below the 36-30 line would be slave states - and new states above would be free states
Missouri Compromise (1820)
This woman wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin, which depicted black people as actual people with thoughts, emotions & other human characteristics
Harriet Beecher Stowe
This book opens many Northern eyes to the evils of slavery (Southern states allowed it for obvious reasons)
Uncle Tom's Cabin
Lincoln's early political rival who refused to take a stance against slavery, he favored the popular soverignty route of letting states vote on the slavery issue
Stephen Douglas
In hopes to get rid of gov't corruption Jackson started this practice (still around today) that actually led to even more corruption
The Spoils System
This state started "bleeding" when abolitionists & slave-owners moved there to vote on slavery
Kansas