Vocabulary
**Triple the Points**
1) This movement, led by a President, championed greater rights for the common man and was opposed to the rich leading the nation.
2) The first women’s rights convention in the United States.
1) What is the Jacksonian Democracy?
2) What is the Seneca Falls Convention?
Why was the Underground Railroad considered an important element of the resistance to slavery?
a) It was financed by the government
b) It transported goods efficiently
c) It provided safe passage for runaway slaves
d) It created legal reforms in the South
C. What is it provided safe passage for runaway slaves?
What was a key objective of the Temperance Movement?
What is to reduce alcohol consumption?
What was one major impact of the development of the steam locomotive on American society in the 19th century?
a) Decreased need for waterways
b) Improved long-distance travel and trade
c) Increased isolation of communities
d) Reduced economic growth
B. What is improved long-distance travel and trade?
What was a major reason for the surge in immigration to the United States in the mid-1800s?
a) Peaceful political environment in Europe
b) Abundant job opportunities in Europe
c) Economic opportunities in the US
d) Cultural similarities with the US
C. What is Economic opportunities in the US?
The first major financial crisis in the United States, especially in the Cotton Belt.
What is The Panic of 1819?
Which movement aimed at ending slavery in the United States and played a significant role in the Reform Movement between 1800-1860?
a) Abolitionist Movement
b) Temperance Movement
c) Labor Movement
d) Women's Suffrage Movement
A. What is Abolitionist Movement?
What made the Seneca Falls Convention of 1848 significant in the context of the Reform Movement?
What is the first women's rights convention?
Which technological advancement significantly improved communication across the United States in the 19th century?
What is the Telegraph?
Which economic policy during the early 1800s aimed at protecting American industries from foreign competition?
What is the Protective Tariff?
One nation or nationality above all others, and that places primary emphasis on the promotion of its culture and interests as opposed to those of other nations
What is Nationalism?
How did the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 affect the abolitionist movement?
a) It weakened abolitionist cause.
b) It led to peace across the states.
c) It solved conflicts related to slavery.
d) It intensified abolitionist efforts.
D. What is it intensified abolitionist efforts?
What does “suffrage” mean?
What is the right to vote?
Name all four America's Foreign Policies.
What were Convention of 1818, Adams-Onis Treaty, American System, and The Monroe Doctrine?
Why did many immigrants come to the United States during the reform era?
What is for jobs, freedom, and better living conditions?
An important international agreement, signed between the United States and the United Kingdom, helped resolve long-standing border disputes and mend their relationship.
What is the Convention of 1818?
Why do you think this political cartoon was used? What did the artist hope to convey to anyone who saw it?
An abolitionist is a person who believed that slavery was wrong and had to be stopped completely. The word "abolish" means to get rid of something forever. the act of officially ending slavery Abolitionists worked hard to end slavery. Here are some things they did: Gave speeches to convince people that slavery was evil Wrote books and pamphlets explaining why slavery should end Helped enslaved people escape to freedom (some were part of the Underground Railroad) Protested against slavery laws Fought for new laws that would make slavery illegal Organized groups to work together against slavery
Who co-wrote the Declaration of Sentiments?
Who was Elizabeth Cady Stanton?
What was the Convention of 1818?
What was it allowed American businesses to fish in eastern Canadian waters. The deal also let the United States and Britain share parts of present-day Oregon and Washington. This let both countries make money from the fur trade in the area?
What was one danger workers (children) faced in factories during this time?
What was unsafe machinery, long hours, or poor working conditions?
**Double Jeopardy**
A foreign policy announced by the President in 1823. The main idea was that European countries should not try to create new colonies or take back old ones in North or South America.
What is the Monroe Doctrine?
**Double Jeopardy**
In your own words, explain what an Abolitionist is and what they do?
An abolitionist is a person who believed that slavery was wrong and had to be stopped completely.
The word "abolish" means to get rid of something forever. the act of officially ending slavery Abolitionists worked hard to end slavery.
Here are some things they did: Gave speeches to convince people that slavery was evil Wrote books and pamphlets explaining why slavery should end Helped enslaved people escape to freedom (some were part of the Underground Railroad) Protested against slavery laws Fought for new laws that would make slavery illegal Organized groups to work together against slavery
**Double Jeopardy
In your own words, what was the Common School Movement?
What is a big push in the 1800s to make sure that all children — no matter how rich or poor they were — could go to school for free. Before this movement, many kids didn't get to go to school at all, especially if their families didn't have much money.
What was the Adams Onis-Treaty?
This treaty helped America because Spain gave east Florida to the United States. This meant that America got more land and had better control over the area to stop attacks from Native Americans on American towns.
What was the Tariff of Abominations?
a) A government rule that forced all factory workers to work 16 hours a day without pay, which many people called an "abomination" because it was so unfair.
b) A ban on the sale of corn and wheat from Western states to Southern states, which caused a severe food shortage in the South during the 1820s.
c) A law passed in 1776 that gave all enslaved people in the North their freedom. It was called an "abomination" by Southern slave owners who opposed it.
d) A tax placed on imported goods (like cloth and iron) that made foreign products more expensive than American-made ones. Southern states hated it because they relied on buying cheap imported goods and selling cotton to other countries.
D. What is a tax placed on imported goods (like cloth and iron) that made foreign products more expensive than American-made ones. Southern states hated it because they relied on buying cheap imported goods and selling cotton to other countries?