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What was the Trail of Tears?
Native Americans were forced off of their ancestral land and onto land east of the Mississippi River. This forced move was full of suffering, death, and sadness for Native Americans.
Which textile industry innovation put all stages of manufacturing under one roof?
Factory System
True or False:: The writings of Transcendentalists had a great influence on the Civil Rights movement
True
What is Popular Sovereignty?
The idea that residents of states or territories should decide for themselves whether or not to allow slavery.
What was the purpose of the Monroe Doctrine?
To keep Europe from further colonizing the Western Hemisphere
Explain a Push and a Pull factor
Push Factor pushes them away from living in an area. Pull is something that pulls them to a new area.
Ex. Push - overpopulation
Ex Pull - Gold Rush
Name 3 of the many effects of Rapid urban growth. (From the lesson)
As of 1840, there were nearly 2.5 million enslaved people in the United States. That number would grow to _____ by 1860.
3 Million 4 Million 5 Million
4 Million
Name 2 strengths the South had over the Union?
1. Stronger support from citizens, 2.Familiar territory. 3. Better Military Leadership. 4 Strong Military Traditions
What was the Underground Railroad?
The Underground railroad was a network of secret routes and safe houses used by escaped slaves to get to freedom.
Support for the Mexican-American War was most closely connected with support for which of these ideas?
Monroe Doctrine, Manifest Destiny, Compromise of 1850
Manifest Destiny
Correctly explain the factory worker lifestyle?
Working many hours from early to late night, unsafe and unhealthy working conditions, few days off or time off for breaks.
Who was Nat turner?
He was an anti-slavery leader and fighter. Nat Turner and 70 slaves began a two-day uprising in Southampton County, Virginia. Nat Turner, an enslaved preacher, believed that God had chosen him to lead Slaves to freedom. During the rebellion, Turner's master was killed, along with about 60 other white men.
What is the 13th Amendment about?
In January 1865, the U.S. Congress passed the 13th Amendment to the Constitution. The amendment abolished slavery. After the war, many Southern states passed laws called Black Codes, which prevented black people from gaining equal jobs and education.
Which act provided settlers free land if they agreed to move west to live and farm on the land?
Homestead Act of 1862
Why did the Compromise of 1850 intensify the argument about slavery?
People for and against slavery tried to populate and influence laws in the western states.
The Compromise of 1850 solved this problem. It added California to the U.S. as a free state. That meant that slavery was not allowed in California. The Compromise also admitted Utah and New Mexico into the U.S., but didn't determine whether those territories had to be slave or free states.
What effect did Samuel Slater's actions have on the U.S. economy?
The efficiency of American textile production increased. This led to cheaper prices and more profit.
How did the invention of the cotton gin affect slavery in the United States?
The invention made cleaning cotton easier and led to an increase in slave labor. The more cotton being produced, the more money the plantation would be able to make.
Which Civil War battle was famous for its use of new naval technology?
Battle of Gettysburg
Battle of Vicksburg
Battle of Hampton Roads (Battle of the Ironclads)
The Battle of the Ironclads took place off the coast of Hampton Roads, Virginia. These armored ships were considered “new naval technology” in the 1860s.
Name the treaty that gave US rights to Florida.
the Adams-Onís Treaty between the United States and Spain gave Florida to the U.S.
Name the 2 Supreme court cases heard on the issues of Settlers pushing into Native land
Worcester v. Georgia.
Cherokee Nation v. Georgia
How was industrialization in the North different from the South?
In the North, there were factories and more machinery. The South was based on Agriculture and physical labor.
How were Ralph Waldo Emerson, Harriet Beecher Stowe, and Henry David Thoreau similar ?
They all shaped the literary culture in the United States and were part of the Transcendentalist movement.
What was the basic disagreement between President Johnson and the Radical Republicans?
Who had the right to control Reconstruction -
From the beginning of Reconstruction, Johnson and the Radical Republicans disagreed over who should control the rebuilding of the South. The Republicans wanted to pass laws and amendments protecting the rights of African Americans. They also wanted to punish the South. Johnson did not support this.
Explain the Gibbons V Ogden Case
Gibbons
Justice Marshall concluded that regulation of navigation by steamboat operators and others for purposes of conducting interstate commerce was a power reserved to and exercised by the Congress under the Commerce Clause. As interstate navigation fell under interstate commerce, New York could not interfere with it, and the law was therefore invalid.