Reform Movements
Movement that focused on stopping the consumption of alcohol
What is the Temperance Movement?
The United States gained this territory in 1848
What is the Mexico Territory?
This group of people ran the National Bank
Who is wealthy citizens and foreigners?
Canals, Railroads, and Telegraphs caused a beneficial increase of this in the United States during the 1800s
what is the economy?
"Running away, pretending to be sick, working slowly, breaking tools, learning to read, rebellion/violence" are all examples of this
What is Resistance to enslavement?
Escaped slavery, learned how to read & write, and wrote his own autobiography in lieu of the abolition movement
Who is Fredrick Douglass?
The benefits from acquiring this territory include: doubling the US in size and control of the Mississippi River which was helpful for trade
What is the Louisiana?
Jackson was this age when he volunteered to fight in the war
What is 13 years old?
Most immigrants in 1840 came from these countries
What is Germany and Ireland?
This caused a boom of slavery in the 19th century
What is the cotton gin?
An organized meeting where activists came together to bring awareness to the demands of the Women's Rights Movement
What is the Seneca Falls Convention?
This territory was gained through annexation after it gained independence from Mexico
What is Texas?
This group supported Andrew Jackson in the election
Canals, Railroads, and Telegraphs caused a beneficial increase of this in the United States during the 1800s
What is the economy?
These are the negative outcomes of the expansion of slavery
What are families being separated and sold to further territories?
Explain what societal problem Dorothea Dix was attempting to solve
What is fixing the deplorable conditions in the prisons and creating a safer place for the disabled to reside rather than criminalizing them?
Manifest Destiny and a desire for more resources led the United States to engage in this
What is Westward Expansion?
This was referred to as the “Corrupt Bargain” because Henry Clay swayed votes for John Quincy Adams in exchange for the Secretary of State position. They felt that John Quincy Adams didn’t get the votes honestly.
What is the Election of 1824?
These are factors that would cause someone to want to emigrate to a different country than their home country
What are push factors?
This person led a slave revolt in Virginia as a means of resistance against enslavement
Who is Nat Turner?
This document, modeled after the Declaration of Independence, declared that “all men and women are created equal” and listed grievances against men.
What is the Declaration of Sentiments?
This person invaded Florida in the 1800s to fight off the Seminole tribe and pressure Spain to give the US the land
Who is Andrew Jackson?
This is when South Carolina canceled the tariff, refused to pay it, and threatened to secede or leave the U.S. Jackson said a state can’t cancel a federal law, he threatened to use force to enforce the law, but signed a compromise tariff that was lower to satisfy South Carolina.
What is the Nullification Crisis?
Whether or not slavery should be allowed to spread to the western territories was the problem this compromise solved
What is the Missouri Compromise?
This person was the creator of the infamous cotton gin
Who is Eli Whitney?