Manifest Destiny
The belief that Americans were meant to expand across the continent.
Manifest Destiny
A machine that sped up cotton production.
Cottin Gin
A former slave and powerful abolitionist speaker.
Frederick Douglass
A reason people left their countries.
Push Factor
U.S. bought this from France, doubling its size.
Louisiana Purchase
This war started over disputed territory and led to the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo.
Mexican-American War
What is the factory system?
This system used machines and workers in factories.
She helped people escape using the Underground Railroad.
Harriet Tubman
A reason people came to the U.S.
Pull Factor
He was the president during the Indian Removal Act.
Andrew Jackson
This document ended the Mexican-American War.
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
What are interchangeable parts?
These made it easier to fix machines by replacing only one part.
A moral argument against slavery.
Moral suasion
The term for people against immigrants.
Nativism
Movement to end slavery.
Abolition
One cost of Manifest Destiny for Native Americans.
loss of ancestral land or life
These mills were known for hiring young women.
Lowell Mills
This court case ruled Native land could not be taken by states.
Worcester v. Georgia
How immigrants were treated upon arrival.
Discrimination or unfair treatment
Right to vote.
What is suffrage?
The trail where many Cherokee died during forced relocation.
The Trail of Tears
What is environmental damage or child labor?
One negative effect of industrialization.
This compromise kept the number of free and slave states equal.
Missouri Compromise
A law passed to give citizens jobs over immigrants.
Nativist laws or policies
Document that gave the U.S. control of new land after war with Mexico.
What is the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo?