Key Vocabulary
Belief that U.S. should expand across North America
Manifest destiny
Slavery
Manifest Destiny
The belief that American settlers were destined to expand across North America
Andrew Jackson
7th president.
Voting rights for all white men
Universal White Male Suffrage
Abolitionist
Someone that fights to end slavery.
Cotton Gin
Invention that increased cotton production and slavery expansion
Law passed in 1830 forcing Native Americans to move west of the Mississippi River
Indian Removal Act
Frederick Douglass
Former enslaved person, abolitionist leader, and author
Nativism
Anti-immigrant sentiment and policies
Industrial Revolution
Period of rapid industrial growth and mechanization
Factory System
Manufacturing method using machines and division of labor
Mexican-American War (1846-1848)
Conflict between U.S. and Mexico resulting in Mexican territory acquisition
John brown
Abolitionist that used violence for results.
Missouri Compromise
1820 agreement maintaining balance between free and slave states
Louisiana Purchase
The 1803 land acquisition from France that doubled the size of the United States
Interchangeable Parts
Standardized parts that could be easily replace
Why did the South Secede from the Union?
South seceded from the union because they were afraid of slavery being abolished.
Harriet Tubman
Conductor on the Underground Railroad
Underground Railroad
Network helping enslaved people escape to freedom
Forced relocation of Cherokee Nation to Oklahoma
Trail of Tears
Lowell Mills
Early textile factories employing young women
How much did U.S. Pay France for the Louisiana purchase>
$15 million.
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Women's rights activist
Moral Suasion
Using moral arguments to convince others