Industrial Revolution
What is Urbanization?
Moving from rural areas to urban areas.
Upstream rivers/lakes easily
During the Industrial Revolution, which TWO immigrant groups came to the US to work in Factories?
Irish and German Immigrants
Many immigrants from what country came to California for the gold rush?
China (Chinese Immigrants)
What are some beliefs of the Second Great Awakening?
-God can forgive sins as long as people do good deeds
-Utopian communities
-Revivals meetings
Where did women begin working during the Industrial Revolution?
Textile mills
Railroads helped people move what cardinal direction?
West
What is the Mexican Cession?
Land westward that the US Gained. Contained California, Utah, Nevada, Parts of Colorado, Arizona and New Mexico.
Why did the US want the Oregon Territory? (Name 2 reasons)
-Complete Manifest Destiny
-Resources like minerals and furs
-Natural Harbors (the Puget Sound)
Why is Elizabeth Staton, Susan B. Anthony and Lucrecia Mott so important?
They were women rights activists that led the Seneca Falls Convention.
Manufacturing did what to the price of goods and number of good produced?
Price of good decreased
Good produced increased
Eli Whitney invented what two things?
Interchangeable parts and the Cotton Gin
What is the name of the Treaty that officially ended the US Mexican War?
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
What were some environmental effects of the California Gold Rush?
-Digging the land
-Polluting rivers
-blasting mountains
Why were the Hudson River School painting landscapes?
To show the beauty of the American West
True or False: Factory workers had to be extremely skilled when working with machines.
False. Workers did not need many skills to work in factories.
The Cotton Gin had many benefits but also had negatives. What are some of the negative impacts of this invention?
-Increase use of enslaved labor
-Made soil become infertile
Why was the Mexican Cession so beneficial to the US?
-Many natural resources
-Access to the Pacific Ocean
The "Father of Manifest Destiny" had a famous slogan that helped him win the precedency in 1844, what was it?
"Fifty-four forty or fight!"
Who is Fredreck Douglass? What reform movement was he part of?
An ex-enslaved man who wrote about his experiences and wrote about anti-slavery sentiment in the newspaper called the North Star.
He was part of the Abolitionist movement.
Describe the Free Enterprise System and how that helped the Industrial Revolution.
Economic system where private companies have a lot of control of what it does with little government regulation (rules).
More companies where able to start up due to companies having choice, which lead to more inventions.
The Eerie canal connected two bodies of water: what were those bodies of water called?
The Hudson River and the The Great Lakes
Why did Texas Annexation cause the US-Mexican War?
Mexico never formally acknowledged Texas annexing to the US. Mexico and US had border disputes over the Rio Grande.
Which country did the US sign a treaty with to gain the Oregon Territory? Did the US get all of Oregon?
Great Britain.
The US only gained half of the Oregon territory.
Who is Dorothea Dix?
Helped improve mental health facilities.