Westward Expansion
This belief said the U.S. was meant to expand from the Atlantic to the Pacific.
Manifest Destiny
This system brought workers and machines together under one roof
factory system
push factor for the Irish in the 1800s
potato famine
This movement worked to end slavery in the United States
abolition
invention that allowed for long distance messages
telegraph
Settlers traveled this long route west in covered wagons.
Oregon Trail
This invention by Eli Whitney increased cotton production but also increased slavery.
cotton gin
push factor for the Germans in the 1800s
failed revolution and political unrest
This movement encouraged people to stop drinking alcohol
temperance movement
invention that made it possible to weave multiple strings of wool or cotton
spinning jenny
This 1836 conflict led to Texas becoming independent from Mexico.
Texas Revolution
This invention powered trains and factories, speeding up transportation and production.
steam engine
Name 2 pull factors for Irish and Germans
resources, food, jobs, freedom
organized network of secret routes for slaves to escape
Underground Railroad
people who mined for gold
forty niner
Where did the Gold Rush take place?
California
Whitney’s idea that eliminated the need for artisans and made mass production possible
interchangeable parts
group of people who were anti-immigration
nativists
Who wrote the abolitionist newspaper called the North Star?
Frederick Douglass
to add, in this case adding a territory
annex
Who settled in Utah for religious freedom?
Mormons
This term describes the growth of cities as people moved for factory jobs.
urbanization
Know Nothing
Seneca Falls Convention
to give up (in this case a piece of land)
cede