Industrial Revolution
Faster and more efficient transportation; prices of goods decreased
What are Steamboats and Railroads?
Land signed over by Great Britain; achieved goal of Manifest Destiny
What is the Oregon Territory?
Helped gained support for the abolitionist movement
What is Uncle Tom's Cabin?
First battle of the Civil War
What is Fort Sumter?
Freed slaves in the Confederacy
What is the Emancipation Proclamation?
Temporarily settled the debate over slavery in new territories
What is the Missouri Compromise?
Annexation of Texas; border disagreement
What are Reasons for U.S.-Mexican War?
Time when people worked to improve society
What is the Reform Era?
Opposed the spread of slavery into territories
Who is the Republican Party?
Laws that limited the freedom of former slaves
What are the Black Codes?
More efficient way to make goods; led to mass production
What are Interchangeable Parts?
Discovery at Sutter’s Mill, California in 1849
What is Gold?
Spiritual revivals; inspired people to become involved in reform efforts
What is the Second Great Awakening?
Elected president of the Confederacy
Who is Jefferson Davis?
Began after the Civil War; South was economically and politically ruined
What is Reconstruction?
Faster communication over long distances
What is a Telegraph?
Belief that immigrants take away jobs from Americans
What is Nativism?
Helped runaway slaves make it North along the Underground Railroad
Who is Harriet Tubman?
Formal withdrawal from the Union
What is Secede?
Helped freedmen adjust to life in the South; established schools
What is the Freedman's Bureau?
People moving from rural areas to cities for work
What is Urbanization?
Opened up land for westward expansion
What is the Louisana Purchase?
Meeting organized for women’s suffrage and equality
What is the Seneca Falls Convention?
Elected president of the U.S. in 1860
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
Granted African American men suffrage
What is the 15th Amendment?