Industrial Revolution
This system produces goods quickly in large amounts.
What is mass production?
This belief said the U.S. should expand coast to coast.
What is Manifest Destiny?
This movement worked to end slavery.
What is abolition?
This term describes loyalty to one region over the nation.
What is sectionalism?
This decade was known for economic growth and cultural change.
What are the Roaring Twenties?
This invention improved communication over long distances.
What is the telegraph?
This purchase doubled the size of the United States.
What is the Louisiana Purchase?
This movement focused on limiting or banning alcohol.
What is temperance?
This issue caused major conflict between North and South.
What is slavery?
This system allowed people to buy goods over time.
What are installment plans (credit)?
This transportation system helped move goods across the country faster.
What is the railroad?
This treaty ended the U.S.–Mexico War.
What is the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo?
This reform improved conditions for people with mental illness.
What is Dorothea Dix’s reform movement?
This compromise admitted California as a free state.
What is the Compromise of 1850?
This event marked the beginning of the Great Depression.
What is the stock market crash of 1929?
This process made steel stronger and cheaper.
What is the Bessemer Process?
This event brought thousands to California in 1849.
What is the Gold Rush?
This reform expanded education for children.
What is public education reform?
This law required escaped enslaved people to be returned.
What is the Fugitive Slave Act?
This program created jobs during the Great Depression.
What is the WPA or TVA?
Works Progress Administration or Tennessee Valley Authority
Explain one effect of industrialization on cities.
Urbanization / people moved to cities for jobs
Explain one cause of the U.S.–Mexico War.
Border disputes or Manifest Destiny
Explain one goal of reform movements in the 1800s.
To improve society / fix social problems
Explain how sectionalism led to conflict in the U.S.
Different economies and views on slavery caused division
Explain one cause of the Great Depression.
Overproduction, debt, or stock speculation