Industrialization
Which invention increased cotton production in the South?
Cotton Gin
What was the spoils system?
(Rewarded political supporters with jobs)
Who published The Liberator?
(William Lloyd Garrison)
What did the Missouri Compromise decide about Missouri and Maine?
(Missouri Slave state; Maine free state)
Define “Abolition.”
(Movement to end slavery)
Immigrants from which two countries worked in Northern factories?
(Ireland & Germany)
Who did Andrew Jackson claim to represent?
(The “common man”)
What was the main goal of the abolition movement?
(End slavery)
What did the Compromise of 1850 admit as a free state?
(California)
Define “Temperance.”
(Movement to ban/reduce alcohol)
The Erie Canal connected the Great Lakes to what body of water?
Atlantic Ocean
What was the forced removal of the Cherokee called?
(Trail of Tears)
What was the 1848 women’s rights convention called?
(Seneca Falls Convention)
What law forced Northerners to return runaway enslaved people?
(Fugitive Slave Act)
Define “Popular Sovereignty.”
(Settlers vote on slavery in territories)
Who invented the mechanical reaper?
Cyrus McCormick
What Supreme Court case favored the Cherokee?
(Worcester v. Georgia)
What document was modeled after the Declaration of Independence?
(Declaration of Sentiments)
What conflict earned the name “Bleeding Kansas”?
(Violence over popular sovereignty in Kansas)
Define “Sectionalism.”
(Loyalty to one’s region)
How did the cotton gin affect slavery?
It expanded slavery by increasing cotton demand
What institution did Jackson veto to fight wealthy elites?
(National Bank)
Who led the Underground Railroad?
(Harriet Tubman)
What case ruled enslaved people were not citizens?
(Dred Scott v. Sandford)
Define “Spoils System.”
(Giving government jobs to political supporters)