Abolitionists and Suffragists
an abolitionist, published the North Star newspaper, worked for the rights of African Americans and women to help their lives
Who is Frederick Douglas?
Territory added after it won its independence from Mexico
What is Texas?
Nickname given to the tragic removal of Native American people from their homelands
What is the Trail of Tears?
River that borders the eastern side of the Louisiana Territory
What is the Mississippi River?
machine that increased the need for slave labor because it increased production of cotton
What is the cotton gin?
a former enslaved African American, nationally known advocate for equality and justice
Who is Isabel Sojourner Truth?
Order in which the territories were added to the United States
What is Louisiana, Florida, Texas, Oregon, California?
State the Native Americans were forced to relocate
What is Oklahoma?
served as a church and school where priests taught the American Indians about Christianity and European ways of doing things
What is a mission?
provided faster river transportation that connected Southern plantations and farms to Northern industries and Western territories
What is the steamboat?
played a leadership role in the women’s rights movement, stated that “All men and women are created equal”
Who is Elizabeth Cady Stanton?
became part of the US because of the war with Mexico
What is California?
Natural resource found on Native American land
What is gold?
someone who organizes resources to bring a new or better product or service to the market hoping to make a profit
What is an entrepreneur?
a machine that increased productivity of the American farmer
What is the reaper?
advocated to gain voting rights for women and equal rights for all
Who is Susan B. Anthony?
Country that gave Florida to the US
What is Spain?
Act that forced the Native Americans to relocate
What is the Indian Removal Act?
Person who felt that slavery was morally wrong, cruel and inhumane, and went against the principles of democracy
What is an abolitionist?
invented the steamboat
Who is Robert Fulton?
an abolitionist, published the Liberator newspaper, worked for the immediate emancipation of all enslaved African Americans
Who is William Lloyd Garrison?
Territory split between Great Britain and the United States
What is the Oregon territory?
President involved with the relocation of Native Americans
Who is Andrew Jackson?
The purpose was to gain equal rights for women
What is the Suffrage Movement?
two men who invented the reaper
Who are Jo Anderson and Cyrus McCormick?