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OCS Am 2 U1, L1, N3
after Civil War OCS students
Term | Definition |
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Manifest Destiny | The idea that Americans had the right and duty to expand all the way to the Pacific Ocean. |
Indian Removal Act of 1830 | This law required Indians to lose their land. |
Trail of Tears | An event where a large number of Cherokee Indians had to move from their land and many died on their journey west. |
Telegraph | This invention made it easier to communicate with others far away. |
Steam-powered ships | This invention made it easier to transport products from place to place. |
Steel plow | This invention made it easier to till the hard soil. |
Cotton gin | This invention made it easier to take the seeds out of cotton. |
Second Great Awakening | This movement stressed salvation was possible for everyone and highlighted the power of the individual. |
Transcendentalism | This movement emphasized living in harmony with nature. |
Temperance | This movement was an attempt to ban alcohol. |
Abolition | This movement worked to end slavery. |
Suffrage | This movement focused on women's right to vote. |
Nationalism | Strong feeling of pride and devotion to one's country. |
Sectionalism | Extreme loyalty to a particular region of a nation. |