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AH1 M6 Review

American History 1 Module 6 Review

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Eli Whitney Inventor of the cotton gin in 1793.
John Deere Inventor of the steel plow in 1837.
Cyrus McCormick Inventor of the mechanical reaper in 1834.
I.M. Singer Inventor who invented the sewing machine in 1851.
Charles Goodyear Inventor of vulcanized rubber in 1839 and developer of a process to make rubber stronger so it could be used to transport goods.
Robert Fulton Inventor of steam powered ships in 1807.
Samuel Morse Inventor of the telegraph in 1837.
Know Nothing Party This group formed to limit all immigration to the U.S.
Cotton Gin Farming tool that made it easier to remove seeds from cotton.
Steel Plow Farming tool that made tilling up the ground much easier.
Mechanical Reaper Farming tool that made it easier to harvest wheat.
Sewing Machine Invention by I. M. Singer in 1851 that allowed for fasting stitching of cloth to make clothes versus a person doing the work.
Vulcanized Rubber Invention by Charles Goodyear in 1839; most popular in the form of tires.
Steam Powered Ships Invention by Robert Fulton in 1807 that allowed for faster transportation of products along rivers.
Telegraph Invention by Samuel Morse in 1837 that allowed for faster communication which linked different parts of the country together.
Manifest Destiny The idea that Americans had the right and duty to expand west.
Louisiana Purchase Land purchase from France that doubled the size of the United States and allowed the U.S. to trade along the Mississippi River.
American Dream The belief that every American can work hard to get what they want.
Industrial Related to a manufacturing business.
Immigrants Foreigners who came to the United States to live and work.
Annex Adding the territory of another state to a country.
Mexican Cession Land given to the United States at the end of the War with Mexico in 1848.
Gadsden Purchase A purchase named after James Gadsden in which the U.S. purchased more territory from Mexico that would eventually make up the southern part of Arizona and Mexico and established the US-Mexican border.
Agricultural Relating to work or business of producing crops.
Productivity The state of being able to create, particularly at a high quality and quick speed.
Reduction A decrease or a less amount, or the amount by which something decreases or goes down.
Immigration The process of foreigners coming to the United States to live and work.
Ventilation An opening that lets air in.
Nativism The policy of favoring people born in America over immigrants to hire for jobs.
Second Great Awakening A religious revival that began after 1790 that stressed salvation was possible for everyone and highlighted the power of the individual.
Great Awakening Religious revival led primarily by the Puritans in the New England colonies before the American Revolution.
Community Reform Movements These movements sought to alter and improve society as a whole by developing a new philosophy of living and surviving as a community.
Women's Reform Movements There were four major areas of these reform movements during the time period from the late 1700s to the early 1800s. Success was made in the areas of public schools and prisons and asylums, while minor successes were made in the areas of temperance and women's suffrage.
Public School Movement In this movement, Catherine Beecher helped with the establishment of colleges for women and helped in the creation of elementary schools and mandatory education for all white male children.
Catherine Beecher The major leader of the public school movement. She helped with the establishment of colleges for women and also helped in the creation of elementary schools and mandatory education for all white male children.
Dorothea Dix This leader was from North Carolina and led reform for prisons and asylums.
Elizabeth Stanton The leader of the temperance movement.
Lucretia Mott The main leader in the women's suffrage movement, or the right to vote for women.
William Lloyd Garrison Published the newspaper, The Liberator, in 1831 and founded the American Anti-Slavery Society to push for abolition.
Frederick Douglass Born a slave which fueled his hatred for slavery; worked with William Lloyd Garrison until he founded his own newspaper, The North Star, in 1847.
Harriet Tubman The most famous leader of the Underground Railroad; used the Underground Railroad to lead over 300 slaves to freedom from the South to the North.
Sojourner Truth Born a slave but escaped to the North; achieved national attention by winning a court case for the freedom of her son.
David Walker Advocated for an immediate end to slavery and even promoted the use of violence to help end slavery; wrote a pamphlet that led to laws being passed that banned anti-slavery literature from being distributed.
Nat Turner Led a slave rebellion and killed 60 whites including his slave owner which led to stricter laws against slaves being put into place to prevent future rebellions.
Henry David Thoreau A famous transcendentalism writer who said, "Men are born to succeed and not fail."
Reform To make better by changing the bad parts of society.
Salvation Being saved from sin and from the penalties of sin.
Abolition Getting rid of completely.
Transcendentalism Movement that emphasized living in harmony with nature and stressed examining a person's thoughts, emotions, and imagination.
Utopian Communities Communities based on self-sufficiency that wanted to create a perfect society by sharing equally the work and items produced in the community.
Self-Sufficiency Having the ability to provide for oneself without the help of others; independence.
Suffrage The right to vote.
Temperance Ban the drinking of alcohol.
Asylum A hospital for the mentally ill.
Rehabilitate To restore someone to a normal life by training and therapy after imprisonment.
Seneca Falls Convention First women's rights convention.
Declaration of Sentiments A speech given at the Seneca Falls Convention that demanded equal rights for women including voting.
Underground Railroad An escape route to the North for runaway slaves.
Era A designated time period.
Enlightenment Reaching spiritual knowledge and understanding.
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