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Francis Cabot Lowell Your Name
• A Boston merchant / factory owner
• His factories produced cloth
• “Lowell girls” – worked for him & lived in strict boarding houses
Eli Whitney Your Name
• U.S. inventor
• Ex: cotton gin (very popular in the south)
• Came up with the system – 1 part could be used in many items
Labor Unions Your Name
• Voluntarily formed by a group of workers
• Goal = higher wages, better hours, and safer jobs
The Missouri Compromise Your Name
• 1820: Missouri would be added as a SLAVE state
• Maine would be added as a FREE state
• Slavery was banned in Louisiana Territory 36’30 N latitude
Jacksonian Democracy Your Name
• A political philosophy concerned with the interests of the common people
• He also believed in STRONG STATE govern, and LIMITING the power of the FEDERAL govern.
The Trail of Tears Your Name
• 1829: When white settlers found gold on Cherokee land, the gov. relocated the Cherokees to new lands
• More than 4,000 Cherokees died on this brutal trip
Sectionalism Your Name
• The system of putting more importance on a region / section
• Belief that the STATES are more important than the COUNTRY
John C Calhoun Your Name
• Jackson’s Vice President
• He went AGAINST the Pres. And encouraged states to nullify the new tariff
Whigs Your Name
• A new political party
• They were nationalists who wanted a strong federal government
Second Great Awakening Your Name
• A religious burst of energy in the 1800s
• African American slaves found comfort in the church
Mormons Your Name
• Members of the Jesus Christ Church of Latter Day Saints
• Led by Joseph Smith
• Persecuted for their beliefs
Nat Turner Your Name
• A slave, who taught himself to read the bible & believed God wanted him to lead people to freedom
• Organized a rebellion, shot 60 people before they were stopped
Utopian Community Your Name
• A separate settlement that comes together hoping for a morally perfect place
• Most of these only lasted 2-6 years
Horace Mann Your Name
• A great education reformer
• He wanted all children to go to school (law)
• No corporal punishment in classrooms
Dorothea Dix Your Name
• A reformer who taught Sunday school in a MA Prison
• She helped get people with mental disabilities out of jail and into state mental hospitals
Temperance Movement Your Name
• Temperance = drinking alcohol in moderation (not getting DRUNK)
• Neal Dow: As Mayor of Portland, he passed the 1st laws limiting the sale of alcohol
Abolition Movement Your Name
• 19th Century Movement that sought to put an end to slavery
• Abolitionists = people who thought slavery was immoral (evil / wrong)
Frederick Douglas Your Name
• A well known abolitionist who was born a slave
• He escaped the North & later became an advisor to President Lincoln
Abe Lincoln Your Name
• In the Whig party
• 1st goal = Unite the Union
• 2nd Goal = Free Slaves
• Emancipation Proclamation = He ordered all slaves to be set free
Confederate States of America Your Name
• Made up of 11 southern states that left the Union
• Jefferson Davis was Pres.
• Wanted STRONG STATES and Slavery
Civil War Your Name
• A war between the North (Union) and the South (Confederate)
• Union = More factories, people, navy
• Confederates = Defensive war, home turf, strong generals
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