Quarter 4 Words

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