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| supported by Susan B. Anthony |
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| established for women only |
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| Mount Holyoke Female Seminary |
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| abolitionist who worked for women's rights |
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| won acceptance and fame as a doctor |
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| What was the significance of the convention of Seneca Falls, New York, in 1848? |
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| It was the first woman's rights convention held |
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| What was the name of the women's rights document that was modeled after the Declaration of Independence |
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| Declaration of Sentiments and Resolutions |
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| When did women get the right to vote everywhere in the United States? |
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| What was the main reason that the roles of men and women began to change in the early 1800s? |
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| The Industrial Revolution |
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| Why were many female reformers Quakers? |
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| Quaker societies enjoyed more freedom and they wanted to share this freedom |
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| scientific discoveries that simplify work |
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| brings manufacturing steps together in one place |
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| allow the use of less-skilled labor |
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| the sole legal right to an invention |
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| What did the Industrial Revolution encourage people to do? (8.1 perspective [e.g. growth of economy status]) |
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| leave their homes and farms and work in mills and earn wages |
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| Why were most mills in the Northeast built near rivers? |
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| Because they ran off water energy |
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| Why were diseases such a threat in cities during the Industrial Revolution |
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| Because there was no sewer system so people were exposed to filth and liable to get yellow fever |
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| What resources did New Englad get from Pennsylvania? |
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| What did the British do to keep their industrial technology a secret? |
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| The British passed a law preventing all inventors from leaving the country |
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| connected New York City and Buffalo |
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| the official count of population |
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| required travelers to pay |
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| Why were earlier steamboats like those invented by James Rumsey and David Fitch unable to travel on large rivers or in open water? |
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| Because of strong winds and currents |
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| The steamboat called the Clermont was developed by? |
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| What were two advantages river travel had over road travel? |
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| able to ship more; had faster speed |
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| The first wave of westward expansion led to the admission of what four new states between 1791 and 1803? |
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| Kentucky, Vermont, Ohio, Tennesse |
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| How did improved transportation affect the types of goods that Americans bought for their homes? |
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| (more goods, differential goods) Bought goods from other places |
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| What problems in society did reformers in the temperance movement blame on alcohol? |
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| poverty, crime, and insanity |
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| In what ways were women in the workforce discriminated against? |
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| They were paid less and when men formed unions they were not allowed to join |
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| What was the purpose of canal locks? |
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| They could raise and lower the boats to move them along the canals |
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| Give three reasons why cities grew in the early 1800s |
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| more immigration, new transportation (something else I can't remember) |
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| How did canals boost the economy of the Great Lakes region? |
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| People could live further from rivers but still ship their crops to market |
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| How did the landscape of New England affect how and where people lived in the late 1700s and early 1800s |
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| New England and the North had poor soil so farming was hard and people were ready to leave their farms |
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| What were the basic principles of public education? |
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| Free, supported by taxes, kids were required to go, trained teachers |
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| What role did Catherine Beecher play in education for women? |
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| She was the basis for the Milwaukee College for Women |
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| Which city had the largest population in 1850? |
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| Discuss an advantage and a disadvantage of city life in the North |
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| a variety of jobs and wages |
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| How did the Industrial Revolution make the United States more economically independent in the early 1800s |
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| Low taxes, few government regulations |
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