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| List the 5 new territories added to the US between 1801 and 1861. |
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| 1. Louisiana Purchase 2. Florida 3. Texas 4. Oregon 5. California |
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| TJ bought land from France, doubling the size of the United States. |
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| Meriwether Lewis and William Clark explored the Louisiana Purchase from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean. |
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| How was Florida added to the US? |
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| Spain gave Florida to the US through a treaty |
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| How was Texas added to the US? |
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| Texas was added after it became an independent republic |
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| How was Oregon added to the US? |
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| The Oregon Territory was divided by the US and Great Britain |
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| How was California added to the US? |
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| War with Mexico resulted in California and the southwest territory becoming part of the United States |
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| List the 6 geographic & economic factors that influenced westward movement. |
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| 1. Population growth in the eastern states 2. Availability of cheap, fertile land 3. Economic opportunity 4. Cheaper & faster transportation 5. Knowledge of overland trails 6. Belief in the right of "Manifest Destiny" |
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| What types of economic opportunities encouraged people to move west? |
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| Gold (California Gold Rush), Logging, Farming, Freedom (for runaway slaves) |
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| What methods of transportation encouraged people to move west? |
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| CHEAPER & FASTER TRANSPORTATION: Rivers, Canals (Erie Canal), Steamboats |
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| What is MANIFEST DESTINY? |
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| The idea that expansion was for the good of the country and was the right of the country. |
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| Prior to the Civil War, where did most industrialization in America take place? |
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| Who invented the cotton gin? |
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| What was the significance of the cotton gin? |
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| It increased the production of cotton and thus increased the need for slave labor to cultivate and pick it. |
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| Jo Anderson (a slave) and Cyrus McCormick |
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| What was the significance of the reaper? |
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| It increased the productivity of the American farmer. |
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| Who invented the steamboat? |
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| What was the significance of the steamboat? |
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| It provided faster river transportation that connected Southern plantations and farms to Northern industries. |
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| What was the significance of the steam locomotive? |
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| It provided faster land transportation. |
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| What was the main goal of the abolitionist movement? |
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| Most abolitionists demanded the immediate freeing of slaves. |
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| In what ways did abolitionists believe that slavery was wrong? |
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| 1. Morally wrong 2. Cruel & inhumane 3. A violation of the principles of democracy |
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| Major Abolitionist Leaders |
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| 1. Harriet Tubman 2. William Lloyd Garrison 3. Frederick Douglass |
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| What was the main message of the suffrage movement? |
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| Supporters declared that "all men AND women are created equal" |
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| What basic rights did suffragists argue women were deprived of? |
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| 1. Denied the right to vote 2. Denied educational opportunities, especially higher education 3. Denied equal opportunities in business 4. Limited in rights to own property |
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| Suffrage Movement Leaders |
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| 1. Isabel Sojourner Truth 2. Susan B. Anthony 3. Elizabeth Cady Stanton...They began their campaign before the Civil War and continued after it had ended. |
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