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william lloyd garrison
started THE LIBERATOR, wanted emancipation
cult of domesticity
married women should stay in the home
frederick douglass
born a slave, started THE NORTH STAR
temperance movements
effort to prohibit drinking alcohol
seneca falls convention
women's rights convention, used declaration of independence
second great awakening
religious movement where individual responsibility and salvation was emphasized
charles granderson finney
famous preacher spread the word about personal salvation
transcendentalism
living a simple life
dorthea dix
wanted to help conditions of jails and hospitals
horace mann
public school reform movement
market revolution
people bought and sold goods rather than making them for their own use
specialization
raising of one or two cash crops
capitalism
private business and individuals control the means of production and use them to earn profits
entrepreneuers
investors risk their own money in new industry
use of railroads
replaced canals, offered advantages of speed used for trading.
john deere
invented the first steel plow.
cyrus mccormick
invented the mechanical reaper.
manifest destiny
U.S. destiny was to expand to pacific ocean and mexican territory.
treaty of fort laramie
procided native american nations control of the central plains and east of rocky mountains.
westward trails
trails used by settlers that allowed expansion
mormons
religious community that settled in the west.
joseph smith
began Mormon church
brigham young
moved mormons across the U.S.
54-40 or fight
slogan that referred to the northern limit of disputed Oregon territory
the mission system
texas tried to convert native americans to Catholicism on mission lands
mexican independence
trade opportunities between Mexico and U.S. multiplied, economy improved
land grants
mexico offered them to agents who then gave them as public land to an individual or organization; attracted American settlers.
texas revolution
rebellions between texas and mexican states
james k polk
believed war with mexico would bring texas, new mexico, and california into the Union. Supported texas disputes
mexican american war
american invasion of mexico, america won, enlarged territory by 1/3
treaty of guadalupe
mexico agreed to the rio grande border and gave New Mexico and California to the U.S.
gold rush
san francisco became "pandemonium city" settlers moved to california for gold.