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Post Holin' #2 Terms
Concepts and Terms for Post Holin' Test #2
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What was the purpose of the Second Great Awakening? | caused the people to think differently about our society |
| Who was an important crusader in reducing or eliminating the consumption of alcohol? | Lyman Beecher |
| What was the single most important issue in the Women's Rights Movement at this time? | women's suffrage - voting |
| What was the movement called ot end slavery in America? | Abolitionist Movement |
| List 4 ways people worked to end slavery. | writing it down (Uncle Tom's Cabin - Harriet Beecher Stowe), talking about it, sneaking them out (Underground Railroad), slave rebellions |
| Who was the most famous person to sneak slaves out of the south? | Harriet Tubman |
| Name 6 famous American authors of this time. | Washington Irving, James Fennimore Cooper, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Herman Melville, Edgar Allen Poe |
| Name 2 works of Washington Irving. | Rip VanWinkle, Legend of the Sleepy Hollow |
| Name 2 works of James Fennimore Cooper. | Leatherstocking Tales, Last of the Mohicans |
| Name a work of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. | Paul Revere's Ride |
| Name 2 works of Edgar Allen Poe. | The Raven, Pit and the Pendulum |
| Name the art school that began to develop original American artists. | Hudson River School |
| Who was the American President responsible for the removal of Indians? | President Andrew Jackson |
| Which Indian war was an example of Indian resistance to these laws? | Black Hawk's War |
| What is considered the final "battle" of the Indian Wars? | Wounded Knee |
| Whihc American began the process of American colonization in Texas? | Stephen F. Austin |
| Who led the Texans to victory over the Mexican forces? | Sam Houston |
| What is the period after the Texas Revolution called? | Republic of Texas |
| What caused the War with Mexico? | Mexico hadn't paid American calims from the revolution, Mexico continued to claim Texas after annexation by the US, southern boundary between Mexico and the US was a dispute, President Polk sends Taylor into disputed territory and starts the war |
| What large piece of land did America acquire as a result of this war? | Mexican Cession |
| Where did the Gold Rush begin? | Sutter's Mill |
| What was the American attitude about Indians in California and mostly everywhere? | Americans thought that the Indians were below them, so they practiced genocide on the Indians. |
| Name a work of Herman Melville. | Moby Dick |
| How did the War with Mexico begin? | James Polk sent General Taylor into the disputed area |
| Who colonized Mexican Texas? | Moses/Stephen Austin |
| Who was responsible for the Goliad Massacre? | James Fannin |
| Who invaded Mexico from the east and captured Mexico City? | General Winfield Scott |
| Who is the most famous Texas Ranger? | Walker |
| Who was a Connecticut minister and crusader against alcohol and wanted total abstinence from it? | Lyman Beecher |
| Who wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin? | Harriet Beecher Stowe |
| Who wrote Leatherstocking Tales and The Last of the Mohicans? | James Fennimore Cooper |
| Who wrote Paul Revere's Ride? | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow |
| Who was a poet who wrote short stories like the Raven and the Pit and the Pendulum? | Edgar Allen Poe |
| Who was a famous artist influenced by the Hudson River School and painted American Indians? | George Catlin |
| Who was responsible for the Trail of Tears? | Andrew Jackson |
| What is the process for making alcohol? | Distilling |
| How was Horace Mann very radical? | wanted kids to go to school, so they wouldn't be in the workplace |
| What was the first way thoughts were turned into something physical? | cave writings |
| What were the first writings about? | keeping records |
| Whar were the people who wrote things down called? | scribes |
| Why did Americans have more leisure time? | growth of industry |
| What improved lighting? | whale oil |
| Name 2 American artists. | Winslow Homer, George Catlin |
| What was the focus of George Catlin's paintings? | American Indians |
| What Indian tribe is associated with the Trail of Tears? | Cherokee |
| Where were the Cherokee from? | Georgia |
| Where did the Indians that fought in Black Hawk's War flee to? | Iowa |
| Who ended up settling Oklahoma? | people who came from the Land Rush |
| What was Wounded Knee? | Sioux Indian massacre |
| Where was Wounded Knee? | South Dakota |
| What Indian Wars was Wounded Knee a part of? | Sioux Wars |
| Who started the Gold Rush? | John Sutter |
| Who led the Mexican Army during the Texas Revolution? | Santa Anna |
| Who made the most money during the Gold Rush? | merchants |
| What did the US want the southern border between Mexico to be? | Rio Grande |
| Which major battle of the Texas Revolution was a defeat for the Texans? | Battle of the Alamo |
| Was the Battle of San Jacinto a victory or defeat? | victory |
| What large piece of land was negotiated in the Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo? | Mexican Cession |
| What was the Mexican Cession? | large amounts of Mexican land |
| In what treaty did the US acquire the Mexican Cession? | Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo |
| What was the Women's Rights Movement about? | giving women the same rights and opportunities as men (suffrage, education) |
| Where were the Cherokee moved to in the Trail of Tears? | Indian Territory |
| How many Sioux Indians were slaughtered in Wounded Knee? | 300 |
| Which art school developed American artists and influenced artists such as Winslow Homer and George Catlin? | Hudson River School |
| What was a very important trading port in New Mexico between 1830 and 1840 where many Mexicans lived? | Sante Fe, New Mexico |
| What is the system for determining how much alcohol is in a beverage? | proofing |
| What is the mass killing of a certain group of people in order to wipe them out? | genocide |
| Why was the Gold Rush considered to be a gamble? | it was lucky if you found gold because it wasn't very likely that you found a lot of it |
| Who led the Mexican Army during the Texas Revolution? | Santa Anna |
| Which president is associated with manifest destiny? | James Polk |
| Who was Polk's mentor? | Andrew Jackson |
| Who was the dictator of Mexico during the TX Revolution? | Santa Anna |
| Which general was sent into the disputed area and started the Mexican War? | General Zachary Taylor |
| A mobile military unit who aided the American army and distinguish themselves in battle during the Mexican War | Texas Rangers |
| Who created the revolver? | Colt |
| Who was the head of the Massachusetts Board of Education? | Horace Mann |
| Who was the leading person in educational reform? | Horace Mann |
| Who was Ralph Waldo Emerson | A famous essayist in the mid-1800's |
| Who was Winslow Homer? | A famous artist influenced by the Hudson River School |
| Who composed Camptown Ladies? | Stephen Foster |
| Who is the Father of American music? | Stephen Foster |
| Which group of Indians had success with resistance in the 1830's? | Seminole Indians |
| What did Indian-hunters do? | They killed Indians and then enslaved their children? |
| What did the Decree of April 6, 1830 do? | Angered Americans in TX by prohibiting immigration and trade from the US, tried to end slavery, and sent troops in to enforce these laws? |
| A major defeat for the Texans in the Revolution...a massacre | Goliad Massacre |
| Describe the Bear Flag Revolt. | Americans invaded California and helped them to win thier independence. |
| How did the Second Great Awakening influence American thinking? | Caused Americans to think more charitably towards those in need. |
| What did the Second Great Awakening inspire? | Temperance organizations, the Women's Rights Movement, educational reform, and the Abolitionist Movements |
| What did the Indian Removal Act do? | Removed most of the Indians west of the Mississippi to present day Oklahoma in 1830 |
| What was Black Hawk's War? | A failed example of Indian resistance in Illinois in 1832 |
| What was the final battle of the Indian story? | Wounded Knee |
| What did Mexico consider to be the border between the US and Mexico? | Nueces River |
| In 1848, where did many of the gold miners flood to? | Sierra Nevada |
| What is manifest destiny? | thinking that you are destined to have something and that God is on your side |
| What does a still do? | Turn raw products into pure alcohol |
| What are the 3 R's? | Reading, Writing, and Arithmetic |
| What was the first written language? | Cuneiform |
| What machine contributed to the production of the penny dailies? | Penny Press |
| Cheap daily newspapers | penny dailies |
| What was the common factor in the lives of different Indian tribes? | buffalo |
| What increased American interest in reading? | Better lighting, more leisure time, the fact that there were more literate Americans, and the rise of public education |
| Why were there more literate Americans? | children were required to go to school and taxes were used to pay for education |
| What types of American music emerged? | Folk music, ballads, negro spirituals and slave music, and American jazz |
| Why did 3rd parties form during the Gold Rush? | Because of disputed about the new territory...would they be free states or slaves states? |
| Which race faced discrimination during the Gold Rush? | Chinese |
| Why did California become a state so quickly? | The Gold Rush rapidly increases the population |
| What was the religious movement of the early 1800's called? | Second Great Awakening |
| What was the movement called to reduce or eliminate the consumption of alcohol called? | Temperance Movement |
| Who was an important crusader in the cause of providing public education and educational reform | Horace Mann |
| What was the name of the convention held in 1848 to campaign for women's rights? | Seneca Falls Convention |
| Who was a major player in the movement to end slavery in America? | William Lloyd Garrison |
| Who was the most widely known black abolitionist? | Frederick Douglass |
| List 3 reasons Americans began to read more in the early 1800's. | More leisure time, more literate Americans and the rise of public education, and better lighting |
| Who was the most famous American music composer of this time? | Stephen Foster |
| Names the law which was passed to move Indians west of the Mississippi. | Indian Removal Act |
| Name the famous event associated with the Indian Removal Act. | Trail of Tears |
| What geographic region saw the last of the Indian wars? | Great Plains + Rocky Mountains |
| Which Indians successfully resisted relocation? | Seminole Indians in Florida |
| Where did the Texas Revolution end? | Battle of San Jacinto |
| Name the 3 most important battles of the Texas Revolution. | Battle of the Alamo, Goliad Massacre, Battle of San Jacinto (in order of occurrence) |
| How long did the Republic of Texas last? | 9 years (1836-1845) |
| What did the annexation of Texas lead to? | Mexican War |
| How long did the Mexican war last? | 2 years |
| Name the terms of the treaty that ended the Mexican war. | Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo...Rio Grande is recognized as the southern border of the US, Mexican Cession, Mexico receives 15 million, US assumes all claims of American citizens, and Mexico acknowledges TX as part of the US |
| What led to a rapid increase in the population of California in the late 1840's? | Gold Rush |
| Name the names and dates of the pieces of land America acquired from the beginning and the dates of acquisition. | Original 13 colonies (1783), Treaty of Paris (1783), Louisiana Purchase (1803), Red River Basin (1818), Florida (1819), Texas Annexation (1845), Oregon Country (1846), Mexican Cession (1848), Gadsden Purchase (1853), Alaska (1867), Hawaii (1898) |
| Why did the US buy the piece of land from Mexico known as the Gadsden Purchase? | We wanted to build a railroad, and if we acquired that little piece of land, we wouldn't have to go through mountains. |
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