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Unit 4
Before the Civil War chapters 8-10
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Tradition of judging women in the 1800s by certain virtues | Cult of True Womanhood or Cult of Domesticity |
| What were the virtues by which women were judged | piety, purity, submissiveness, domesticity |
| In what role were women elevated in status | motherhood |
| In what two occupations did women remain | teaching and nursing |
| Professionalization in what two fields excluded women | medicine and law |
| Where did textile mills emerge which provided employment for women | Lowell, Massachusetts |
| Why did working conditions in these factories deteriorate | immigration provided a large labor supply, unsuccessful unions, lack of government regulation, and mechanization |
| First woman's right convention was held where | Seneca Falls, NY 1848 |
| What did the women write at the convention | Declaration of Sentiments..."All men and women are created equal" |
| What is women's suffrage | voting rights |
| Who was Elizabeth Blackwell | First female doctor in America |
| This woman worked for prison reform and the treatment of the mentally ill | Dorothea Dix |
| Who was Lucretia Mott | abolitionist and suffragist |
| Who were Sarah and Angelina Grimke | sisters who grew up in the south but became abolitionists who wrote against slavery |
| What organization did Elizabeth Cady Stanton help to create | National American Woman Suffrage Association |
| Who was Sojourner Truth | former slave and abolitionist |
| What discovery brought people to California in 1849 | gold |
| Did most miners travel with their families to California | no, most came alone to seek their fortune |
| Did most strike gold and get rich | no, but the merchants who catered to the miners did |
| How long could the journey along the Oregon Trail take | 4 to 6 months |
| Why was death common along the Oregon Trail | starvation, drowning, disease and illness such as cholera |
| What delayed the annexation of Texas | slavery |
| Location where Mexican forces under Santa Anna defeated & killed 187 Texans | Alamo |
| The Treaty of Velasco gave Texas what | independence |
| What justified the Mexican American War declaration for President Polk | American blood shed on American soil |
| Which American general took Mexico City | Winfield Scott |
| This American was known as the Hero of Buena Vista due to his defeat there of Santa Anna | Zachary Taylor |
| Who was president of the Republic of Texas | Sam Houston |
| Name of the treaty that concluded the Mexican American War | Guadalupe Hidalgo |
| By the end of the war, America enlarged its territory by 1/3rd, true or false | true |
| rivalry and conflict among regions of a nation | sectionalism |
| the North's economy was based on what | manufacturing |
| the South's economy was based on what | agriculture |
| this machine reinvigorated the south's demand for slaves | cotton gin |
| This territory in 1820 applied to become a slave state in the Union | Missouri |
| The Missouri Compromise line allowed slavery where | south of the line |
| In 1850 this area wanted to join the Union as a free state | California |
| In the New Mexico and Utah territories the issue of slavery would be decided by... | popular sovereignty (settlers would vote) |
| The Southerns wanted a stronger fugitive slave law. This law dealt with what? | runaway slaves |
| Famous "conductor" of the Underground Railroad | Harriet Tubman |
| The book that inflamed the North against slavery | Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe |
| This act allowed settlers to determine the issue of slavery in the Louisiana Territory | Kansas Nebraska Act |
| violent abolitionist who led a raid on the federal arsenal at Harper's Ferry in an attempt to lead a slave revolt | John Brown |
| His election win resulted in South Carolina seceding from the Union | Abraham Lincoln |
| First shots of the Civil War occur where | Fort Sumter |
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