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SocialStudies 1b
eighth grade vocab
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| early american travel | stage coaches |
| What is the trail of tears? | the forced march of the cherokee indians westward to Oklahoma territory |
| Secede | to withdraw |
| Stephen Douglas | Kansas-Nebraska Act |
| John Brown | an abolitionist who decided to make Kansas a free state |
| Who were the boston associates? | Lowell and his partners |
| Who fought in the war of 1812? | americans and the brittish |
| How many times did lincoln and douglas debate? | 7 times |
| Lincoln's view on slavery | slavery was wrong |
| 49ers | first group of people who came to california looking for gold |
| Samuel Slater | he proved that parliment laws were impossible to enforce |
| John Bell | the constitunal union party chose him to run for president |
| Which state was the first to secede? | South Carolina |
| What was the nullification crisis? | South Carolina wanted to nullify the crisis |
| What was President Jackson's response to the nullification crisis? | he lowered the tariff |
| arsenal | a gun house |
| Eli Whitney | cotton gin |
| Who were capitalists? | people with money to invest in buisness to make a profit |
| mountain men | hiked through Oregon living of the land |
| Utah became a state in.... | 1896 |
| What was the relationship with mexico like? | hostile because we both wanted land |
| Why were americans attracted to New Mexico? | mexicans were eager to buy our products |
| James Hargreaves | spinning jenny |
| James Monroe | the 5th president |
| Abe Lincoln | the 16th president |
| How is the alamo inportant? | the defeat inspired texans to win |
| Elias Howe | sewing machine |
| What is a tariff? | a tax on goods, coming into this country from another |
| One affect that the war of 1812 had on the american economy was... | the industry grew because of Brittish blockade |
| Where did early factories have to be built by for power? | near rivers |
| How did the gold rush change California? | murders and robberies plagued money mining camps & it grew from a sleepy town to a busy city |
| Free Soil Party | to keep slavery out of the western territory |
| Missouri Compromise | to keep the number of slave and free states equal |
| Cyrus McCormick | mechanical reaper |
| John Deere | light weight plow |
| Why did conflict erupt between the new Texans and the mexican government? | A lot of americans flooded into texas and felt no loyalty to mexico. They spoke very little spanish and most were protestants. |
| What four countries claimed Oregon? | the united states, great britian, spain, russia, and the native americans |
| Samuel Morse | telegraph |
| James Forten | an african american who grew rich by manufacturing sails |
| Norbert Rillieux | sugar making machine |
| Henry Blair | seed planter |
| Nat Turner | a slave preacher that lead the biggest revolt in the south |
| Dorthea Dix | reformer for education and "outsiders" |
| Sectionalsim | people feel loyal to their state or section instead of the whole country |
| What two animals lured trappers into Oregon Country? | bear and beaver |
| fugitive | runaway slaves |
| civil war | a war between people of the same country |
| What places today are included in Oregon Country? | Oregon, Washington, Idaho, parts of Montana and parts of Canada |
| Mormons | The largest group of settlers to move into the mexican cession. |
| Popular Sovereignty | control by the people |
| Who was the author of "Uncle Tom's Cabin"? | Harriet Beecher Stowe |
| What is the Monroe Doctrine? | James Monroe issued this in order to stop European Nations from interfering in America |
| What are corduroy roads? | roads made out of logs |
| fugitive slave law | all citizens help catch runaway slaves. people who let them go get fined. |
| The Dred Scott decision | slavery was legal in all territorys, north and south |
| Canal | a channel filled with water |
| what features set turnpikes apart? | roads made of stone and gravel |
| What did the factory system do? | It brought workers and machines together, in one place to produce goods |
| What was Andrew Jackson's view on the bank of the u.s.? | He thought it was too powerful and was used to profit the rich. |
| What is the Spoils System? | Andrew Jackson made a practice of appointing his supporters to political jobs |
| Tejanos | Mexicans who lived in Texas. |
| What were black codes? | laws that severly limited the rights of freedom |
| What were the terms of surrender offered to the confederates at Appomattox Court house? | soldiers had to turn over their rifles, but officers could keep their pistols. soldiers who had horses could keep them. |
| Victories at Shiloh and Vicksburg gave the North control over what? | the Mississippi |
| Robert E. Lee chose... | the confederates |
| The Battle of Antietam... | lasted over a week. |
| What does reconstruction refer to? | the period when the South was rebuilt, as well as to the government's plan to rebuild it |
| Who lost more soldiers? (North/South) | The North |
| The turning point of the Civil War came at the Battle of... | Gettysburg |
| What did the Battle of Bull Run show? | it showed that both sides needed more training |
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