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KMHS Unit 3 USH
EOC Vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| War of 1812 | Conflict between the U.S. and Great Britain; known as the Second American revolution; reconfirmed American independence and increased national pride |
| Erie Canal | A man made 363 mile canal that was built to create a water route from New York City and the Atlantic Ocean to the Great Lakes; helped NY become a center of trade |
| National Infrastructure | Transportation revolution which created roads, canals and railroads |
| Monroe Doctrine | Warned European powers to stay out of the Western Hemisphere |
| Industrial Revolution | The movement to making goods with machines and an improvement in technology. |
| Eli Whitney | Invented the cotton gin and interchangeable parts for muskets |
| Manifest Destiny | A belief that American settlers were destined to expand throughout the continent. |
| Temperance | Movement toward limiting the consumption of alcohol |
| Elizabeth Cady Stanton | Women’s rights reformer and co-founder of Seneca Falls Convention |
| Seneca Falls Conference | Women’s rights convention to discuss the social and civil rights of women |
| Jacksonian Democracy | Presidency known for creating a strong executive branch, the Spoils System, Indian Removal, and ending of the National Bank |
| Suffrage | The right to vote |
| Nationalism | Increase in American pride |
| Nat Turner | An African American slave who led a slave rebellion in Virginia after seeing an eclipse; resulted in 55 white deaths and harsher slave restrictions |
| Abolitionism | Movement to abolish slavery |
| William Lloyd Garrison | White abolitionist responsible for printing of The Liberator and wanted immediate emancipation |
| Frederick Douglass | Escaped slave that became leader of abolitionist movement; published the abolitionist newspaper the North Star |
| Grimke Sisters | Daughters of slave owner in South Carolina who became female abolitionists |
| Nullification Crisis | Declared that the federal Tariffs of 1828 and 1832 were unconstitutional and therefore null and void in the South Carolina. |
| States’ Rights | Political powers reserved for the U.S. state governments rather than the federal government according to the United States Constitution. |
| Texas Revolution | also known as the Texas War of Independence, was the military conflict between the government of Mexico and Texas colonists. |
| Mexican - American War | A conflict between the U.S. and Mexico from 1846-1848 that gave the U.S. Texas, California, Arizona, Nevada, Utah & parts of Wyoming & Colorado |
| Wilmot Proviso | Would have banned slavery in any territory to be acquired from Mexico in the Mexican War or in the future, |
| Treaty of Ghent | Ended War of 1812; returned territorial boundaries to pre-war status quo |
| Lewis & Clark Expedition | Sent to explore and map the Louisiana territory; established the presence of the U.S. in the West |
| Louisiana Purchase | Acquired from France for $15 million; Doubled the size of the U.S. Napoleon needed money for war |
| Second Great Awakening | Tent revivals and evangelism |
| Sectionalism | Loyalty to the interests of one's own region or section of the country, rather than to the country as a whole. |
| John C. Calhoun | Argued that slavery was something positive, and for pointing the South towards secession from the Union |
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