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Unit 6 Review
industry, immigration, reforms
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| reform | To make better by changing the bad parts of society |
| abolition | Getting rid of completely |
| Transcendentalism | Movement that emphasized living in harmony with nature and stressed examining a person's thoughts, emotions, and imagination |
| Suffrage | The right for women to vote |
| Temperance | Ban the drinking of alcohol |
| Asylum | A hospital for the mentally ill |
| Seneca Falls | First womens' rights convention |
| Declaration of Sentiments | A speech given at the Seneca Falls Convention that demanded equal rights for women including voting |
| Underground Railroad | An escape route to the North for runaway slaves |
| Second Great Awakening | A religious revival that began after 1790 that stressed salvation was possible for everyone and highlighted the power of the individual |
| Public School Movement | In this movement, Catherine Beecher helped with the establishment of colleges for women and helped in the creation of elementary schools and mandatory education for all white male children |
| Dorothea Dix | This leader was from North Carolina and led reform for prisons and asylums |
| William Lloyd Garrison | Published the newspaper, The Liberator, in 1831 and founded the American Anti-Slavery Society to push for abolition |
| Frederick Douglass | Born a slave which fueled his hatred for slavery; worked with William Lloyd Garrison until he founded his own newspaper, The North Star, in 1847 |
| Hariet Tubman | The most famous leader of the Underground Railroad; used the Underground Railroad to lead over 300 slaves to freedom from the South to the North. |
| Sojourner Truth | Born a slave but escaped to the North; achieved national attention by winning a court case for the freedom of her son |
| Nat Turner | Led a slave rebellion and killed 60 whites including his slave owner which led to stricter laws against slaves being put into place to prevent future rebellions |
| Henry David Thoreau | A famous transcendentalism writer who said, "Men are born to succeed and not fail." |
| Eli Whitney | Inventor of the cotton gin in 1793 |
| Cyrus McCormick | Inventor of the mechanical reaper in 1834 |
| I.M. Singer | Inventor who invented the sewing machine in 1851 |
| Charles Goodyear | Inventor of vulcanized rubber in 1839 and developer of a process to make rubber stronger so it could be used to transport goods |
| Robert Fulton | Inventor of steam powered ships in 1807 |
| Samuel Morse | Inventor of the telegraph in 1837 |
| Know Nothing Party | This group formed to limit all immigration to the U.S. |
| Telegraph | Invention by Samuel Morse in 1837 that allowed for faster communication which linked different parts of the country together |
| Manifest Destiny | The idea that Americans had the right and duty to expand west |
| American Dream | The belief that every American can work hard to get what they want. |
| Industrial | Related to a manufacturing business |
| Immigrants | Foreigners who came to the United States to live and work |
| Annex | Adding the territory of another state to a country |
| Agriculture | Relating to work or business of producing crops |
| Productivity | The state of being able to create, particularly at a high quality and quick speed. |
| Nativism | The policy of favoring people born in America over immigrants to hire for jobs |
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