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process that produced identical parts of a machine, allowing much faster assembly interchangeable parts
inventor of cotton gin, mass produces guns using water power Eli Whitney
inventor of the first large-scale steamboat, the Clermont Robert Fulton
efficient production of large numbers of identical goods mass production
inventor of the steel plow blade John Deere
period of rapid growth in speed and convenience - led by steamboat and steam locomotive Transportation Revolution
invention for much faster cleaning of the South's biggest cash crop (thanks Eli!) - increases production, game-changer cotton gin
invention (device) that sends information instantly over long distances telegraph
developed by A.L. Vail - uses dots and dashes to communicate Morse code
passionate about prison reform Dorothea Dix
leading preaching in Second Great Awakening - former lawyer who will lead huge revivals Charles Finney
Christian revival movement in the 1820s - 30s; sparks social reforms in alcohol, prison, education, slavery, women's rights Second Great Awakening
urged people to use self-discipline to stop drinking hard liquor temperance movement
leads failed slave revolt, captured and killed, leads to stricter laws for slaves in South Nat Turner
movement to end slavery abolition
Giants closer - "Fear the Beard" Brian Wilson
outspoken leader of anti-slavery movement, publishes The Liberator William Lloyd Garrison
escaped slave called by God to preach about slavery and women's rights, fiery and dramatic speeches: "Ain't I a Woman?" Sojourner Truth
escaped slave who leads over 300 to freedom, $40,000 reward for capture Harriet Tubman
network of people and hiding places to aid fugitive slaves Underground Railroad
brilliant escaped slave, self-taught orator and publisher of The North Star Frederick Douglass
a right women fought for - the right to vote suffrage
leader in the women's rights movement - wrote speeches and helped write the Declaration of Sentiments (Seneca Falls Conv.) Elizabeth Cady Stanton
idea of Stephen Douglas - permits slavery in territories upon vote of citizens, because political authority belongs to the people popular sovereignty
H.B. Stowe wrote this emotional anti-slavery novel drawn from real stories; convinces many of the evils of slavery Uncle Tom's Cabin
Henry Clay (again0 creates a deal where California enters as a free state, but rest of Mexican Cession is open to slavery Compromise of 1850
popular sovereignty in this territory led to much violence - undeclared Civil War - slave or free? "Bleeding Kansas"
organizer and outspoken speech deliverer of the Women's Rights Movement - honored on a coin Susan B. Anthony
group dedicated to stopping the spread of slavery into the new territories Republican Party
law intended to punish Underground Railroad conductors and return escaped slaves; part of Compromise of 1859; hated by Northerners Fugitive Slave Act
reluctant president of a newly formed nation in the South Jefferson Davis
ruling from Taney's Supreme Court: slaves are property with no rights, not citizens Dred Scott
led failed uprising on Harper's Ferry trying to start slave rebellion - after killing some folks in Kansas John Brown
new nation, conceived in slavery and dedicated to the proposition that owning slaves is a right of all (white) citizens Confederate States of America
act of formally withdrawing from Union secession
this law overturned the Missouri Compromise by permitting slavery by choice in the new (northern) Western territories/states Kansas-Nebraska Act
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