Antebellum Era Flashcards
The Rhode Island System
System of mills near ponds/lakes
Developed by Samuel Slater
Charles Finney
Leader in the 2nd great awakening
The Lowell/Waltham System
Textile Factory
Mostly young women worked there
Beginnings of women rights
Samuel Slater
Father of the factory system
Started idea of child labor in the US
Uncle Tom’s Cabin
Written by Harriet Beecher Stowe
Powerful anti-slavery book
Nat Turner’s Revolt
Slave who thought it was his duty to lead slaves in revolt
Led 60 in revolt, killing over 50 whites
Led to stricter laws in south about slavery
Whigs
Larger fed. Government
Critical of immorality
New Englanders, middle class, urban professionals
Democrats
Limited fed. Government
Favored local rule
Equal opportunity
Yeoman farmers, laborers, immigrants
American Colonization Society
Suggested gradual emancipation of slaves
Relocation of slaves back to Africa
American Antislavery Society
Abolitionist society founded by Will Garrison
William Lloyd Garrison
Radical abolitionist
Author of the liberator
Wanted to give full citizenship to freed slaves
Very extreme ideas at the time
Declaration of Sentiments
A list of grievances about women’s rights
Written at Seneca falls conventions
Main demand was right to vote
Henry Clay and his American System
High tariff to inspire internal manufacturing
2nd National Bank
Internal Improvements
