Reform industry eastward expansion Flashcards
manifest destiny
Americas destiny to expand westward. Atlantic to Pacific.
President Polk
Polk brought in lots of land during manifest destiny
Gold Rush
Many settlers know as 49ers arrived to California in search of gold. California becalmed the richest state, lawless, violence, diseases, and lots of mining accidents.
Mass production effect
- things are made quicker
Suffrage
Women’s right to vote
Union
Labor group trying to get reform
Urbanization
People moving to cities
- more cities
- population of citiies increase
- more jobs
- over crowed
Louisiana purchase
- got land from Missipi river to Rocky Mountains
- Doubled the size of the U.S
- Gave control of Port New Orlands and Missipi River
Annexation of Texas
- If Texas was annexed into the U.S the slave rates would be unequal
- Texas joined on dec,29,1845
- north opposed
- south liked it as it moved slavery to the southwest
Florida
- U.S argued with spain for Florida
- U.s said that Florida was part of Louisiana purchase.
- U.s captured many Spanish forts, and Spain gave up claims about florida
- John Quincy Adam’s worked out a trey with Spain
- The Adams Onis treaty gave us FLorida in 1819.
- Controled the whole Atlantic coast.
Mexican war/ cessision
- War stated because U.AS and MExico were fighting over the southern border of Texas.
- War ended with the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidlago, signed in 1848
- The treaty gave U.s pasts of california and New Mexico, and Utah, nevada, and colorado
- the rio grande rive became the new border
- U.s Gov paid $15 million for the land
- Helped to expand west
Oregon Terriotry
- President Polk wanted to bring in Oregon territory into the U.S.
- Britain and U.S fought over the border
- Britain and U.S signed a treaty the border on 1846, which gave the u.S land south of the 49th parallel.
- Oregon Comprimise
- Origen joined U.S on August 1848
Gadsden Purchaser
- In 1853 U.S ended expansion in the South West by Gadsden purchase.
- U.S bought a strip of land from Mexico
- The land was brought to make a railroad line to connect the South to the Pacific Ocean
- U.S agreed to pay $10 million for the stip of land, that was almost as big as Pennsylvania
Morgan trial
Who - Large group of settlers and Morman
Why - To search for religious freedom
Where - Salt Lake City, Utah
Oregon Trail
Who - Farmers and settlers
Why - Moved for cheap land
Where - Oregon county
Horace Mann
- Campaigned for better, free, and public education
- from Massachusetts
- he made elementary school for every children free and compulsory
- He also introduced the first schools to train teachers.
Dorothea Dix
- fought for better treatment for the mentally and better prison condition
- dix toured around many states to report about metals il
Her actions : led to separate buildings for the mentally ill
Fredrick Dourglass
- Is an escaped slave who became an abolistionist
- wrote 3 auto briographies about his slave life
- Potested about slavery and about Jim Crow laws
- landed an influiental black newspaper in the 1890s called the Horth Star
- Gave many speeches, overall spoke out against slavery
Harriet Tubman
- fled slavery
- returned back to the south to help save the rest of her family and other slaves escape
- Famous conductor of the Underground Railroad
- served as a spy,nurse, and scout during the civil war
Elizabeth Candy Staton
- Part of the women’s right movement
- helped orgnanize the Seneca falls Convection
- Drafted the Declaration of Sentiments, Grievances, and Resolutions
- This was a major turning point
Susan B Anthony
Spoke out and protests for women’s rights
Harriet Beecher Stowe
- was an abolistionst
- Wrote Uncle Tom’s cabin, which told life for salves
- Spread to many people, who were able to reconginse the mistreatment of slaves
- helped influence many anti-slavery forces
Sojourner Truth
- Was named Isabella Baumfree later changed her name to ——
- very powerful advocate for human rights and women’s rights
- Delivered a famous speech : “ Ain’t I a Woman”
Temperance
- reformers blamed that alcohólale caused poverty, breakup of families, and crime
- the movement wanted to ban the usage of alcohol
- gained victory when Maine passed a no alcohol law, but then this was soon Rea pealed
Education
- Before the Revolution not many kids got education only the rich
- reformer like Horace man fought for free public education
- Soon mande elementary school free for all kids and compulsory
Abolition
- wanted to put an end to slavery
Women’s rights
- In the 1800s women did not have the rights that men did
- Could not own land, vote, keep thier own pay etc
- Get women’s suffrage and equal rights
Seneca Falls convention
First women’s rights convention
Organized by Elizabeth Candy Stanton and Lucretius Mott
Prison and mentally ill
- Make prison conditions better and fair treatment for mentally ill and prisoners
- Prisons soon started to improve
- Schools and libraries e were inside these prisons
- Mentaly ill got eh care they need treated better
Labor
- Goal : Safer, working conditions, lessers hours, to stop child labor
- Dis strikes and union members, organized strikes by not working
- knights of Labor
Second great awaking
- said that every person could be saved by religion
- Led to many new religions
- Also led to many new reforms which were created to remedy the evils of society
Underground Railroad
A series of routes that helped slaves escape from owners
Steel plow
- John Deere
- Made farming more efficient - easier and less time
- able to plow more fields = more food production = higher pouplation
Telegraph
- Samuel More
- Made communication faster and easier
- ## Brought nations closer
Cotton Gin
Eli Whitney
- Spareted cotton seeds from fiber
- cased an increase of slaves
- More cotton was spun into cloths which lowered the price
Steam engine / rail road
- Lan travel faster and easier
- Opeanded new markets across country
- Shipping time were reduced
- Lowered shipping costs
- Competition began in the free enterprise system
Textile mill
- Machines could make more cloth in less time
Created jobs and urban centers
Mechanical reaper
- Cyrus Mcmormick
- Made harvesting easier and quicker
- Could harvest more fields in less time
- Harvesting more fields less time = more food production = higher pouplation
interchangeable parts
- Eli Britney
- Items easier and cheaper to assemble
- easier and cheaper to replace broken parents
