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What 3 things did Americans in Mexican owned Texas promise to do?
Practice Roman Catholicism, obey Mexican laws and prohibit slavery.
What is The Alamo?
The fort where 187 Texans lost their lives in the Texas Revolution.
What was the major debate when Texas was about to be annexed?
Whether to allow slavery or not.
What was Texas called when it became its own nation?
The Republic of Texas, otherwise known as The Lone Star Republic.
The Second Great Awakening emphasized _____________ ______________.
personal salvation
What is Transcendentalism?
The literary and philosophical reform.
True or false: Transcendentalism was anti-materialism and focused on self-reliance?
True.
Who was Dorothea Dix?
A woman who advocated for the reform of correctional facilities and better treatment of the mentally ill.
How did specialization in agriculture contribute to the Market Economy?
Farmers could sell their crops to other countries and buy goods from other people and industries. It also led to the growth in the American economy.
Capitalism thrives on ______________.
competition
True or false: Increased production in factories and competition led to lower prices.
True.
The rise in capitalism led to the creation of what?
Wall Street.
John Deere invented the ______ ____.
steel plow
True or false: Charles Goodyear invented the mechanical reaper.
False.
What made farming in the rocky Midwest possible?
The steel plow.
Who invented the telegraph?
Samuel F.B. Morse.
What canal was finished in 1825?
Erie Canal.
True or false: Canals could operate during winter.
True.
What were seven reasons why people moved to the west?
Escape debt and begin a new life.
Open land up for claiming.
More space for expanding the population.
New market to make profits.
Find gold.
Convert Native Americans to Christianity and/or give them education.
Freedom of religion.
Who was Mormonism founded by?
Joseph Smith.
Representatives of a Native American tribe convinced _____ __________ _______ to lead a rebellion against the USA.
Chief Black Hawk
James K. Polt was a _______________ and ________________.
democrat and expansionist
James K. Polk’s campaign referred to?
The latitude line that created the northern border.
What reform movement were Sarah and Angelina Grimke a part of?
Abolition.
