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1
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About how many immigrants came to America between 1840 and 1860?

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4 million

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2
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Where did most of these immigrants come from?

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Germany and Ireland

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What are “push” factors?

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Why people want to leave their countries

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4
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What are “pull” factors?

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What makes the new country attractive

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5
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Give examples of push and pull factors

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Push: famine, war, loss of jobs
Pull: freedom, more land, opportunities for success

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6
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What two reasons caused the Irish to come to America in the 1800s

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Irish potato famine and no opportunity for wealth/success

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7
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Where did most of the Irish settle?

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East coast

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8
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What jobs did the Irish have?

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Builders of canals, roads and railroads

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9
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Why did many Germans leave their country?

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Political/ economic reasons

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10
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Where did the Germans tend to settle?

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Midwest

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What jobs did the Germans have

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Farmers, skilled workers (Mason’s tailors seamstresses)

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12
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Why were some native-born Americans opposed to immigration?

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Immigrants worked for less

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13
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How did religion contribute to problems between american and immigrants?

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Catholic immigrants vs. Protestant Americans

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14
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What is the name for Americans who opposed immigration?

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Nativists

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15
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What is the name of the political party they form?

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Know-nothing’s

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16
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What are the Nativists three main goals?

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  1. Make it difficult for immigrants to become citizens
  2. Keep them from holding public office
  3. Keep Catholics from holding public office
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17
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How did the industrial revolution help the development of cities?

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Large factories and corporations

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18
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How did the Transportations Revolution influence the growth of cities?

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Made it possible for more Americans to travel to cities

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19
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What new socioeconomic group develops?

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The middle class

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20
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What jobs did the middle class have?

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Manufacturers, merchants, craft people

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21
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How did they differ from the other two classes?

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Not as wealthy we upper class not as poor as lower class

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22
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What were some problems in living conditions in the cities?

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Water pollutes, poor sanitation, criminal activity

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23
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How much do cities grow between 1820 and 1850

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It doubles

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24
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Where were most cities in America located?

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North

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25
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What does the term “antebellum” mean?

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Before war

When associated with America means before the civil war

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26
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What are the five major reform movements of this time period?

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  1. Temperance
  2. Asylum
  3. Abolitionism
  4. Women’s rights
  5. Education
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27
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How do the beliefs of the Unitarians differ from the beliefs of the Puritans?

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They believed a God of love instead of a God anger

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28
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According to a Unitarian, how does a person show love for God?

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By helping others and doing good

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29
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Why did social reform movements occur mainly in the North?

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They challenged the southern way of life

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30
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What is meant by “social gospel”

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Social conscience- applying the things that you learn in church into your daily life

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31
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What two religious groups see the greatest increase in membership?

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Baptists and Methodists

32
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What was the goal of the temperance movement?

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Curbing the drinking of alcohol

33
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Why are there drastic increases and decreases in alcohol consumption in the U. S.?

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War= increase
Peace= decrease
34
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What three places did the asylum movement focus on reforming?

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Orphanages, jails, hospitals

35
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What changed about the goal of these asylums?

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Started with separating these people from society then wanted to help them integrate back in

36
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Who was the major leader of the asylum reform movement?

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Dorothea Dix

37
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What were some of the conditions she reported?

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People are chained up, kept in cages, beaten with rods

38
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What effect does she have on asylums in America?

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She changes a few things but the bigger changes occurred in the late 1900s

39
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Who is the leader of the educational reform movement?

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Horace Mann

40
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What are some new educational ideas Mann introduces?

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Minimum length school year, training for teachers, state board of education, history and geography

41
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Why was Oberlin College different from any other college?

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First co-Ed college

42
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What was the name of the first women only college?

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Mount Holyoke

43
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What is the goal of the abolitionist movement?

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To end slavery

44
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How do gradualist and immediatists differ in the slavery issue?

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G: faze it out, don’t do it all at once
I: we need to end slavery now

45
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Who was the newspaper editor who was a leading abolitionist? What is his newspaper called?

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William Lloyd Garrison, the Liberator

46
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What are some of Garrisons main ideas on slavery?

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1 immediate ending of slavery
2 racial equality
3 salver holders in the south should not be compensated for

47
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Why was Frederick Douglas such and influential abolitionist?

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He lived through slavery first hand

48
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Who is Isabella Baumfree? What is the significance of her other name?

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Escaped slave, changed her name to Sojourner Truth which means traveling truth

49
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What two factors made immigrants on increase in America in the 1800s?

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A. Growth in industry

B. Opening of the West

50
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What is the Underground Railroad?

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The route where slaves would go to escape from the south

51
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Why were white Americans important to the success of the Underground Railroad?

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Because their houses were used to hold slaves

52
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What are some terms from be Underground Railroad that are similar to a regular railroad?

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Conductor, passengers

53
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Where does slavery grow most rapidly between between 1820 and 1860?

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The cotton belt

54
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What are some conditions women in the 19th century dealt with?

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A. Unable to vote
B. Legal status of a minor
C. Single: could own her own property
D. Married: no control over property or children
E. Could not initiate divorce
F. Couldn’t make wills, sign a contract or bring suit in court without husbands permission

55
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What does the term “Cult of Domesticity” mean?

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A women’s place was in the home and to civilize the husband and family

56
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Where did the women’s rights convention take place in 1848

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Seneca Falls

57
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Who wrote the Seneca Falls declaration?

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Elizabeth Cady Stanton

58
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What is the declaration modeled after?

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The deceleration of independence

59
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What is meant by “industrial revolution”?

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A shift from goods made by hand to factory and mass production

60
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Why is America slow to embrace the factory system?

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A. Scarce labor
B. Little capital
C. Superiority of British factories

61
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Who is considered to be the “Father of the American Factory System”?

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Samuel Slater

62
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Where did he build his mill? What did it produce?

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Pawtucket, Rhode Island

Textile factory

63
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Who made the American mills superior to the British?

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Francis C Lowell, builds a much improved power mill with the help of Paul Moody

64
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What invention helped him do this?

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Power Loom

65
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Who were “factory girls”?

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Young New England farm girls

66
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How many hours per week did they work?

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13 hours a day

67
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Why were they supervised so closely outside the mill?

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Because they don’t want them running off and getting married

68
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By 1850, what percentage of women were working outside the home?

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10% of white women

69
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What concept were women slowly breaking away from?

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A large family size and early marriage

70
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Why did the average family size decline at this time?

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Don’t need as many kids on the farm

71
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What are “wage slaves”?

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What factory workers in the North were known as

White north people who worked little pay and long hours in unsanitary conditions

72
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What are some of the conditions that existed in the factories?

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Low wages, long hours, lack of heat, unsanitary

73
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What role did children have in the factories

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1/2 of industrial workers were children under 10

74
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Which political party tended to support workers’ rights?

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Democratic Party

75
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What were some of the rights the workers sought?

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10 hour work day, better pay

76
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How did the Commonwealth v. Hunt decision help workers?

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Creation of labor unions were now legal

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