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Chapters 11-13 Study Guide
1.The ideas in the Declaration of Independence caused some people to question what southern institution?
Slavery
2.What were The Liberator and The North Star and who published them?
Abolitionist newspapers published by Frederick Douglass and William Lloyd Garrison
3.What was the name for the secret network of people who helped African Americans escape slavery?
Underground Railroad
4.Why was there was opposition to ending slavery in the north?
Many workers in the north feared losing their jobs to slaves once they were set free
5.The Declaration of Sentiments was modeled on the what?
Declaration of Independence
6.The Seneca Falls Convention was held to discuss the rights of whom?
Women
7.In 1800, other than the United States what other nations had claims to the West?
Spain, Russia, Great Britain
8.Manifest Destiny refers to the idea that the United States should….?
Expand across the continent of N. America
9.Why did mountain men explored much new territory in the West?
The fur trade
10. Why did women in the West had higher status than women in other parts of the country?
Because of the fact that their work was essential to the survival of their families
11. More than 80,000 people traveled to _____________ during the gold rush in 1849.
California
12. Tales of a “mountain of gold” attracted thousands of ____________ to California.
Chinese
13. The Mormons moved to ________________ in search of freedom of religion.
Utah
14. What physical obstacle did many roads that moved from east to west encounter?
Mountains or more specifically the Appalachian mountains
15. Denying some students access to public schools because of race is an example of what?
Discrimination
16. Why was 1808 an important year in the fight against slavery?
It became illegal to import enslaved Africans to the United States
17. What was the primary purpose of slave codes?
Control every aspect of an enslaved person’s life
18. What man made route enabled western farmers to ship goods to New York City?
Erie Canal
19. Who might have complained that competition with the railroads would cause them to lose money?
Canal investors
20. Besides the cotton gin, which of the following items did Eli Whitney also invent?
Interchangeable parts
21. How did cotton production change in the years between 1790 and 1820?
Cotton production grew very quickly, so that it was ten times higher in 1820
22. After the passage of the Missouri Compromise, the number of free states and slave states was…?
12 free and 12 slave
23. The workers at Lowell, Massachusetts were mostly…?
Women
24. What did Samuel Slater bring to the United States that marked the beginning of American industrialization?
His ability to build a steam powered textile mill from memory
25. What was a major advantage of railroads compared to other kinds of transportation?
Railroads could be built almost anywhere
26. List the cotton producing states in the 1800’s.
Tennessee, Mississippi, Alabama, Louisiana, Georgia, South Carolina
27. By the 1850s, ___________________ linked many towns with cities and factories and opened new markets for the northern
economy? (CHOO!!! CHOO!!!)
Railroads
28. The Industrial Revolution began in what industry?
Textiles
29. List the key parts of the Missouri Compromise.
Maine free, Missouri slave, LA territory north of Missouri’s southern border was free of slavery, fugitive slave act
30. What did most southern whites do for a living?
Farming
31. What did Robert Fulton invent?
Steamboat
32. What were two results of the invention of the cotton gin?
Cotton profits increased, increase in the need for slaves, cotton plantations extending as far west as Texas
33. What was one example of something that could be made using interchangeable parts?
Toasters, guns, etc. most anything that required multiple parts
34. What were some of the reasons for an increase in European immigrants from 1840-1860?
Famine, revolutions, cheap land in the U.S.
35. During the 1800s, the belief that people could improve themselves and society led to _________ movements.
Reform
36. What was the attitude about abolition held by some northern workers?
They were against it because they feared that former slaves would take their jobs.
37. Who did reform work based on the belief that public education is essential for democracy to work?
Horace Mann
38. Why did American settlers in Texas come into conflict with Mexico in the 1830s?
Settlers wanted more representation in the Mexican Legislature
39. The Mexican-American War, the annexation of Texas and Oregon, and westward movement were all a result of what?
Manifest Destiny
40. What best explains why California developed a diverse population?
Gold seekers came from all over the world and became permanent residents
41. The site where Texans were overrun by Mexican troops, inspiring many Americans to volunteer for the Texan army was what?
The Alamo
42. The Spanish and the Native Americans borrowed language, foods, and customs from each other in what was called New
________.
Spain
43. What present day states did the U.S. acquire as a result of the Mexican-American War?
New Mexico, Texas, California, Nevada, Wyoming, Colorado, Arizona, and Utah
44. When John L. O’Sullivan proposed the idea of Manifest Destiny, which other nation held the most territory in the present-day
United States?
Mexico
45. What effect did the Treaty of Guadalupe-Hildalgo have on the United States?
Mexico ceded a large area of territory to the U.S.
46. waterway dug by people
Canal
47. group that wanted laws to limit immigration
Nativists
48. developed by Eli Whitney that led to mass production
Interchangeable parts
49. opened a textile mill that combined spinning and weaving
Lowell
50. general term for person who worked to end slavery
Abolitionist
51. a writer who urged people to live simply
Thoreau
52. an abolitionist who was an ex-slave-known for his public speaking ability
Douglass
53. the right of women to vote
Women’s Suffrage
54. A movement that explored the relationship between people and nature through emotions
Transcendentalism
55. Mormon leader who led settlers to Utah
Young
56. one-person rule pertaining to government
Dictatorship
57. the name for a self-appointed law enforcer
Vigilante