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Quarter 4 Words. Francis Cabot Lowell Your Name A Boston merchant / factory owner His factories produced cloth “Lowell girls” – worked for him & lived.

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2 Francis Cabot Lowell Your Name A Boston merchant / factory owner His factories produced cloth “Lowell girls” – worked for him & lived in strict boarding houses

3 Eli Whitney Your Name U.S. inventor Ex: cotton gin (very popular in the south) Came up with the system – 1 part could be used in many items

4 Labor Unions Your Name Voluntarily formed by a group of workers Goal = higher wages, better hours, and safer jobs

5 The Missouri Compromise Your Name 1820: Missouri would be added as a SLAVE state Maine would be added as a FREE state Slavery was banned in Louisiana Territory 36’30 N latitude

6 Jacksonian Democracy Your Name A political philosophy concerned with the interests of the common people He also believed in STRONG STATE govern, and LIMITING the power of the FEDERAL govern.

7 The Trail of Tears Your Name 1829: When white settlers found gold on Cherokee land, the gov. relocated the Cherokees to new lands More than 4,000 Cherokees died on this brutal trip

8 Sectionalism Your Name The system of putting more importance on a region / section Belief that the STATES are more important than the COUNTRY

9 John C Calhoun Your Name Jackson’s Vice President He went AGAINST the Pres. And encouraged states to nullify the new tariff

10 Whigs Your Name A new political party They were nationalists who wanted a strong federal government

11 Second Great Awakening Your Name A religious burst of energy in the 1800s African American slaves found comfort in the church

12 Mormons Your Name Members of the Jesus Christ Church of Latter Day Saints Led by Joseph Smith Persecuted for their beliefs

13 Nat Turner Your Name A slave, who taught himself to read the bible & believed God wanted him to lead people to freedom Organized a rebellion, shot 60 people before they were stopped

14 Utopian Community Your Name A separate settlement that comes together hoping for a morally perfect place Most of these only lasted 2-6 years

15 Horace Mann Your Name A great education reformer He wanted all children to go to school (law) No corporal punishment in classrooms

16 Dorothea Dix Your Name A reformer who taught Sunday school in a MA Prison She helped get people with mental disabilities out of jail and into state mental hospitals

17 Temperance Movement Your Name Temperance = drinking alcohol in moderation (not getting DRUNK) Neal Dow: As Mayor of Portland, he passed the 1 st laws limiting the sale of alcohol

18 Abolition Movement Your Name 19 th Century Movement that sought to put an end to slavery Abolitionists = people who thought slavery was immoral (evil / wrong)

19 Frederick Douglas Your Name A well known abolitionist who was born a slave He escaped the North & later became an advisor to President Lincoln

20 Abe Lincoln Your Name In the Whig party 1 st goal = Unite the Union 2 nd Goal = Free Slaves Emancipation Proclamation = He ordered all slaves to be set free

21 Confederate States of America Your Name Made up of 11 southern states that left the Union Jefferson Davis was Pres. Wanted STRONG STATES and Slavery

22 Civil War Your Name A war between the North (Union) and the South (Confederate) Union = More factories, people, navy Confederates = Defensive war, home turf, strong generals


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