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| Increased the capacity and speed for river travel |
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| Movement of people from rural areas to cities |
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| Invention by Eli Whitney that increased the profitability of plantations |
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| Ability to create goods in large quantities at affordable prices |
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| Restriction of alcoholic beverages |
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| Religious revival that sparked many social reform efforts in the 1800s |
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| Reformer for the availability of education for all children |
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| Reform effort that sought to end the practice of slavery |
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| A leader of the women’s rights movement and organizer of the Seneca Fall Convention |
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| The rapid changing in the creation of goods brought about by technological advances that allowed for mass production |
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| The uniformity of products allowed for common components to swapped |
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| The sending of electrical impulses, usually in code language, along a wire |
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| 1848 convention seeking the advancement of women’s rights |
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| Transcontinental Railroad |
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| Connection of the east and west coasts of the United States for transportation of people and goods |
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| Leader who campaigned for caring for the mentally ill and prison reform |
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| Campaign for human treatment of criminals and transition back into society |
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| A former slave who escaped slavery and became a great orator. He published a newspaper “The North Star.”He also wrote a personal narrative of his life. |
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| Women’s rights leader who was arrested for illegally voting at a presidential election. |
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| First factories that transformed cotton into fabric |
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| A transcendentalist who believed in civil disobedience |
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| The inventor of the cotton gin and interchangeable parts |
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| A former slave who was an abolitionist and also fought for women’s rights. “Ain’t I a woman?” |
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| A white abolitionist who published a newspaper titled “The liberator” |
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| An abolitionist who wrote the book “Uncle Tom’s Cabin” It increased tension between the North and the South. |
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| An abolitionist who helped slaves escape through the underground railroad. She was the conductor and also known as “Black Moses.” |
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| A machine created that make the cutting of crops more efficient. |
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| A machine invented for the south to plow the fields more efficiently. |
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| A man made water way that connected Lake Erie with the Hudson River. It made the transportation of goods more efficient and decreased the cost of shipping them. |
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