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Pennington 6th gr SS US to 1865 Pre Civil war
abolitionists, suffrage, New Inventions, New Territories
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6th Grade
03/22/2013

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Louisiana Purchase
Definition
* Jefferson bought land from France, which doubled the size of the United States
* In the Lewis and Clark expedition, Meriwether Lewis and William Clark explored from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean
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Florida
Definition
* Spain gave Florida to the United States through a treaty
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Texas
Definition
* Texas was added after it became an independent republic
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Oregon
Definition
* The Oregon Territory was divided by the United States and Great Britain
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California & the Southwest Territory
Definition
* War with Mexico resulted in California and the southwest territory becoming part of the United States
Term
Which territory was bought by Thomas Jefferson from France? It doubled the size of the United States. The Lewis & Clark expedition explored this territory from the Mississippi to the Pacific
Definition
The Louisiana Purchase
Term
Which Territory was given to the United States by Treaty?
Definition
Florida
Term
This Territory was added after it became an independent republic, name it.
Definition
Texas
Term
Name the territory that was divided by the United States and Great Britain
Definition
Oregon
Term
War with Mexico resulted in which territory becoming part of the United States
Definition
California & the Southwest Territory
Term
Western movement became very popular for what reasons?
Definition
1) the population in the eastern states kept growing and growing, making it crowded in some areas
2) there was plenty of cheap, fertile land out west
3) it was a great economic opportunity (California Gold Rush, logging, farming, freedom for runaway slaves)
4) transportation was cheaper and faster (they had rivers and canals-- Erie Canal-- and used steamboats)
5) to gain knowledge about the overland trails (Oregon and Santa Fe)
6) people believed in "Manifest Destiny"-- the idea that expansion was for the good of the country and was the right of the country
Term
The Cotton Gin
Definition
invented by Eli Whitney

it increased the production of cotton, so it increased the need for slave labor to cultivate and pick the cotton
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The Reaper
Definition
- Jo Anderson (a slave) and Cyrus McCormick worked to invent it

- it increased the productivity of the American farmer
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The Steamboat
Definition
it was improved by Robert Fulton

- it eventually provided faster river transportation that connected Southern plantations and farms to Northern industries and Western territories
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The Steam Locomotive
Definition
- it provided faster land transportation
Term
What invention provided faster land transportation?
Definition
The Steam Locomotive
Term
Which invention was improved by Robert Fulton, it eventually provided faster river transportation that connected Southern plantations and farms to Northern industries and Western territories
Definition
The Steamboat
Term
Which inverntion did Jo Anderson (a slave) and Cyrus McCormick work to invent, it increased the productivity of the American farmer
Definition
The Reaper
Term
Which invention, invented by Eli Whitney, it increased the production of cotton, so it increased the need for slave labor to cultivate and pick the cotton
Definition
The Cotton Gin
Term
The Abolitionist Movement
Definition
Most abolitionists demanded immediate freeing of the slaves
Abolitionists believed that slavery was wrong:
- it was morally wrong
- it was cruelly and inhumane
- it was a violation of the principles of democracy
Abolitionist Leaders included both men and women:
- Harriet Tubman
- William Lloyd Garrison
- Frederick Douglass
Term
What movement were the following involved in? Harriet Tubman, William Lloyd Garrison, & Frederick Douglass
Definition
The Abolitionist Movement
Term
Why did Abolitionists believed that slavery was wrong?
Definition
- it was morally wrong
- it was cruelly and inhumane
- it was a violation of the principles of democracy
Term
What was the North's culture like which conflicted with the South's culture that eventually resulted in the Civil War?
Definition
*The North was mainly an urban society where people had jobs
Term
What was the North's view which conflicted with the South's about slavery that eventually resulted in the Civil War?
Definition
*The North believed that slavery should be abolished for moral reasons
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What was the South's view which conflicted with the North's about slavery that eventually resulted in the Civil War?
Definition
*The South believed that the abolition of slavery would destroy their nation's economy
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What was the South's culture like which conflicted with the North's culture that eventually resulted in the Civil War?
Definition
*The South was mostly an agricultural society where people lived in small villages and on farms or plantations
Term
What was the North's economy like, it conflicted with the South's economy that eventually resulted in the Civil War?
Definition
*The North was a manufacturing region and its people favored tariffs that protected factory owners and workers from foreign competition
Term
What was the South's economy like, it conflicted with the North's economy that eventually resulted in the Civil War?
Definition
*The South was mostly an agricultural society where people lived in small villages and on farms or plantations
Term
What were the constitutional differences between the North and the South?
Definition
*The North believed that the national government's power was greater than that of the states
*The South believed that they had the power to declare any national law illegal
Term
Which side of the civil war believed that they had the power to declare any national law illegal
Definition
The South
Term
Which side of the civil war believed that the national government's power was greater than that of the states
Definition
The North
Term
What did the South fear the North do? How did they react?
Definition
The South feared that the North would take control of Congress, and Southerners began to proclaim states' rights as a mean of self-protection. The North believed that the nation was a union and could not be divided. While the Civil War did not begin as a war to get rid of slavery, issues surrounding slavery deeply divided the nation.
Term
Did the civil war begin as war about slavery?
Definition
No, while the Civil War did not begin as a war to get rid of slavery, issues surrounding slavery deeply divided the nation.
Term
What compromises were made to try and resolve the differences between the Northern and Southern states?
Definition
The Missouri Compromise of 1820, The Compromise of 1850, & The Kansas-Nebraska Act
Term
What was the Missouri Compromise of 1820?
Definition
Missouri was a slave state and Maine was a free state
Term
What was The Compromise of 1850?
Definition
- California was a free state
- Southwest territories would decide about slavery
Term
What was the Kansas-Nebraska Act?
Definition
These states could enter the union with or without slavery--- the people decided the slavery issue ("popular sovereignty")
Term
Fort Sumter
Definition
Confederate forces attacked Fort Sumter in South Carolina starting the Civil War.
Term
What were the economic reasons for Western movement
Definition
1) there was plenty of cheap, fertile land out west
2) it was a great economic opportunity (California Gold Rush, logging, farming, freedom for runaway slaves)
3) transportation was cheaper and faster (they had rivers and canals-- Erie Canal-- and used steamboats)
Term
What were the Geographic reasons for Western movement?
Definition
1) the population in the eastern states kept growing and growing, making it crowded in some areas
2) to gain knowledge about the overland trails (Oregon and Santa Fe)
Term
What was manifest destiny?
Definition
The idea that expansion was for the good of the country and was the right of the country
Term
When did the United States grew in size because of exploration and expansion to new territories?
Definition
Between 1801 and 1861
Term
what happened to the size of the United States between 1801 and 1861
Definition
the United States grew in size because of exploration and expansion to new territories.
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