Define suffrage.

It showed the start of an organized movement toward giving women the right to vote.

Susan B. Anthony

Elizabeth Cady Stanton

Lucretia Mott

1. gradualism

2. colonization

3. abolution

Which Abolutionist plan was successful?

Describe the plan.

Absolution:

idea was to free slaves immediately;

the South hated this plan;

there were many followers of this plan

List the 3 steps of Gradualism.

1. stop slave traders first

2. phase out slavery in the North and Upper South

3. end slavery in the Lower South

(slave holders would be compensated for their loss)

Who pushed the idea of Colonization?

What is Colonization?

1. American Colonization Society pushed the idea.

2. Colonization was the idea to move African American slaves to a land in West Africa (now Liberia).

- it would not be possible to re-locate 1.5 million people;

- many African Americans did not want to re-locate or move.

Define Spoils System.

Name the President who used it first.

Spoils System-gives supporters jobs;

Andrew Jackson was the first President to use the Spoils System.

Democrats: Andrew Jackson

Daniel Webster

Whigs: Henry Clay

Daniel Web

- more people can vote;

-changes in campaigns - rallies, dinners, meet and greets;

-common man gains power;

-use of Spoil System

Define Nativism.

It was the main idea of which party?

Nativism: belief that if you are born in America, you are superior or better than immigrants;

 (Nativism justifies mistreatment of immigrants)

The Know Nothing Party supports Nativism.

North thought that slavery was evil;

South saw slavery as the key to their economy.

1. wrote the newspaper The Liberator;

2. wanted Emancipation (freeing all enslaved people);

3. started American Anti-Slavery Society;

4. used strong language to make his point.

1. He was a runaway slave

2. wrote The North Star newspaper

3. was very vocal and a great speaker

Describe who Sojourner Truth was.

(three key points)

1. former slave - when her owner died, he set her

    free in his will

2. great public speaker

3. brought female point-of-view to slavery

     (being pregnant, watching own children become slaves)

Define Manifest Destiny.

Belief that it was our God Given Right to stretch from ocean to ocean.

People used Manifest Destiny to justify taking land and moving west.

Define Squatters.

Squatters is claiming the land just because you are there.

Why was life harsh in the 1840's?

1. there were no police available to settle disputes;

2. abundance of deadly animals - bears, rattlesnakes;

3. cold weather - people froze to death.

How did pioneers travel?

Conestoga Wagons.

What were the causes of the Mexican War?

1. Mexico never accepted that Texas was free;

2. President Polk offered $30 million for New Mexico Mexico said NO;

 3. Polk sent General Zachery Taylor with troops to Rio Grande to "protect" area;

4. Mexico ordered Taylor to leave, Taylor refused;

5. when Mexican troops crossed river, they were ambushed by a scouting party 4/1846. One soldier was killed;

6. Polk used this to declare war.

What was the only reason that the Mexican War was fought?

Manifest Destiny!! The war was fought for expansion, not for demoncratic ideals!!

Who won the Mexican War?

How long did it last?

American's won the war, which lasted about 1 year.

General Winfield Scott's troop captured Mexico City on September 14, 1847, war ended.

Who was the president of Texas?

Sam Houston.

Who does Andrew Jackson hate?

Native Americans.

Who were the key people in the Abolition movement?

William Lloyd Garrison

Sojourner Truth

Frederick Douglas

What was the Trail of Tears?

Cherokee Indians  were forced to relocate in the Winter to Oklahoma;

Many died, including children under 10, elderly people and those who were injured.

Who wanted reform for people who suffered from Mental Illness?

Dorthea Dix.

Define temperance.

Limit of alcohol consumption.

What did the prison reformers fightbn?

Better treatment for prisoners.

Who was the person interested in education reform?

Horrace Mann.

During this period in history, where were the immigrants coming from?

Where did each group settle?

Ireland (potato famine) settle in cities;

Germany settled in countryside.