Term Quiz 6

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Term Quiz 6

Industrial Revolution
Period of dynamic changes in manufacturing and productionthat began in Britain in the mid-1700's
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Industrial Revolution Period of dynamic changes in manufacturing and productionthat began in Britain in the mid-1700's
National Road cumberland road; first federal roadway
Erie Canal Major canal that linked the Hudson Bay with Lake Erie; completed in 1825
Market Revolution Creation of profitable national markets during the 1800s; brought about by new transportation systems and regional specialization.
Factory System system that cuts costs and increases output by relying on machines to help do everything under one roof
Lowell Girls single women who worked in textile mills and lived in company owned boardinghouses in Lowell, Massachusetts, and other textile towns in the early 1800's.
Nativists people who favored native born Americans over foreign born. they viewed immigrants as politically corupt and socially inferior. They blamed newcomers for slum conditions.
Second Great Awakening Evangelical religions movement that spread through the United states beginning in the early 1800s
Transcendentalism belief that people can rise above material things in life to reach a higher level of understanding; popular among New England writers and thinkers in the mid 1800s.
Prohibition Complete ban on the manufacture, sale, and distribution of alcohol
Seneca Falls Convention (1848) first national women's right convention; site where the Declaration of Sentiments was written
Donner Party (1846-47) Group of travelers to California who were stranded in the Sierra Nevada during the winter; some 42 members of the party died.
Temperance Movement A social reform effort begun in the mid-1800's to encourage people to limit alcohol consumption.
Mormons Members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints

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