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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Education Reform | 1830ish. Followed temperance movement and set up public schools and minimum requirements. Horace Mann was main component in movement. |
| Temperance Movement | a campaign to limit or ban the use of alcoholic beverages |
| Popular Sovereignty | The concept that political power rests with the people who can create, alter, and abolish government. People express themselves through voting and free participation in government |
| Frederick Douglass | former slave + abolitionist, stood up for his beliefs, fought for womens + blacks rights, runaway slave, newspaper-the north star |
| Cotton Gin | a machine invented by Eli Whitney in 1793 that speeded up the processing of cotton |
| Limited Government | basic principle of American government which states that government is restricted in what it may do, and each individual has rights that government cannot take away |
| Assembly Line | Production method that breaks down a complex job into a series of smaller tasks |
| Elizabeth Cady Stanton | A prominent advocate of women's rights, Stanton organized the 1848 Seneca Falls Convention with Lucretia Mott |
| Abolitionism | a movement to end slavery |
| Trail of Tears | The tragic journey of the cherokee people from their home land to indian territory between 1838 and 1839, thousands of cherokees died. |
| Indian Removal Act | passed in 1830 by Congress; it called for the government to negotiate treaties that would require the Native Americans to relocate West. |
| Women's Rights Movement | giving women the right to vote-seneca falls convention |
| Steamboat | Invented by Robert Fulton and made river travel quicker |
| Federalism | a system in which power is divided between the national and state governments |
| Abraham Lincoln | U.S. statesmen, 16th president. Led Union to victory in Civil War. Assassinated. Sometimes called "Honest Abe". |
| Republicanism | a form of government in which people elect representatives to create and enforce laws |
| Jefferson Davis | President of the Confederate States of America |
| Checks and Balances | A system that allows each branch of government to limit the powers of the other branches in order to prevent abuse of power |
| Seperation of Powers | dividing the powers of government among the executive, legislative, and judicial branches |
| Robert E. Lee | Confederate general who had opposed secession but did not believe the Union should be held together by force |
| Ulysses S. Grant | Union military commander who won victories when others had failed and defeated Lee |
| Bias | a preference that prevents one from being impartial; prejudice |
| Industrialization | the development of industry on an extensive scale |
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