Flashcards: Nardella - 8 - Vocab #1
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Panic of 1837 | A financial crisis in which banks closed and the credit system collapsed |
| James Fenimore Cooper | Wrote novels about the dramatic wilderness adventures of Natty Bumpo |
| Bank of the US | Was the most powerful bank in the US, issued money |
| Transcedentalism | 19th Century philosophy that taught the spiritual world is more important than the physical world |
| Hudson River School | Group of artists that focused on Romanticized, lush landscapes |
| Mexican Cession | Vast region of land given to the US by Mexico following the Mexican-American War |
| the Alamo | A resounding defeat of the Texans by the Mexican army |
| Suffragette | An advocate for women's rights |
| Seneca Falls Convention | A women's rights conference in New York in 1848 |
| Sojourner Truth | An abolitionist speaker who spoke from experience |
| Harriet Tubman | Conductor of the Underground Railroad, a former slave |
| Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo | Ended the Mexican-American War |