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common man The "average" American citizen, whose concerns are represented in government.
temperance Moderation in drinking alcohol or total abstinence from drinking alcohol.
vote by the 1820's most white men could_________whether they owned property or not.
alcohol Women thought men who drank too much were not reliable workers, spent time away from family and church.
oregon trail The trail blazed by pioneers who moved from Missouri to Oregon Country.
terrain Land and landforms, including deserts, mountains, and valleys.
williamette valley in Oregon between Coast ranges and Cascade mountain range.
independence missouri starting town for many wagon trains heading west.
rivers follow Platte-Snake-Columbia-Williamette River provides water for drinking/cooking etc.
south pass the flatest way between the rocky mountains.
supplies Oxen pulled wagons. Most people walk. Need to bring-flour,sugar,bacon,clothing,guns,matches,cooking pats,salt,household items. Other fresh foods founds along the way or at trading posts.
stephen austin brought 300 families to settle in Mexico's Texas area. Sold land to settlers for 12 1/2 cents and acre.
lone star republic name of newly independent Republic-Texas. 1st President-Sam Houston. Kept slavery because Southern settlers wanted it.
sam houston Wanted Texas to become a state so it would be protected incase Mexico invaded to get it back.
gadsen purchase land is the southern part of New Mexico and Arizona (south of Gila River) $10,000,000 was cost. Nambed for ambassador or to Mexico who made the deal. Bought for a future Railroad location (flat land) that would go west to California.
mexican-american war President Polk sent troops into disputed land between the Rio Grande and Nueces River. American troops died when Mexican troops fired on them thinking the Americans were on Mexican land. 1846-1848 War with Mexico.
treaty of guada lupe hidalgo 1. Texas is NEVER going back to Mexico. 2. U.S. brought southwest (Mexican Cession) for $15,000,000.
bringham young leader of Mormans moved them to Utah (not part of U.S.A. at that time) so Mormans could practice their religion without outside interference 1847 they settled near the Great Salt Lake.
dorothea dix from Massachusetts. Tried to help people with mental illness. Helped set up hospitals for these people.
lucretia mott/elizabeth cady stanton both wanted women to have same rights as men. Organized a meeting in Seneca Falls, NY.
seneca falls, NY location of women's rights convention in 1848.
susan b. anthony wanted women to have the right to vote. She is younger than Cady Stanton/Lucretia Mott. Did not live to see this happen.
william lloyd garrison was a northern newspaper publisher who believed slavery was a "sin in the eyes of God" Newspaper-Liberator- was an anti slavery paper.
freedom's journal first anti slavery newspaper published by free African Americans in 1827.
frederick douglass escaped slave from Maryland. Was a leading abolitionist speaker. His newspaper was The North Star.
sarah/angelina grimke sisters from south Carolina who moved north because they thought living in the slave south was wrong. Also gave abolitionist speeches.
abby kelly went around country giving speeches for Women's rights and against slavery. Husband stayed home with family.
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  1. sarah/angelina grimke → sisters from south Carolina who moved north because they thought living in the slave south was wrong. Also gave abolitionist speeches. - 5 misses
  2. williamette valley → in Oregon between Coast ranges and Cascade mountain range. - 4 misses
  3. rivers → follow Platte-Snake-Columbia-Williamette River provides water for drinking/cooking etc. - 4 misses
  4. treaty of guada lupe hidalgo → 1. Texas is NEVER going back to Mexico. 2. U.S. brought southwest (Mexican Cession) for $15,000,000. - 4 misses
  5. alcohol → Women thought men who drank too much were not reliable workers, spent time away from family and church. - 3 misses
  6. bringham young → leader of Mormans moved them to Utah (not part of U.S.A. at that time) so Mormans could practice their religion without outside interference 1847 they settled near the Great Salt Lake. - 3 misses
  7. dorothea dix → from Massachusetts. Tried to help people with mental illness. Helped set up hospitals for these people. - 3 misses