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History Unit 8

Terms in this set (34)

Abolitionism
movement to end slavery
American Colonization Society, they failed
assisted free black people in emigrating to Africa
Factory System
method of manufacturing using machinery and division of labour.
Immigrant
a person who comes to live permantly
The Industrial Revolution
the transition to new manufacturing processes in the period from about 1760 to sometime between 1820 and 1840.
interchangeable parts
identical parts
Know-Nothing Party
strongly opposed immigrants and followers of the Catholic Church.
Nativists
political position of supporting a favored status for the native majority of a nation while targeting and threatening newcomers or immigrants
Quakers
members of a historically Christian group of religious movements
Seneca Falls Convention
a convention to discuss the social, civil, and religious condition and rights of woman, 300 ppl attended
stereotype
a widely held but fixed and oversimplified image or idea of a particular type of person or thing.
Urbanization
the process of making an area more urban.
Social Reform
aims to make gradual change, or change in certain aspects of society
Underground Railroad
a network of secret routes and safe houses established in the United States during the early-to-mid 19th century, and used by African American slaves to escape into free states and Canada with the aid of abolitionists and allies who were sympathetic to their cause.
Free ppl who used to be slaves helped, free-born african Americans helped, provided safe houses/depots, conductors helped slaves through a part that they knew about
Some traits of the Underground Railroad
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