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What was the Louisians Purchase? | Thomas Jefferson bought land from France which doubled the size of the United States. |
Who explored the Louisisana Purchase? | Meriwether Lewis and William Clarke |
What area did the Louisiana Purchase cover? | From the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean |
How did the United States get the state of Florida? | Spain gave Florida to the United States through a treaty. |
How did Texas become a part of the United States? | It was added after it became an independent republic. |
How was Oregon added to the United States? | The Oregon Territory was divided by the U.S. and Great Britain. |
What made California a part of the United States? | War with Mexico resulted in California and the southwest territory becoming part of the United States. |
What were some of the geographic factors that influenced the westward movement? | Population growth in the eastern states and availability of cheap and fertile land,and knowledge of overland trails(Oregon and Santa Fe). |
What were some economic factors that influenced the westward movement? | Gold(California Gold Rush), logging, farming, freedom(for runaway slaves), cheaper and faster transportation, and the Manifest Destiny. |
What is the Manifest Destiny? | The idea that expansion was for the good of the country and was the right of the country. |
Who invented the cotton gin? | Eli Whitney |
Why was the cotton gin important to the the reform of America? | It increased the production of cotton and thus increased the production the need for slave labor to cultivate and pick the cotton. |
Who invented the reaper? | Jo Anderson(a slave) and Cyrus McCormick |
What did the reaper do? | The reaper increased the productivity of the American farmer. |
Who was the inventor of the steamboat? | Robert Fulton |
How did the steamboat improve things during the westward movement? | The steamboat provided faster river transportation that connected Southern plantations and farms to Northern industries. |
What provided faster land transportation? | The steam locomotive |
How did abolitionists work to end slavery? | Most abolitionists demanded the freeing of slaves, they believed that slavery was wrong,it was cruel and inhumane, and a violation of the principles of democracy. |
Name three abolitionist leaders. | Harriet Tubman, William Lloyd Garrison, and Frederick Douglass. |
How the suffrage movement help women gain equal rights? | Supporters of the suffrage movement declared that "All men and women are created equal." |
What rights did the women suffrage movement believe were denied to women? | Women were denied the right to vote,educatonal opportunities(especially higher education), equal opportunities in business, and limited rights to own property. |
Which strong women began the campaign for women suffrage? | Isabel Sojourner Truth,Susan B. Anthony, and Elizabeth Cady Stanton. |
When was the campaign for the women suffrage? | It was before the Civil War and continued after the war had ended. |