History

Abolitionist

A person who wanted to end slavery

American Colonzation Society

Organization in the 1800s that proposed to end slavery by helping African Americans to move to Africa

Civil Disobedience

Refusal to obey/unjust laws using non-violent means

Cottonocracy

Are for the wealthy planters who made their money from cotton in the mid-1800s

Discrimination

Policy/practice that denies equal rights to certain groups of ppl

Industrial Revolution

Change from manual production to machine powered factory production.That started in england late eighteen century Change from manual production to machine powered factory production. That started in England, late 18th century and spread to other places and brought a transformation in society, economy, and technology.

Interchangeable parts

Identical made machine parts for a tool or an instrument

Know nothing party

Political party in the 1850s, that was anti-catholic and anti-immagrant

Second great awakening

Widespread religious movement in the U.S. in the early 1800s

Seneca falls convection

1848 meeting at which activist called for equal rights for women often seen as the birthplace of the women's rights movement

Temperance movement

Campaign against alcohol consumption

Trade union

Association of workers in a specific train or a line of work form to gain higher wages and better working conditions

Underground Railroad

Network of abolitionists who secretly helped african american to escape freedom

Urbanization

Movement of population from farms to cities

Women's Rights movement

Organization campaign to win legal educational , employment and other rights for women