changing american identity

Push Pull Factors

Influential factors that push or pull a person in or out of a country. This helps us understands the migration patterns.

Know Nothing Party

A political party formed in the 1850s to oppose immigration. Significant because it showed how much power and influence nativists had.

Abolitionist

A person who wants to end slavery. Played a major role in raising awareness and pushing for the end of slavery, leading to the Civil War.

Emancipation

The act of freeing someone from slavery. It changed the focus of the Civil War to ending slavery.

Suffrage

The right to vote. Significant because it was a step towards equality.

Seneca Falls Convention

The first womens rights convention held in New York in 1848 organized by Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia Mott. Marked the beginning of the an organized womens rights movement.

Temperance Movement

A social movement to stop the overuse of alcohol. Led to major changes in U.S. laws.

Underground Railroad

A secret network of people who helped slaves escape to freedom. Ran by abolitionists, Harriet Tubman was part of the underground railroad. It helped thousands of people escape slavery and shows the strength and bravery of those who resisted it.