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Expansionism
Extending the country’s borders
Manifest destiny
Americans wanted to expand from coat to coast
Democratic rights in 1800
Only white men with property could vote
Democratic rights in 1830s
Most white men could vote
Abolition movement
Push for the end of slavery
William Lloyd Garrison
Newspaperman who pressed for abolition
Frederick Douglass
Abolitionist writer
What effect did Harriet Beecher’s Uncle Toms Cabin have on the north
Convinced the north that slavers was evil
Seneca falls convention
1st women’s rights convention
Who organized the Seneca falls convention
Lucretia Mott and Elizabeth Cady Stanton
How was the idea of women’s suffrage taken by most people in America
It was ridiculed
What factors led to the civil war
Lincoln was elected president
Agriculture vs industry
Slavery
What did the south do when Abraham Lincoln was elected president
They seceded and formed the confederate states of America
What even sparked the civil war
When the south seceded
Lasting effects of civil war
Left bitterness and division
Emancipation Proclamation
Made by Lincoln during the civil war to free slaves
13th amendment
Abolished slavery
14th amendment
Birthright citizenship
15th amendment
Gave suffrage to African American males
Why were African Americans kept from voting after the 15th amendment
Jim Crow laws
Why is slavery, segregation, and discrimination bad for the economy
It keeps a portion of the population from contributing to the economy
Andrew Carnegie
Had monopoly on steel
John D Rockefeller
Had monopoly on oil
What did workers do to make conditions better
Formed labor unions
Populist party
Pushed for reforms for workers and farmers
Progressives
Pushed for laws to ban child labor, limit working hours, regulate monopolies, and expand suffrage
When did women gain suffrage
1920
Intergenerational wealth
Wealth of a family over multiple generations
What effect did the ban on child labor have on education
Made a need for education because kids weren’t working
Where did most of the labor in America come from
Immigrants
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