American History Honors Unit 2 Vocabulary

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  1. 2. Known for writing Uncle Tom’s Cabin
  2. 7. The South’s victory in this Civil War battle gave the South a surge of confidence and the North realized the Civil War would not be as easy to win as they previously thought.
  3. 9. A political party that existed during the Civil War. This political party opposed the expansion of slavery in western territories. Their slogan was "free soil, free speech, free labor, and free men.”
  4. 10. The idea that the United States was destined to expand their territory to the Pacific Ocean and possibly beyond.
  5. 11. Supported the idea of popular sovereignty when it came to states and slavery
  6. 13. American nurse who provided aid in the Civil War and founded the American Red Cross
  7. 16. In the hopes of a new life, escaping debt, etc., farmers and businessmen would pack up their lives and travel down this trail to settle in the west.
  8. 17. This abolitionist wrote The Liberator
  9. 18. Northern citizens who opposed the Civil War and wished to reunite the Union by negotiation with the South.
  10. 20. Societal standards placed on women in the 19th century. Stated that women should stay at home, cook, clean, and care for the children.
  11. 23. Movement against alcohol, claimed alcohol was a threat to the success of the nation
  12. 25. Protects arrested individuals from facing unlawful punishments before trial.
  13. 26. Pre-Civil War
  14. 27. The first women’s rights convention.
  15. 28. This amendment gave African American men the right to vote.
  16. 29. Granted citizenship to African Americans who had been emancipated after the American Civil War.
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  1. 1. An abolitionist who believed God had called on him to end slavery. He became known as “God’s Angry Man.”
  2. 2. Referred to as “The Father of Common School,” this reformer led the Common School Movement. This reformer made it possible for every child to receive a basic education that would be paid for by local taxes.
  3. 3. Transformed American business and global trade, led to economic growth and personal wealth.
  4. 4. This amendment abolished slavery
  5. 5. Issued by President AbrahamLincoln Declared all slaves in the states that broke away from the Union (the Confederate states) were free. This did not free all slaves.
  6. 6. 60 of the town’s prominent citizens were held hostage by Brown and his 21 men who hoped that their slaves would join the raid. However, they did not. Instead, local troops killed some of Brown’s men and captured Brown. Brown was turned over to the state to be tried for treason.
  7. 8. Party When asked about their political views, they would claim they knew nothing.
  8. 12. American abolitionist and women's rights activist who was born into slavery but escaped with her infant daughter. She became the first African American woman to win a case against a white man when she went to court to recover her son. She was known for giving speeches about slavery and rights. Her most famous speech was “Ain’t I A Woman?”
  9. 14. He was a former slave who became a reformer and abolitionist. He published the anti-slavery newspaper, North Star.
  10. 15. He became the President of the Confederate States. Before the Civil War, he represented Mississippi in the United States Senate and the House of Representatives.
  11. 19. Founder of Mormonism.
  12. 21. He was living in a free state when his owner died and tried to become free, but the court ruled that he was not a citizen and could not sue in the federal court
  13. 22. This prison reform is responsible for establishing over 30 hospitals and abolishing the practice of keeping the mentally ill and disabled in prison.
  14. 24. A union military strategy proposed by Union General Winfield Scott. The strategy aimed to cut off imports or exports from southern states. The blockade would wrap around the southern states almost like a snake.