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- 3. A slave and radical preacher who led a slave rebellion in 1831
- 4. "Remember the ___" became the battle cry of the Battle of San Jacinto after all the defenders were killed at the mission turned fortress
- 5. General who was probably the US's most capable commander who was nicknamed "Old Fuss and Feathers"
- 9. The movement to eliminate slavery
- 10. Former slave who was one of the most brilliant, most eloquent, and most radical
- 11. One of the most important reformers of the era who focused on prison reform and aid for the mentally ill
- 12. River that was the disputed boundary between Mexico and America that led to war (2 words, no spaces)
- 13. War that was the climax and the most violent phase of Manifest Destiny
- 14. Writer who delved deeper into the dark, tortured depths of man's soul
- 15. Christian who saw the importance of the public education movement and its potential for the gospel
- 17. Machine that cleaned cotton fifty times faster than slaves working by hand (2 words/no space)
- 22. One of the leading reformers in the drive for public education
- 23. Most important of the three main trails that reached westward
- 24. Commander who ordered the force holding the Alamo to destroy the fort and fall back
- 26. The ___ Ship differed from previous seagoing vessels by being the fastest sailing ship ever built
- 27. The most important and most militant abolitionist leader
- 30. 19th Century American transportation climaxed with the development of the ____. The first successful one was known as the B & )
- 31. This trail was more of a commercial route than a means of pioneer transportation
- 32. Individual who perfected the plow by putting a steel edge over the iron blade
- 33. Banning the sale and consumption of alcohol
- 34. This type of reformer sought to establish a small, perfect community that would serve as a model for the reform of society at large
- 35. With a stable of 500 horses and 190 stations, this stretched from Missouri to California (2 words/no spaces)
- 38. Individual who carefully memorized the construction of the textile machines and escaped to the US
- 39. Governor who began building a canal from Albany to Lake Erie, now known as the Erie Canal
- 40. Individual who came up with the idea of using electricity to carry messages over wire much more quickly and over longer distances
- 41. Writer who helped develop the greatest American contribution to world literature, the short story
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- 1. Individual who made some 20 trips to the South to help lead more than 300 blacks to freedom
- 2. Now regarded as the birth of the modern women's rights movement
- 6. Individual who is known for his work with interchangeable parts and the invention of the cotton gin
- 7. Individual who led the 1st of many land-hungry American settlers into Texas
- 8. One of the most prestigious unorthodox religions
- 13. Individual who received the patent for the reaping machine
- 16. Treaty in which Mexico recognized American claims to Texas to the Rio Grande and ceded New Mexico and California to the US
- 18. An even more liberal, more un-Biblical philosophy
- 19. The first American writer to gain fame outside America
- 20. Considered the "dark horse" of the 1844 campaign, but was elected president
- 21. Literary type that rejected the balanced unemotionalism of the Federalist and neoclassical styles
- 22. The idea that America was ordained to possess the North American continent
- 25. The ministry of this individual led the awakening to begin to take a new direction
- 28. Purchase in which the US paid $10 million for a chunk of territory that filled out the continental US to its present boundaries
- 29. Republic that began a ten-year history of independence
- 36. Individual who invented the steamboat
- 37. The most important early American road was the National Road also known as the ____ Road