How did Walt Whitman contribute to American culture during the 19th century?

Through his collection of poetry called the Leaves of Grass

What is an abolitionist?

someone who opposed slavery and wanted it to immediately end

What role did Harriet Tubman play in the abolitionist movement?

Helped runaway slaves using the Underground Railroad

Which 3 land acquisitions were former territories of Mexico?

Texas, California, and New Mexico

Why was it significant for the US to acquire the Oregon Country?

US finally expanded all the way to the Pacific Ocean

What was the result of the California Gold Rush?

population rose and California became a state

Specifically which rights did the women's rights movement fight for in the 19th Century?

suffrage, equal pay, higher education

What was the goal of the temperance movement?

to stop drinking and buying of alcohol

Why did the Mormons settle in Salt Lake City, Utah?

to escape religious persecution, murder of leader

What did transcendentalist encourage people to do in their writings?

find your true self (consciousness) and look to nature

Where is the Louisiana Purchase located in the United States?

From the Mississippi River to the Rocky Mountains

Why did Henry David Thoreau go to jail for refusing to pay a tax?

didn't want to support the Mexican War

What impact did the abolitionists movement have on the US?

helped get the 13th Amendment passed to abolish slavery

Why did the US spend $10 million on the Gadsden Purchase?

complete the transcontinental railroad

What area was acquired from Mexico in the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo?

Mexican Cession which included California and New Mexico

What did leader of Labor Reform like Sarah Bagley try to improve?

Working Conditions in factories

What is John James Audubon famous for painting?

North American wildlife especially birds

What did the Hudson River School artists paint?

Landscapes of the American Frontier

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1
The belief that it is America's destiny to expand from ocean to ocean.
Manifest Destination
Manifest Destiny
Manifest Not the Answer
Manifest Desire
2
What reform movement was the Declaration of Sentiments part of?
Education
Temperance
Abolition
Women's Rights
3
How did Walt Whitman contribute to American culture during the 19th century?
Through his collection of poetry called the Pedal of Flowers
Through his collection of poetry called the Leaves of Grass
Through his collection of poetry called the Winds of Fall
Through his collection of poetry called the leaves of trees
4
What is an abolitionist?
someone who is for slavery and wanted it to last forever.
someone who opposed slavery and wanted it to immediately end
someone who was for prohibition.
someone who was for women's suffrage
5
What river did Mexico claim was the border between them and the US?
Brazos River
Nueces River
Colorado River
Rio Grande
6
Why did people move to California during the mid 19th century?
to buy farms
To get new jobs
To find Gold
To find Silver
7
This is not a item seen in the painting American Progress.
buffalo
railroads
telegraph wire
automobiles
8
What role did Harriet Tubman play in the abolitionist movement?
Paid money for their freedom
Helped runaway slaves using the Underground Railroad
Held conventions in the South to speak against slavery
wrote songs about the lives of slaves
9
Which 3 land acquisitions were former territories of Mexico?
Colorado, Kansas, Indiana
Idaho, Montana, South Dakota
Oregon, Washington, Arizona
Texas, California, and New Mexico
10
Why was it significant for the US to acquire the Oregon Country?
US finally expanded all the way to the Indian Ocean
US finally expanded all the way to the Atlantic Ocean
US finally expanded all the way to the Pacific Ocean
US finally expanded all the way to the Artic Ocean.
11
What was the result of the California Gold Rush?
San Francisco 48ers became a NFL team.
Everyone got rich.
population rose and California became a state
12
How did the role of women change during the Industrial Revolution?
many women stayed home as housewives
many women decided to move west
many women worked in factories
many women decided to go to work as teachers.
13
What was the result of the war with Mexico?
Mexico ceded land to the US
California remained part of Mexico
border was going to be the Nueces River
Mexico paid the US $15 million for losing the war.
14
Specifically which rights did the women's rights movement fight for in the 19th Century?
speech, religion, bear arms
suffrage, equal pay, higher education
own businesses, shops, farms
driving, shopping, dining out
15
What was the goal of the temperance movement?
to stop drinking and buying of alcohol
women's suffrage
to help the mentally ill
help change the prison system
16
Why did the Mormons settle in Salt Lake City, Utah?
to escape the factory pollution of big cities
to make money collecting the salt
to get closer to the gold rush in California
to escape religious persecution, murder of leader
17
What belief was Thoreau practicing when he broke the law because he felt the law was unjust?
Civil Obedience
Civil Dishonesty
Civil Disobedience
Civil Rights
18
What did transcendentalist encourage people to do in their writings?
encourage new laws that give women equal treatment
speak out against slavery
find your true self (consciousness) and look to nature
encourage people to move out west
19
What was the name of the speech that made Sojourner Truth famous?
Women Should be Equal!
Ain't I a Woman?
Let women vote!
Free the Slaves!
20
Where is the Louisiana Purchase located in the United States?
From the Mississippi River to the Rocky Mountains
From the Appalachian Mountains to the Mississippi River
Near the Pacific Ocean
From the Atlantic Ocean to the Rocky Mountains
21
What reform was Horace Mann a leader for?
Temperance
Prison/Mentally Ill
Women's Rights
Education
22
Why did Henry David Thoreau go to jail for refusing to pay a tax?
didn't want to support the Mexican War
didn't want to support Manifest Destiny
didn't want to split the Oregon Territory with Britain
didn't want to annex Texas
23
What impact did the abolitionists movement have on the US?
helped get the 14th Amendment passed to give citizenship
helped get the 18th Amendment passed to prohibit alcohol
helped get the 19th Amendment passed to allow women to vote
helped get the 13th Amendment passed to abolish slavery
24
Why did the US spend $10 million on the Gadsden Purchase?
US was just land hungry
We had money that had to be spent.
complete the transcontinental railroad
they liked how the southern border of the US was shaped.
25
How did the US acquire Texas?
US annexed Texas.
Mexico gave us Texas in exchange for Mexican POW's.
Mexico did not want Texas anymore
US bought Texas from Mexico for $15 million
26
What reform was Dorothea Dix a leader for?
Abolition
Women's Rights
Temperance
Prison and Mentally Ill
27
What mountain range did pioneers cross in order to get to California and the Oregon Country?
Rocky Mountains
Himalayas
Appalachian Mountains
Alps
28
What area was acquired from Mexico in the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo?
Mexican Cession which included California and New Mexico
Mexican Cession which included Colorado and Kansas
Mexican Cession which included Florida and Georgia
Mexican Cession which included Montana and Illinois
29
A movement in which preachers expressed that doing good could help you achieve salvation.
Second Great Reform Era
Second Great Awakening
Second Great Arising
Second Great Revival
30
Routes that provided trade and the moving of people to western territories.
Jones and Plummer Trails
Chisholm and Goodnight Loving Trails
Western and National Trails
Oregon and Santa Fe Trails
31
What did leader of Labor Reform like Sarah Bagley try to improve?
Working Conditions in factories
Working conditions in the gold mines
Working conditions for farmers
Working conditions for women
32
What is John James Audubon famous for painting?
North American wildlife especially birds
Native Americans
Landscapes of North America
North American People
33
What did the Hudson River School artists paint?
People of American Frontier
Past Presidents
Landscapes of the American Frontier
Animals of the American Frontier
34
What antislavery newspaper did William Lloyd Garrison publish?
The Freedman Gazette
The Reform Daily News
Washington D.C. Telegram
The Liberator
35
What area did the US acquire from the Adam-Onis Treaty?
Florida
Texas
California
New Mexico

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