6th 4Q Study Guide (Mod 11-15)

Since the population explosion during the Gold Rush _ was eligible for statehood 2 years after being acquired by the US

Women made money in mining communities by

After their long work days many enslaved Africans

North's priority was industrialization & manufacturing industry The South's priority remained _ this caused a difference

What was the result of Texas being annexed by the United States

One result of the Gold Rush was that

how did most planters encourage slave obedience

Two conditions common in life working at a mill were _ & _

The _ officially ended the Mexican-American War & forced Mexico to turn over much of its northern territory to the US

A system of communication developed to represent letters of the alphabet when sending telegraphic messages

How long did the Oregon Trail take to travel

Groups of workers who joined together demanding better pay & working conditions

Slaves were bought & sold to make profit families were separated b/c certain members of the family would sell for more

At the Battle of _ Texan were able to gain victory b/c Houston's men were able to take the Mexican army by suprise

Americans were affected by the introduction of steamboats by having the ability to _ & _

_ was n escaped slave who went on to become one of the most important African American leaders of the 1800s

Machine that used interchangeable parts rose to fame due _ allowing manufacturers to create more goods at a cheaper cost

The development of the _ reduced travel time dramatically & changed people's ideas of distance

_ was a former slave who helped the abolition movement & said God called her to travel & tell the truth about slavery

Many northerners sided with the southern slaveholders saying that

As more people began competing for factory jobs employers could pay employees _

What were spirituals

What tradition caused Mormon's to be persecuted in the 1850's

How did enslaved parents pass their culture down to their children

Why did many southern cities and states pass laws to limit the rights of freed slaves

A period of rapid growth in the speed and convenience of travel because of new methods of transportation

Women began moving to the city to work in factories rather than on farms to provide for themselves instead of

A result of the victory at San Jacinto was that it

What does crop rotation involve

What caused Mormons to move from New York in the early 1830's

The _ wanted the complete end of slavery

The Underground Railroad wasn't an actual railroad but people arranged transportation & hiding places for escaped slaves

The _ was an agreement btwn the US & Mexico where the US paid them $10 mil for the southern part of Arizona & New Mexico

_ were agents who brought Mexican settlers to Texas in exchange for land

The _ was a group who organized together to help slaves escape the South

The _ insured a southern route for a transcontinental railroad completely on American soil

What set the boundary between the United States and Canada

How did Eli Whitney's original cotton gin work

What was the cotton belt

What issue came to the forefront as the country continued to expand

Many of the first factories in the South were built for the

The _ made it illegal to help runaway slaves & allowed officials to arrest escaped slaves in frees areas

The telegraph did not affect communication in America because people already had various methods comminicaion availiable

A period of growth in the use of machines & manufacturing

President Jackson refused to annex Texas at first because

What were slaves codes

Identical parts are parts of machines that are _- since parts of machines do not need to be custom it saves on _ & cost

As a result of the Mexican-American Way the size of the US

Slaves were seen as _ not people

_ were gold-seeking miners from America who migrated to California in the hopes of striking it rich

Why were slaves uneducated

Which of the following is NOT a type of Spanish settlement in the colonies

The name for the belief that it was America's fate to settle the land all the way to the Pacific Ocean

Father Hidalgo y Costilla led a rebellion in hopes of improving their lives by becoming independent from _

A yeoman was a/an

_ were western fur traders and trappers.

For cheap land _ settlers agreed to follow Mexican rules However many Texans ignored the rules so Mexico banned them

The _ allowed California to enter the Union as a free state The rest of the Mexican Cession was split Utah & New Mexico

Most of the South's big cities had started as

At the Battle of _ Mexico won killing all of the defenders and further angering rebel forces

_ was a magazine writer from Maine who wrote about the tales about the Underground Railroad in "Uncle Tom's Cabin"

In order to rebel against the injustices of slavery some would

The _ helped CA's development by giving the state's economy the means to grow by connecting to the rest of the country

This industry which produces cloth items was the first to use machines for manufacturing

Why did the US government send troops to help traders traveling on the Sante Fe trail

_ was the most daring & famous contributor to the Underground Railroad She escaped & returned to the South to help slave

A method sometimes used by workers to force factory owners to their demands

_ is the idea of favoring the interests of one area of a complete over the country as a whole

The _ was the voyage across the Alantic Ocean that enslaved Africans were forced to endure

Mill owners often hired _ to work in mills because they could give them _