Title: Know what the following people did.
1Know what the following people did.
- Frederick Douglass
- Runaway slave who told many people about his
escape
2Know what the following people did.
- Harriet Beecher Stowe
- Wrote Uncle Toms Cabin book about slavery
3Know what the following people did.
- Horace Mann
- Reformed (changed) schools to make them free to
all children
4Know what the following people did.
- Robert Fulton
- Built the first steamboat
5Know what the following people did.
- Francis Cabot Lowell
- Built textile mill with spinning, dyeing, and
weaving all under one roof.
6What helped Andrew Jackson win the Presidency in
1828?
- All males could vote not just land owners
7What did Andrew Jackson do to the Cherokees and
other Native American tribes?
- Forced them to walk to Oklahoma many died and
trail become know as the Trail of Tears.
8What did Sojourner Truth do for Slavery?
- Traveled the country speaking out against slavery
9What does Manifest Destiny mean?
- The United States should go from Atlantic to
Pacific Oceans
10What is an abolitionist?
- A person who worked to put an end to slavery
11Why did the Mormans leave Illinois and where did
they end up?
- They left Illinois because they were not able to
practice their religion freely there they went
to Utah
12Why did pioneers go to California in 1849 and
what were those people called?
13How did the United States acquire most of the
land west of the Louisiana Purchase?
- They defeated Mexico and claimed the land as a
result of the Mexican American War
14What were the major improvements in
transportation?
- New highways
- The steamboat
- The locomotive
15What were the major improvements in manufacturing?
- Mass production
- Interchangeable parts
- Factories
16What did Andrew Jackson and John C. Calhoun
disagree about?
- States rights Andrew Jackson though that the
national government should have the final say on
matters written in the Constitution. John C.
Calhoun thought that states should have the final
say over all matters related to their state.