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III-3: American social & political reform; rise of a distinct culture
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01/14/2005

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Which woman started the 1st women's rights convention at Seneca Falls?
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Elizabeth Cady Stanton
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Which woman helped Elizabeth Stanton and got the 19th Amendment passed?
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Susan B. Anthony
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What popular author and poet wrote "The Raven"?
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Edgar Allen Poe
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Which system rewarded friends with high positions in government?
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Spoils System
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Who wrote "Uncle Tom's Cabin?"
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Harriet Beecher Stowe
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This woman was born into slavery but was freed once NY emancipated slaves. She became well-known and respected for eloquent and charismatic speaking. She also spoke for women's rights.
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Sojourner Truth
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The 19th Amendment guaranteed suffrage to this group of people.
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women
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National unity and optimistic mood during Monroe's presidency. It was the first time people began thinking of themselves as citizens of a nation, not a state. III-3
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Era of Good Feelings
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This abolitionist founded an influential,anti-slavery newspaper called "The Liberator" and helped establish the national American Anti-Slavery Society. III-3
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William Lloyd Garrison
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What type of harmonious communities were established to show the world the best example of how to live (Amish, Mennonites, Shakers, and Quakers)
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utopian communities
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Give another name for the women who fought for women's right to vote.
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suffragettes
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This type of Democracy favored dropping property qualifications for voting white males.
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Jacksonian Democracy
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This practice set a precident for rewarding faithful supporters with high positions in government; led to government corruption in later presidential administrations.
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spoils system
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President Jackson favored this philosophy which believed in helping the Common Man. III-3
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Common Man Ideal
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This was the first state to pass Temperance laws. III-3
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Maine
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Smart and well-spoken former slave who educated himself and became the most prominent African American speaker for the abolition of slavery. III-3
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Frederick Douglas
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In what battle were the Creeks defeated by Andrew Jackson and the Cherokees? III-3
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Horseshoe Bend
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This woman wanted to improve mental institutions & prisons.
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Dorothea Dix
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This escaped slave established the Underground Railroad.
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Harriet Tubman
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This writer focused on sin & atonement in the "Scarlet Letter."
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Nathaniel Hawthorne
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Treaty where Great Britain recognized the independence of the US and the border of the new nation. III-3
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Treaty of Paris (1783)
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This act, accomplished under the Articles of Confed., stated that the land area from the Ohio River to Miss. River would be made into new states. When each territory reached the required number of people, it could apply for statehood. III-3
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Land Ordinance of 1785
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This ordinance allowed for the creation of three to five states in the Northwest Territory which included all lands west of the Ohio River and east of the Mississippi. Law prohibited slavery in the territory and guaranteed inhabitants freedom of religion
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Northwest Ordinance (1787)
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Napoleon sold 900,000 square miles to the US during this purchase, which doubled the country's size. III.3
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The Louisiana Purchase
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This expedition gave the country valuable geographic information of the Oregon and Louisiana territories, and led to the rapid migration of settlers to the Pacific NW. III.3
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Lewis and Clark expedition
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The year Alabama became a state. III.3
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1819
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