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What was the Second Great Awakening? When did it occur?
Occured in the 1830's, and it was a religious resurgance. Churches were important. Revivals/camp meetings were popular. This brought about a Temperance Movement and a Moral Reform Movement.
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Why was Lyman Beecher important?
Founded the American Temperance Society
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What is the American Temperance Society?
Society that warned that drinking led to poverty, crime and family violence
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What was the name of the American Temperance Society in 1836? What did they demand?
American Temperance Union; total abstinence by its members
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What was the Liberator? Who founded it? What did he also establish?
Anti-slave newspaper founded by Lloyd Garrison; the New England Anti-Slavery Society
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What did the Grimke sisters lecture about?
Anti-Slavery
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Who was elected president in 1836? 1840?
- 1836: Martin van Buren
- 1840: William Henry Harrison who died 30 days after being elected
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What happened in the 1830's, 40's and 50's?
People began moving west for cheap and plentiful land during this time
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When was the term Manifest Destiny established? What did it mean?
In 1845 this term was used; it meant it was the fate of the U.S. to stretch from ocean to ocean
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How many countries claimed Oregan in the beginning? At what time and with whom was it split in the end?
- - 4 countries owned this state in the beginning
- - In 1818 it was split by Great Britain and the U.S.
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Who won the election in 1844? What treaty was established during his term?
- Polk won this election
- He established a Treaty with Britain which gave all claims to Oregon south of the 49th parallel
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What happened in 1821? In 1830?
- Mexico revolts against Spanish rule and wins during this year. Texas is currently Mexico's. Following this expansion of Mexico, Americans started to travel the border and bring slaves.
- Mexico stopped immigration into Texas from the U.S. in this year.
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Who was declared dictator of Mexico in 1833?
Santa Anna was declared dictator during this year
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What happened between February 23-March 6, 1836? Who was famous for this?
- Battle of the Alamo occured during this time
- Famous people: William Travis, Jim Buouy, and Davy Crockett
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What happened on March 2, 1836?
Texas is declared independent from Mexico on this date and was independent for 9 years
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Who was Texas's first president?
Sam Houston
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What happened between May 1846 and September 1847? Why? Who won?
- Mexican War happened during this time
- Because Texas was admitted as a slave state in 1845, there was a clash of cultures, and there was American Expansion (U.S. wanted California and New Mexico)
- U.S. had all the advantages and won
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What ended the Mexican War? What did it cost?
- Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo ended this war
- $15 million for CA and New Mexico
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Who were the Mormons? Who founded them? When? Where did they move to?
- Founded by J. Smith in 1830
- Famous for their polygamy
- Travelled from Ohio to Missouri to Illinois to Utah
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What happened on January 24, 1848?
James Marshall found gold in CA on this date
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What were the 3 routes to get to CA?
- 1. Around Cape Horn
- 2. Across the isthmus of Panama
- 3. Across land (U.S.) This was the most used route to CA
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Who were Evangelical Protestants? Temperance Groups?
- Evangelical Protestants: wanted to reduce sin and get people to come to church (so-so successful)
- Temperance Groups: wanted to reduce/stop drinking
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What groups were were concerned with perfection?
- Trancendentalists: believed that people should look within themselves for truth and guidance
- Utopian: provided alternative communities. (Charles Fourier established the Fourier Phalanxes which espoused communal ownership of property and harmony) (Oneidas believed in "free love")
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What was established in 1848? By whom?
The Seneca Falls Convention (the 1st national women's rights con.) was established by Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia Mott on this date
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What was established in 1869? By whom?
The National Women's Suffrage Association (NWSA), which wanted federal reforms for women, was established by Stanton and Susan B. Anthony on this year
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What was established in 1869? By whom?
Lucy Stone established the American Women's Suffrage Association (AWSA), which wanted state reforms during this year
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When did NWSA and AWSA merge? What were they called? Who was the president?
- In 1890 they merged
- Known as the National American Women's Suffrage Association
- President: Susan B. Anthony
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What did Frederick Douglas believe?
That the Abolitionist Movement needed to be more vocal
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