voc. history

Latin for "before the war"

social reform movement to end slavery and the slave trade.

the violence that erupted in kansas over slaver

slaves who fled the plantations for protection behind union lines

those states that seceded form the US to form a new political entity

politicians who opposed the Mexican American War

machine used for processing cotton invented in 1783

Code of behavior that emphasizes personal honor and male protection of female dependents

policy of seeking land and trade beyond a countries boundaries

more than 80,000 settlers who descended on California as a part of the gold rush

Southern proslavery extremists who sought secession from the union

strategy used in the US senate to prevent legislation from coming to a vote

congress should prohibit slavery within western territories

movement based on the ideas of Charles Fourier

work conducted free from constraint and in accordance with the loborers personal inclinations and will

manufacturing business created in the late 18th century

an inflex of fortune seekers into an area following rumors of gold.

name given to the drought-stricken Great Plains by Euro-Americans

the constitutional right that protects citizens against arbitrary arrest and detention

slave trade between states that continued after the abolition of the Atlantic Slave Trade in 1808

a nativist political party that enjoyed a brief popularity in the decade before the Civil War

used to express the dominance of cotton in the economy of the antebellum south

contractual clause ensuring that the personal assets of shareholders con not be seized to cover the debts of a corporation

industrialization caused tremendous changes in the lives and work of people in a number of regions

to describe americans as people no longer bound by social attachments to class, castes, associations, and families

The surveyors' mark

offspring of white and blacks

sexual mixing of the races, especially whites (male) and black (females)

a class of skilled craftsmen and inventors who built and improved machinery

religion founded by joseph smith in 1830

to express the popular 19th century belief that the US was destined to expand westward

combined impact of the rapidly increasing production of goods and the development of a transportation network to distribute them.

site in Utah where the railway lines built by the Union Pacific and Central Pacific met.

pre-civil war idea that the residents of a territory should determine, through their legislatures, whether to allow slavery

owners of large forms that were worked by 20+ slaves

Christian movement that believed people could achieve moral perfection in their earthly lines

utopian cooperative work groups that organized as part of the Fourierist movement

practice of a man having multiple wifes

concern only for the interests of one part of a country

a states withdrawal from the union

1857 supreme court case ruling that no black person, slave or free could claim citizenship rights

religious group derived from the quakers that followed the vision of "Mother Ann"

someone who settles on land he or she doesnt own

invention of the industrial revolution that harnessed mechanical energy from high-pressure steam

means of transportation that connected the eastern US with the state of California and other territories in the west

system of labor in which a slave was assigned a daily task to complete and allowed to do as he wished upon its completion

an electrical were to transmit messages over a long distance

movement to end drunkenness that urged people to abstain from the consumption of alcohol

movement that believed individuals should look within themselves for truth and guidance

8 northern most southern states

communities founded by reformers and transcendentalists

Americans' settlement westward, in the 19th century

in the US, and political party that began in 1834 with the opponents of Andrew Jackson

farmer who owned a small plot of land sufficient to support a family