Changes in US Reforms and Moving West Texas, Mexican War, and Slavery
Economy & Regional Differences
routine - long hours - strict
Lowell Textile Mills dominated New England
country girls moving to work in mills and make $
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Social Movts
Independent Thinkers Ralph Waldo Emerson founder of the Transcendental Mov’t
Independent Thinkers Henry David Thoreau founder of the Transcendental Mov’t
Independent Thinkers Henry David Thoreau Martin Luther King Ralph Waldo Emerson + =
2nd Great Awakening Religious Revivals- each person should seek their own salvation People should change themselves and society
Religious Revivals- each person should seek their own salvation People should change themselves and society Abolitionists become a strong movt. They seek to abolish or end slavery
William Lloyd GarrisonFrederick Douglass Former slave. Brilliant speaker. Very smart. No one could believe he had been a slave... he becomes leading black spokesman for abolition of slavery Publisher of major abolitionist newspaper, The Liberator. Pushed for immediate end to slavery
Women’s Changing Role in Society
1848 Declaration of Sentiments Elizabeth Cady Stanton Lucretia Mott Women meet at Seneca Falls, NY and declare they should have the same rights as men....it doesn’t go anywhere but it is the 1st organized effort to make women’s voices heard
TEXA S
1. Americans move to the Mexican land called Tejas (Texas) Eventually the American’s will want independence from the Mexican gov’t 3. Texas will become its own country for 9 years We fight a war with Mexico
Why Settlers Moved to Mexico and the Mexican territory of Texas
1836 Eventually the American’s will want independence from the Mexican gov’t
1836 Texas becomes it’s own country for 9 years
slavery...
Mexican American War
We fight a war with Mexico and then we allow Texas to enter the Union as a state Mexican American War
America wins the Mexican American War
Americans Move West
1862 Homestead Act: 160 acres- free! if you live on it for 5 years and improve it. The race was on!
Let’s Review All The Territory Gained By The US In The 1800s
Adams -Onis Treaty
That Brings the Slavery Issue To Light