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What was the key event in Texas' struggle against Mexico?
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Battle at the Alamo
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What was the trade route that linked the US with Mexico?
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Sante Fe Trail
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How did John C. Calhoun view the north?
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As a tyrannical power
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Why did Whigs collapse in 1850?
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It did not address the issue of slavery
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Who were the main supporters of the new Republican party?
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Northerners
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The key difference b/w the north and south was:
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Slavery
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Industrialization brought more freedom to:
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Working women
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What did Catherine Beecher believe?
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That women should invest in creating good families
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What convention in 1840 prohibited women from participating?
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The World Anti-slavery convention
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What did women begin to do first during the women's movement?
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Graduate from college
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Where was the Seneca Falls Convention held?
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Seneca, New York
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Sufferage:
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Right to vote
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Native-born Americans were ___ while new immigrants were ____.
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Protestant/catholic
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Movement inspired by writers and philosophers:
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Transcendentalism
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Movement opposing alcohol consumption:
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Temperance movement
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