7986247595 | Horace Mann | worked to reform the American education system, abolitionist, prison/asylum reform with Dorothea Dix | 0 | |
7986247596 | Noah Webster | wrote the first major American dictionary | 1 | |
7986247597 | Henry Clay | United States politician responsible for the Missouri Compromise between free and slave states | 2 | |
7986247598 | Daniel Webster | - Leader of the Whig Party, originally pro-North, supported the Compromise of 1850 | 3 | |
7986247599 | John Noyes | Leader of a radical New York commune that practiced "complex marriage" and eugenic birth control | 4 | |
7986247600 | Shakers | The followers of Mother Ann Lee, who preached a religion of strict celibacy and communal living. | 5 | |
7986247601 | Louis Agassiz | America's greatest science teacher; defended creation science. | 6 | |
7986247602 | Webster-Ashburton Treaty | 1842 - Established Maine's northern border and the boundaries of the Great Lake states. | 7 | |
7986247603 | Wilmot Proviso | 1846 proposal that outlawed slavery in any territory gained from the War with Mexico | 8 | |
7986247604 | Texas Annexation | 1845 new acquisition, Mexico did not like. | 9 | |
7986247605 | Tejanos | Spanish settlers who lived in what is now southern Texas | 10 | |
7986247606 | Texicans | Texas Mexicans who brought slaves from Mexico | 11 | |
7986247607 | Election of 1844 | Polk (Dem) defeats Clay (Whig) and Birney (Liberty - anti-slavery) | 12 | |
7986247608 | steam engine | an engine that uses the expansion or rapid condensation of steam to generate power. | 13 | |
7986247609 | slave codes | Laws that controlled the lives of enslaved African Americans and denied them basic rights. | 14 | |
7986247610 | Task System | a system that allowed slaves to work their own land after their assigned duties were completed | 15 |
AP US HISTORY UNIT 3 Flashcards
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