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The two groups main groups of immigrants were: all

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1) Irish

2) German

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Between 1840 and 1860 more that ____ immigrants came to the US.

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4 million

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The __ came fleeing starvation due to a terrible __ famine.

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Irish, Potato

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The __ usually arrived with money and bought farm land in the __.

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Germans, mid west

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The Germans brought over the tradition of the __.

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Christmas Tree

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The ones who opposed immigration were called __.

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nativists

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The nativists formed a political party to try and limit immigration called the __.

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Know nothing party

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city life was hard for four reasons: all

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1) unpaved roads
2) animals wondered all over
3) it was unsanitary
4) they had no water system

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the __ was a social and economic level between the wealthy and poor.

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middle class

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Three things began to grow in cities: all

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1) libraries
2) clubs
3) theaters

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a __ were poorly designed housing structures that were dirty, overcrowded, and unsafe.

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tenements

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__ was a belief system in which followers thought they could rise above material things in life.

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transcendentalism

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__ was a minister who thought you should be guided by your inner light.

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emerson

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__ most famous essay was self reliance

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emerson

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__ wrote women in the nineteenth century which was a book about women’s basic rights.

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Margaret fuller

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__ believed people should act by their own idea of right and wrong.

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henry David Thoreau

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__ refused to obey unjust laws.

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henry David Thoreau

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__ hoped to form a perfect society .

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utopian communities

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Nathaniel Hawthorne wrote the __.

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Scarlett Letter

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__ wrote mystery stories and poetry.

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Edgar Allen Poe

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herman Melville wrote __.

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Moby Dick

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__ who wrote poems such as leaves of grass.

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walt Whitman

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__ was one of the leaders of the second great awakening

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Charles Grandison Finney

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__ was aimed at limiting alcohol consumption

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temperance movement

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in __ the first economic convention of the __ was held.

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1836, American Temperance Union

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In __ __ banned the sell of liquor.

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1846, Maine

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Prison conditions were bad for three reasons: list 2

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1) filthy
2) they were overcrowded
3) the young and the old were housed together

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__ insisted that prisoners needed rehabilitation

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Dorthea Dix

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__ founded the Perkins institute for the blind in the 1830s in __.

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Samuel Howe, boston

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__ started the first american school for deaf children in __.

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Thomas Gallaudet, Hartford Connecticut

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The __ stated all children regardless of background would be taught in a common place.

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Common School Movement

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__ led the common school movement.

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Horace Mann

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__ also began to set up normal schools for educating teachers.

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Horace Mann

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__ opened an all female academy in Connecticut.

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Catherine Beecher

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__ in Macon, ga was the first American womens college opened in __.

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wesleyan College , 1836

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The __ was founded by Richard Allen.

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Free African Religious Society

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The Free african religious soc. pushed for __ and __.

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equality, education

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In __ __ in Ohio became the fist college people to admit __.

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1835, oberlin college, african americans

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in 1817 __ was formed.

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the american colonization soc.

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the am. colonization soc. bought a strip of land in west africa called __.

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Liberia

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__ was a place where free black people could settle.

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liberia

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__ ran an abolitionist newspaper called the Liberator.

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William Lloyd Garrison

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__ and __ were two sister form a slave holding family who wrote pamphlets and a book to try to convince other white people to join the fight against slavery.

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Angelina, Sarah grimke

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__ was an escaped slave who published a newspaper in the north.

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Fredrick Douglass

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__ was famous for her anti-slavery speeches.

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sougjourner truth

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the __ was the name given to a loosly knit group of white and black abolitionists who helped escaped slaves get to the north to be free.

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Underground Railroad

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__ led escaping slaves to __ which were homes of people secretly storing runaways.

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Conductors, Stations

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the most famous conductor was __.

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Harriet Tubman

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__ and __ organized a womens rights convention at __>

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Lucretia Mott, Elizabeth Stanton, Seneca Falls New York

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The __ stated all men and women were created equal. women have been denied all rights that belong to them as citizens of the US.

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Declaration of Sentiments

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__ argued men and women should be paid the same if they are performing the same job.

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Susan B. Anthony

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