Study Guide for Unit Test “Americans in the Mid-1800’s”
Study Guide for Unit Test “Americans in the Mid-1800’s”
Terms:
Be able to explain each term.
Terms:
Be able to explain each term.
1. Second Great Awakening
12. agrarian
2. abolitionist
14. plantation
3. suffrage
15. immigration
4. Seneca Falls Convention
16. Industrial Revolution
5. grievances
17. racism
6. deforestation
18. Frederick Douglass
7. Erie Canal
19. discrimination
8. Eli Whitney
20. segregation
9. cotton gin
21. oppression
10. reaper
22. Underground Railroad
11. temperance
23. Nat Turner
Essential Questions:
Use your textbook and/or notes to answer these questions.
1. Second Great Awakening
12. agrarian
2. abolitionist
14. plantation
3. suffrage
15. immigration
4. Seneca Falls Convention
16. Industrial Revolution
5. grievances
17. racism
6. deforestation
18. Frederick Douglass
7. Erie Canal
19. discrimination
8. Eli Whitney
20. segregation
9. cotton gin
21. oppression
10. reaper
22. Underground Railroad
11. temperance
23. Nat Turner
Essential Questions:
Use your textbook and/or notes to answer these questions.
1. What were the social reforms that took place during the mid1800’s? Were they successful?
2. What was done during the era of reform to eliminate slavery and
realize the ideals of the Declaration of Independence?
3. Who were the leaders of the women’s suffrage movement? What
were their goals, writings, and accomplishments?
4. What features of the physical geography of the Northeast made
this region well-suited to industrial and technological
development?
5. How did the North and South compare and contrast in terms of
economy, transportation and society?
6. Why did a wave of immigrants come from northern Europe to
America from 1845 to 1860? How did they contribute to the
growth and changing characteristics of cities?
7. What explains the birth and growth of slavery in the South?
8. How did slavery affect the South’s economy and society?
9. In what ways were the lives of free blacks in the North different
from- and similar to-the lives of free blacks in the South?
10. What was the legal status of slaves? How did slaveholders
control their slaves and attempt to preserve slavery?
Timeline: Label and illustrate a timeline with the events listed on the
back of this page.
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1. What were the social reforms that took place during the mid1800’s? Were they successful?
2. What was done during the era of reform to eliminate slavery and
realize the ideals of the Declaration of Independence?
3. Who were the leaders of the women’s suffrage movement? What
were their goals, writings, and accomplishments?
4. What features of the physical geography of the Northeast made
this region well-suited to industrial and technological
development?
5. How did the North and South compare and contrast in terms of
economy, transportation and society?
6. Why did a wave of immigrants come from northern Europe to
America from 1845 to 1860? How did they contribute to the
growth and changing characteristics of cities?
7. What explains the birth and growth of slavery in the South?
8. How did slavery affect the South’s economy and society?
9. In what ways were the lives of free blacks in the North different
from- and similar to-the lives of free blacks in the South?
10. What was the legal status of slaves? How did slaveholders control
their slaves and attempt to preserve slavery?
Timeline: Label and illustrate a timeline with the events listed on the
back of this page