American History Vocab Units 6 & 7

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To make changes for improvement, ending abuses, or correcting injustices.

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Reform

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A person who supported ending slavery in the U.S.

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abolitionist

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Gathering of women's rights supporters in July 1848 that launched the voting rights movement.

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Seneca Falls Convention

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Dramatic change in economies and cultures due to machines replacing manual work.

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Industrial Revolution

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Unequal treatment based on race, gender, religion, or other arbitrary characteristic.

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Discrimination

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Secret network aiding slave escapes to freedom.

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Underground Railroad

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Novel by Harriet Beecher Stowe revealing slavery's evils.

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Uncle Tom's Cabin

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Slave involved in 1857 Supreme Court case ruling African Americans couldn't be citizens and deemed the Missouri Compromise unconstitutional.

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Dred Scott

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A war between opposing groups of citizens in the same country.

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civil war

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Order by Lincoln on Jan 1, 1863, freeing slaves in Confederate states

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Emancipation Proclamation