Unit #6: Antebellum Era

Belonging to a period before a war especially the American Civil War

• Antebellum

• Trail of Tears

• Suffrage

• sumuggling

The Right to Vote

• Suffrages

• Whigs

• Normal School

• Expedition

1803 purchase of the Louisiana Territory from France. Made by Jefferson this doubled the size of the US/

• Louisiana Purchase

• Trail of Tears

• Lewis and Clark

• Antebellum

Religious movement that led to social reforms

• 2nd Great Awakening

• Transcendentalists

• Antebellum

• Revivals

Followers of a belief which stressed self-reliance, self-culture, self-discipline, and that knowledge transcends instead of coming by reason. They promoted the belief of individualism and causes an array of humanitarian reforms.

• Transcendentalists

• 2nd Great Awakening

• Lewis and Clark

• Smuggling

A Journey made for a special purpose

• expedition

• Lewis and Clark

• Louisiana Purchase

• Tariff

British Practice of taking American Sailors and forcing them into military service

• Impressment

• smuggling

• Tariff

• reform

The act of illegally important or exporting goods

• Smuggling

• Impressment

• Embargo act

• Tariff

1807 act which ended all of America's importation and exportation. Jefferson hoped the act would pressure the French and British to recognized US neutrality rights in exchange for US goods. Really, however, just hurt Americans and our economy and got repealed in 1809.

• Embargo act

• Impressment

• smuggling

• Tariffs

A Strong feeling of pride in and devotion in one's country.

• Nationalism

• Sectionalism

• abolitionists

• Feminists