a type of cloth or woven fabric

A method of production that brought many workers and machines together into one building

Locations where workers could live in company-owned housing and shop at company-owned stores. Many of these locations would grow into cities.

The development of industries for the machine production of goods.

Developed in the textile mills of Massachusetts, in the 1820s, in these factories as much machinery as possible was used, so that few skilled workers were needed in the process, and the workers were almost all single young farm women, who worked for a few years and then returned home to be housewives.

1. workers did not need to be skilled craftsmen2. the manufacturing process was much quicker than making unique parts3. items could be easily and quickly repaired by switching out parts

Movement of people from rural areas to cities

existing or occurring at the beginning; at first

in, relating to, or characteristic of a city or town.

a district of a city marked by poverty and inferior living conditions

lower in rank, status, or quality; worse than

organized attempts to make a change that betters society, it could be help the poor, to free enslaved people, to reduce problems caused by drunkenness, rights for women or any other social problem

to bring back to rightness, order, or morality; to change for the better

the act of setting free

A person who wanted to end slavery

An international movement that between approximately 1780 and 1890 succeeded in condemning slavery as morally repugnant and abolishing it in much of the world; the movement was especially prominent in Britain and the United States. Abolition in the US came about in 1865 at the end of the Civil War.

Movement to end slavery

something, typically money, awarded to someone as a repayment for loss, injury, or suffering.

A form of Christian Protestantism in which the believers believed in social equality between the races and sexes, inner divinity (God living in all people) were pacifists and known to shake at the power of God. Many abolitionists were members of this church

An organized campaign to eliminate or reduce alcohol consumption

restraint or moderation, especially in regards to alcohol or food

Denied their rights because of prejudice; unfairly judged

Took place in upperstate New York in 1848. Women of all ages and even some men went to discuss the rights and conditions of women. There, they wrote the Declaration of Sentiments, which among other things, tried to get women the right to vote.

an official statement

a view of or attitude toward a situation or event; an opinion.

Document based on the Declaration of Independence that called for gender equality, written primarily by Elizabeth Cady Stanton and signed by Seneca Falls Convention delegates.

(1815-1902) A suffragette who, with Lucretia Mott, organized the first convention on women's rights, held in Seneca Falls, New York in 1848. Issued the Declaration of Sentiments which declared men and women to be equal and demanded the right to vote for women. Co-founded the National Women's Suffrage Association with Susan B. Anthony in 1869.

A Quaker who attended an anti-slavery convention in 1840 and her party of women was not recognized. She and Elizabeth Cady Stanton called the first women's right convention in New York in 1848

The process whereby individuals or groups of differing ethnic heritage are absorbed into the dominant culture of a society and become more similar over time in norms, values, behaviors, and characteristics to the dominant culture.

anger or annoyance provoked by what is perceived as unfair treatment

poor, in a state of poverty; depleted

state of being extremely poor; not able to meet basic needs for food, clothing, and shelter.

state of being confused

anything that destroys, prevents growth, or causes devaluation

not done of one's own free will; automatic; unintentional; spontaneous

enthusiastic, eager, earnest, devoted

a shallow, flat-bottomed open boat with sharp bow and square stern.

A smooth bore gun with a long barrel that fired lead balls.

An American political party formed in the 1830s to oppose President Andrew Jackson and the Democrats, stood for protective tariffs, national banking, and federal aid for internal improvements

One of the two major American political parties evolving out of the Democratic-Republican Party of Thomas Jefferson. This political party was formed by supporters of Andrew Jackson after the presidential election of 1824, they supported a decentralized government and state's rights

(adj.) striking, remarkable; (n.) a person who is well known, distinguished, or outstanding in some way; deserving of attention; outstanding

formal and dignified, serious; grave

a slow change; a step-by-step change

to command; order; direct

a house providing food and lodging for paying guests

change (something) radically or fundamentally.

an artificial waterway made for boats or for irrigation

a part of an engine that consists of a short cylinder that fits inside a tube and moves up and down or backwards and forwards to make other parts of the engine move

the state of being physically, intellectually, or morally weak

a telegraph code in which letters and numbers are represented by strings of dots and dashes (short and long signals)

(v.) to come into view; to appear in exaggerated form; (n.) a machine for weaving

put together; created

a light fuel oil obtained by distilling petroleum, used especially in jet engines and domestic heaters and lamps and as a cleaning solvent.

Drastic changes in transportation (canals, railroads), communication (telegraph), and the production of goods (more in factories as opposed to houses) led to economic changes where most people buy and sell goods rather than make them themselves- led the nation to being more connected as they received goods from each other-emergence of different economies;

A second religious fervor that swept the nation, this series of religious revivals starting in 1801, based on Methodism and Baptism. Stressed a religious philosophy of salvation through good deeds and tolerance for all Protestant sects. The revivals attracted women, Blacks, and Native Americans. It converted more than the first. It also had an effect on moral movements such as prison reform, the temperance movement, and moral reasoning against slavery.