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What is meant by “Louisiana Purchase” in this lesson?Westward expansion
The 1803 purchase expanded U.S. territorial claims substantially.
What is meant by “Manifest Destiny” in this lesson?Westward expansion
The ideology justified expansion as a national mission and obscured costs to affected peoples.
What is meant by “Indian Removal” in this lesson?Westward expansion
Federal removal policy coerced Indigenous displacement from eastern homelands.
What is meant by “Trail of Tears” in this lesson?Westward expansion
Forced removals, including Cherokee removal in 1838–1839, caused severe suffering and death.
What is meant by “Mexican-American War” in this lesson?Westward expansion
The 1846–1848 war produced major territorial changes and slavery-expansion disputes.
What is meant by “Expansion and slavery” in this lesson?Westward expansion
New territories intensified conflict over the extension of slavery.
What is meant by “Market revolution” in this lesson?Economic change
Transportation and production changes expanded commercial connections in the early nineteenth century.
What is meant by “Canals and railroads” in this lesson?Economic change
New transport links reduced some shipping costs and reshaped settlement and trade.
What is meant by “Industrial production” in this lesson?Economic change
Factories reorganized production around machinery, capital, and wage labor.
What is meant by “Wage labor” in this lesson?Economic change
Workers exchanged labor for pay under changing employment conditions.
What is meant by “Cotton economy” in this lesson?Economic change
Cotton expansion strengthened slavery and linked Southern production with wider markets.
What is meant by “Regional inequality” in this lesson?Economic change
Economic growth produced uneven benefits and distinct regional dependencies.
What is meant by “Abolitionism” in this lesson?Reform movements
Abolitionists sought to end slavery through varied forms of resistance and political action.
What is meant by “Women's rights” in this lesson?Reform movements
Activists sought expanded civil and political rights for women.
What is meant by “Seneca Falls 1848” in this lesson?Reform movements
The 1848 convention became a landmark in organized U.S. women's-rights advocacy.
What is meant by “Education reform” in this lesson?Reform movements
Reform efforts expanded schooling while access remained unequal.
What is meant by “Temperance” in this lesson?Reform movements
Temperance movements campaigned against alcohol consumption or its social effects.
What is meant by “Reform limits” in this lesson?Reform movements
Movements could challenge one injustice while retaining racial or other exclusions.