APUSH Chapter 10 Study Guide – Flashcards

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Native American Association
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The first secret society that emerged as a result of the "alien menace;" began fighting against immigration in 1837. Ultimately the members of the nativist movement became known as the "Know-Nothings."
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Erie Canal
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an artificial waterway connecting the Hudson river at Albany with Lake Erie at Buffalo
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Mohawk and Hudson Railroad
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One of the first railroad companies. Established in New York and began running trains along the 16 miles of track between Schenectady and Albany in 1831.
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Samuel F.B. Morse
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invented the telegraph
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Interchangeable parts
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identical components that can be used in place of one another in manufactoring
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Lowell or Waltham system
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Named after the town where it first emerged, this system of recruiting a workforce involved enlisting young women, mostly farmers' daughters in their late teens and early twenties
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Factory Girls Association
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This union was formed to protest declining wages and working conditions in factories
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express contract
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A contract in which the terms of the agreement are fully and explicitly stated in words, oral or written.
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central park
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Designed by Frederick Law Olmsted in 1858, New York's Central Park was the first example of a movement to create urban parks.
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"safety valve"
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Anything, such as the American frontier, that allegedly serves as a necessary outlet for built-up pressure, energy, and so on.
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Oberlin College
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(AJ) , first college to teach women and African Americans
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Domestic Virtues
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the role of being a mother, entrusted with the nurturing of the young, seemed more central to the family than it had in the past. And the role as wife grew more important as well. Women learned to place a high value on keeping a clean, comfortable, and well-appointed home, on entertaining, and on dressing elegantly and stylishly
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Cult of Domesticity
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the ideal woman was seen as a tender, self-sacrificing caregiver who provided a nest for her children and a peaceful refuge for her husband, social customs that restricted women to caring for the house
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Sarah Hale
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Editor of "Godey's Lady Book," a tremendously popular magazine advising American women on how they should dress and act
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P.T. Barnum
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Phineas Taylor Barnum (1810-1891) U.S. showman and circus operator
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Cyrus H. McCormick
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invented the reaper, a tool which drastically increased the rate at which one could harvest wheat or grain
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