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The Second Great Awakening begins
In the Second Great Awakening, women made up the majority of converts and played a crucial role in the development and focus. It gave them something outside the home and helped bring children up to be converted. -
Thomas Jefferson
served as the 3rd president of the United States. -
Lousiana Purchase
was the territory of Louisiana being sold to the U.S. from France to help pay for their war. -
War of 1812
was a war fought between the U.S. and the U.K. over Britain not respecting America as it's own country. -
McCulloch v. Maryland
was a court case that decided whether or not to tax the banks of America. -
Missouri Compromise
was a deal made between the North and the South by declaring Maine a free state and Missouri and slave state. -
Andrew Jackson
was the 7th president of America. -
The Liberator
was an abolitionist newspaper created by William Lloyd Garrison. -
Nullification Crisis
was a political crisis between North Carolina and the federal government. -
Tocqueville's "Democtacy in America"
was a book that dedscribed America and it's way of living to the French. -
Emerson's "Self Reliance"
was a series of essays written by Emerson during the transcendentalism period. -
Dorthea Dix visits her first jail with insane inmates
Dorthea Dix was an American activist on behalf of the indigent mentall ill. She helped the cause for mental asylums and during the Civil War, she served as the Superintendent of Army Nurses. -
Frederick Douglass publishes his autobiography
Frederick Douglass was a former slave who became an abolishionist by writing an autobiography about his life as a slave. -
Seneca Falls Convention
The Seneca Falls Convention was the first women's rights convention. The goals were to discuss the social, civil, and religious condition and rights of women. -
Fugitive Slave Act
was an act that allowed slave owners to track down their slaves if they ran to the North. -
Uncle Tom's Cabin
is an anti-slavery book written by Harriet Beecher Stowe. -
Thoreau's "Walden"
is a book by Thoreau which notes the transcendentalism and declares independence and spiritual discovery.. -
Whitman's "Leaves of Grass"
is a poetry collection by Walt Whitman about nature. -
Dred Scott decision
was a court case between slave, who was owned in the North, and owner. Although the court ruled against Dred, he was eventually freed. -
John Brown attacks Harper's Ferry
was an effort to cause and armed slaves rebellion by taking over an arsenol. -
Abraham Lincoln
was one of the most influential presidents in America. He was the 16th President and he was the man who technically freed the slaves. -
Civil War
was a war to preserve the nation from slavery and keep it together.
