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Washington Irving
Washington was the author of stories such as Rip Van Winkle and The Legend of Sleepy Hollow. He is in American Dream because he got to write during the transcendental era. -
Horace Mann
Horace Mann was a politician and an education reformer. Mann helped bring a better education to the US. He is in reform because he was an education reformer. -
Dorothea Dix
Dorothea Dix was a reformer for prisons and asylums. She believed that the people needed to be treated like every one else. She is in reformer because she was a reformer for prisons and asylums. -
Fredrick Douglass
Fredrick Douglass help with the abolition of slavery. He is under reform because he reformed abolition of slavery. -
Walt Whitman
Walt Whitman was one of the most influential poets in the US. He is in American Dream because he was a poet during this time period. -
Harriet Tubman
Harriet Tubman was a slave who escaped and helped others escape in the process. She is in reform because she helped with the abolition of slavery -
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Second Great Awakening
Was a religious revival movement of the early nineteenth century that emphasized personal conversion and moral living; Methodist and Baptist denominations in particular gained many new members during the Second Great Awakening. This is in reform because they reformed religion -
Hudson River School
Was an American Art movement during the 1820's. This is in American Dream because this was a very important piece of art work during this time. -
Abolitionism
This was a movement to end slavery. This is in reform because many people like Fredrick Douglass were involved in this reform movement. -
The Alamo
During the Texas War for Independence the Alamo was where most of the war took place. It is in conflict because this is where a war happened. -
Transcendentalism
This is an American literary, political, and philosophical movement of the early nineteenth century, centered around Ralph Waldo Emerson. This is in american dream because this was a philosophical movement. -
Oregon Trail
Settlers took the Oregon Trail heading West for expansion in the US. This is in expansion because this helped the settlers in expanding over the US. -
Manifest Destiny
Was a belief that the expansion of the US throughout the American continents was both justified and inevitable; the US' right; ordained by God. This is in expansion because this is what helped the expansion go through. -
Annexation of Texas
This was the agreement that added Texas into the US. This is in conflict because while Texas was trying to gain their independence a war between Texas and Mexico broke out. -
Wilmot Proviso
This was designed to eliminate slavery within the land acquired as a result of the Mexican War. This is in conflict because it resulted in a war. -
Mexican American War
Mexican cavalry attacked a group of U.S. soldiers in the disputed zone under the command of General Zachary Taylor, killing about a dozen. This is under conflict because it was a war. -
Santa Fe Trail
The Santa Fe Trail was used for trade, then became a route from Missouri to Santa Fe Mexico. This is in Expansion because the US used this to help expand west. -
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Gold Rush
Gold was discovered and soon the word spread. Thousands of prospective gold miners traveled by sea or over land to San Francisco and the surrounding area. This is in Expansion because this brought more people to the US. -
Mexican Cession
This was the expansion into far West (CA area.) This is in expansion because this helped the US expand further West. -
Gadsden Purchase
an agreement between the United States and Mexico, finalized in 1854, in which the United States agreed to pay Mexico $10 million for a 29,670 square mile portion of Mexico that later became part of Arizona and New Mexico. This is in expansion because this gave us more land in the southwest.
