USH CFE Vocab Tuesday

Manifest Destiny

• Belief in the U.S. expansion across the continent.

• A political movement to limit immigration.

• A doctrine advocating for isolationism.

• A philosophy promoting the abolition of slavery.

Lowell Factory System

• A manufacturing system that employed young women in textile mills.

• A system for producing low-cost electronics.

• A method for farming in the Lowell region.

• A type of factory that only produces textiles for export.

Canals

• Waterways built to facilitate transportation and trade.

• Natural rivers used for navigation.

• Bridges constructed over water bodies.

• Dams built to store water.

Steamboats

• Boats powered by steam engines that improved river transportation.

• Sailboats that rely on wind for movement.

• Fishing boats used primarily in coastal areas.

• Luxury yachts designed for leisure activities.

Kansas-Nebraska Act

• 1854 law allowing territories to decide on slavery through popular sovereignty.

• A law that abolished slavery in all territories.

• A law that established the boundaries of Kansas and Nebraska.

• A law that required all territories to adopt a uniform policy on slavery.

Gadsden Purchase

• 1853 acquisition of land from Mexico for a southern railroad.

• A treaty that ended the Mexican-American War.

• The purchase of Alaska from Russia in 1867.

• An agreement to annex Texas into the United States.

Embargo Act

• 1807 law that prohibited American ships from trading with foreign nations.

• A law that allowed American ships to trade freely with all nations.

• A tax imposed on foreign goods imported to America.

• A military act that declared war on foreign nations.

Adams-Onis Treaty

• 1819 agreement that ceded Florida to the U.S. from Spain.

• A treaty that ended the War of 1812.

• An agreement to purchase Alaska from Russia.

• A treaty that established the boundary between the U.S. and Canada.

Louisiana Purchase

• 1803 acquisition of territory from France that doubled the size of the U.S.

• A treaty signed in 1783 that ended the American Revolutionary War.

• An agreement to purchase land from Spain in 1812.

• A land acquisition from Britain that expanded the U.S. to the Pacific Ocean.

Telegraphs

• A type of electrical device used for lighting

• A communication system that transmitted messages over long distances using electrical signals.

• A method of sending messages using smoke signals

• A device for measuring temperature