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Give 2 results of the 2nd Great Awakening.
lessened drunkenness and fornication in society, more foreign missionaries sent out, move to end slavery grew
What kind of revival services were held in Kentucky and Tennesee during the 2nd Great Awakening?
camp meetings
What famous Great Awakening preacher preached in Connecticut and all over the East?
Asahel Nettleton
Who came into leadership at Yale and started revival there?
Timothy Dwight
What college in particular brought the beginning of the Great Awakening?
Yale
What was the Second Great Awakening?
a time when thousands of American were saved and many other became more active in church and in giving out the Gospel
What were 2 advantages of the growth of factories in America?
gave people new jobs, grew cities, earned more money, improved the standard of living, jobs for immigrants, better than Europe, step to better jobs
In what kind of place did the 2nd Great Awakening begin?
colleges
What 3 Asian countries did America expand sea trade with in the 1800s?
China, Japan, and Sumatra
Slavery was expanded and continued because of what invention?
the cotton gin
What area had the most railroads?
the Northeast
Name a benefit of the steam boat.
News, mail, books, goods could be transported more easily to western settlers; Major settlements grew on the river ports; Trade between east + west more profit
What are groups of workers that promote reforms in the workplace?
labor unions
Who opened American trade with Japan?
Commodore Matthew Perry
From which two countries did most immigrants come during the 1800s?
Germany and Ireland
What literary movement put a big emphasis on emotions?
romanticism
Name the two famous female abolitionists who held the Seneca Falls Convention for women's rights.
Lucretia Mott and Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Who built the first successful steamboat?
Robert Fulton
What major road went from Maryland to Illinois?
the National Road
What made it possible to travel by water from Albany to Lake Erie?
the Erie Canal
What kind of revival meetings were held in Kentucky and Tennesee?
camp meetings
What system manufactures goods by many people working in one place?
the factory system
Who was the most famous Unitarianist?
William Ellery Channing
What poet was a famous transcendentalist?
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Who began reform in public education?
Horace Mann
Who was an example of industrialism with his mill town in Massachusetts?
Francis Cabott Lowell
Name three preachers associated with the Second Great Awakening.
Charles Finney, Asahel Nettleton, and Timothy Dwight
Who invented the cotton gin?
Eli Whitney
Who invented the reaper?
Cyrus McCormick
Who brought the factory system to America?
Samuel Slater
Who invented the telegraph?
Samuel F. B. Morse
Who came up with idea of interchangeable parts?
Eli Whitney
Who raced his locomotive against a stagecoach?
Peter Cooper
Who set the speed record for a clipper ship?
Donald McKay
Who invented the steel plow?
John Deere
What roads were built by private companies to make a profit through tolls?
turnpikes
What was the main region for industrial growth in the early 1800s?
New England
Who started a traveling circus and museum?
P. T. Barnum
What kind of people did Samuel Slater commonly use in his factories?
children
How long did the Pony Express last?
a year and a half (1 1/2 years = not long)
Why did canals decline in popularity?
the invention of the steam engine
What was the main reason the telegraph invented?
to help with railroad traffic
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