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The First Great Migration
(1618-1623)
Period in when twenty thousand English men, women, and children crossed the Atlantic Ocean to settle in New England between
-Gave Migrants religious freedom
-Population grew
-Death rates were high due to disease and malnutrition
-Colonies were in dire need of laborers -
Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade
Europe traded goods for slaves in Africa and sold them to americans, this process took about 18 months. -
Women's Rights Movement of the 1800s
Cult Of Domesticity
-Published in 1850 by Barbara Welter
-Cult of domesticity stated the limits to a woman’s influence and “true womanhood” says what a woman should be like in religion, purity, and submissiveness (obeying to their husbands)
-Triggered a fight for equality -
John Brown
John Brown was a white abolitionist who believed the only way to end slavery was with war. In 1858, John Brown liberated a group of slaves from a Missouri homestead and helped guide them to freedom in Canada. He is most known for his raid on Harpers Ferry . -
Fredrick Douglas
Frederick Douglass was an African-American social reformer, orator, abolitionist, writer, and statesman, He greatly influenced that time period becaue he advised presidents and lectured thousands on a range of causes, including women's rights and Irish home rule. -
Temperance Movement
Started by women to keep their husbands to abstain from alchohol.
Women lead this movement because they saw and felt the effects of drinking firsthand such as abuse from drunk husbands. -
Invention of the Telegraph- Samuel Morse
Samuel Morse invented Morse Code and proved signals could be tranbsmitted through wrire. The invention of the telegraph allowed for faster communication, this would benefit both the North and the South during the Civil War. May 24, 1844-first succesful Morse code message was sent
Developed in the 1830's-1840's by Samuel Morse -
Irish Immigration
The Potato Famine was a period of mass starvation, which was because of the countries reliance on potatoes for their primary food. Also a period of mass immigration Over one million people died. When the Irish reach New York, they were constantly being taken advantage of by fellow "irishmen" -
Invention of the Sewing Machine
Invented by Elias Howe, the Sewing Machine helped produce clothes faster, this would benefit the north since they made their money from factory work -
Seneca Falls Convention
-First women's rights convention
It was a place in New York where people met for two days and discussed the social, civil, and religious condition and rights of woman. This convention contributed to the planning of more conventions and eventually got the 19th amendment passed -
Compromise Of 1850
Five laws introduced by Henry Clay in September of 1850 that dealt with slavery and would attempt to seek a compromise between the North and the South
-Fugitive Slave Act was Amended
-Slave trade in Washington DC was amended
-Teritorial government created in Utah
-California entered the Union as a free state
-An act was passed settling a boundary dispute between Texas and New Mexico which also established a territorial government in New Mexico -
Invention Of the Elevator Safety Break
In 1854, Elisha Otis invented the elevator safety brake, this invention contributed to the practice of multi-storied buildings. The safety brake bettered the current elevator’s substantial flaw, falling after the rope broke, . Otis’s invention revolutionized high-rise buildings, becoming an influencial invention to modern-day elevators.
