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It was built from 1821-1825. It was a man made waterway that was used for trade.
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A movement that moved towards the drive to have no more consumption of alcohol.
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Attempt by evangelicals to end mail service on Sundays, as part of
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Group that was for the abolition of slavery. One of the founders was the editor of "The Liberator", William Lloyd Garrison.
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The head of this board (Horace Mann) demanded that the state assume centralized control over schools in Massachusetts.
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They met for the first time at Exeter Hall in London, on 12–23 June 1840. It was organised by the British and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society
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Over 4.2 million immigrants came to America during this time. Many couldn't afford living conditions and lived in cramped tenements and were forced to take jobs building canals and railways.
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Was party of American artisans who believed immigrants and slaves were taking jobs away from them.They were called the "Know Nothings" because when you asked them they would say, "I don't know nothing".
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The first convention ever devoted to women’s suffrage, or voting rights.