onramps us history unit 4 UPDATED ACTUAL Questions and CORRECT
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1. abolition move- Movement led by Fredrick Douglass and others to end slavery.
ment
2. cotton gin A machine for cleaning the seeds from cotton fibers, invented by Eli Whitney in
1793
3. dueling a combat between two persons, especially one fought with weapons in front of
witnesses
4. evangelical reli- a religion that preaches the christian gospel or the practice of relaying info about
gion particular set of beliefs ex. protestant christian and Religion in which an effort is
made to spread a particular belief system.
5. frederick dou- (1817-1895) American abolitionist and writer, he escaped slavery and became
glass a leading African American spokesman and writer. He published his biography,
The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, and founded the abolitionist
newspaper, the North Star.
6. manifest destiny A notion held by a nineteenth-century Americans that the United States was des-
tined to rule the continent, from the Atlantic the Pacific, 1800s belief that Americans
had the right to spread across the continent.
7. nat turners rebel- Rebellion in which Nat Turner led a group of slaves through Virginia in an unsuc-
lion cessful attempt to overthrow and kill planter families
8. Overseers people who watch over and direct the work of slaves
9. Peculiar Institu- A euphemism for slavery and the economic ramifications of it in the American
tion South. The term aimed to explain away the seeming contradiction of legalized
slavery in a country whose Declaration of Independence states that "all men are
created equal". It was one of the key causes of the Civil War.
10. texas annexation 1845. Originally refused in 1837, as the U.S. Government believed that the annex-
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1. abolition move- Movement led by Fredrick Douglass and others to end slavery.
ment
2. cotton gin A machine for cleaning the seeds from cotton fibers, invented by Eli Whitney in
1793
3. dueling a combat between two persons, especially one fought with weapons in front of
witnesses
4. evangelical reli- a religion that preaches the christian gospel or the practice of relaying info about
gion particular set of beliefs ex. protestant christian and Religion in which an effort is
made to spread a particular belief system.
5. frederick dou- (1817-1895) American abolitionist and writer, he escaped slavery and became
glass a leading African American spokesman and writer. He published his biography,
The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, and founded the abolitionist
newspaper, the North Star.
6. manifest destiny A notion held by a nineteenth-century Americans that the United States was des-
tined to rule the continent, from the Atlantic the Pacific, 1800s belief that Americans
had the right to spread across the continent.
7. nat turners rebel- Rebellion in which Nat Turner led a group of slaves through Virginia in an unsuc-
lion cessful attempt to overthrow and kill planter families
8. Overseers people who watch over and direct the work of slaves
9. Peculiar Institu- A euphemism for slavery and the economic ramifications of it in the American
tion South. The term aimed to explain away the seeming contradiction of legalized
slavery in a country whose Declaration of Independence states that "all men are
created equal". It was one of the key causes of the Civil War.
10. texas annexation 1845. Originally refused in 1837, as the U.S. Government believed that the annex-
