Seneca Falls Convention: Seneca Falls, New York, in July 1848.

Over 300 men and women

attended. The Declaration of Sentiments and Resolutions were issued. Elisabeth Cady Stanton
and Lucretia Mott were denied the opportunity to speak from the floor or to be seated as delegates
at a World Anti-Slavery Society meeting. The first WRM in the United States.
Abolitionism v. Anti-slavery: Anti slavery-people against the idea of slavery. Abolition is the
idea of actually trying to get rid of slavery. Abraham Lincoln held a moderate position against
spread of slavery but was not an abolitionist. Frederick Douglass, ex-slave, played a significant
role in the abolitionist movement. He helped get the Emancipation Proclamation issued along
side with Lincoln.
Lincoln-Douglas Debates: A series of seven debates between Abraham Lincoln and Stephen
Douglas. It was for the open Illinois Senate seat. All focused on slavery. Douglas supported
popular soverighnty while lincoln talked about how he thought slavery was an immoral act. This
was significant because these debates helped Lincoln gain national recognition as a political
figure.
Slavery as it exists: An anti-abolistionist political cartoon. It compared the living conditions
of American slaves with British industrial workers. The top portion of the cartoon shows slaves
singing and dancing while Northerners and Southerners stand in the background observing. The
bottom portion of the cartoon shows very poor looking factory workers at a British cotton factory.
Kansas-Nebraska Act: Passed in March of 1853. Created two new territories in the Midwest,
Kansas and Nebraska. The Missouri compromise was ruled unconstitutional so the Kansas and
Nebraska act was passed. The plan was that Nebraska would be free and Kansas would be slave.
Nebraska joined the union. The act caused The Whig Party to die in the South and weakened in
the North.
Dred Scott decision: Dred Scott was a slave who traveled to Illinois, a free state, with his owner.
He returned to Missouri and sued for his freedom. He claimed that stand on free soil had made
him free. I believe this decision influenced the nomination of Abraham Lincoln.
John Brown: John Brown was an abolitionist. He traveled to Virginia and led an attack on five
proslavery settlers. He called for a violent slave revolt. He unsuccessfully raided Harper's Ferry.
As a result of this insurrection, he was hanged.
Gettysburg Address: A speech given by Abraham Lincoln at the site of the Battle of Gettysburg.
Lincoln wrote every word of the Gettysburg Address. Without directly mentioning the idea of
slavery, it stresses the ideals of equality. The speech was about the soldiers who died fighting.
Ford Motors: Ford had a new method of production called moving assembly line. Moving
assembly lines allowed car frames to be brought to workers continuously through a conveyor belt.
This allowed ford to build more cars at a fast rate. Ford went from producing 34,000 cars at $700
each to 730,000 cars at $316 each. This mass production and consumption became known as
Fordism.
Fireside Chats: Before television, radio and newpapers were the main media source. FC were 30
evening radio talks given by Franklin D. Roosevelt. It informed the people about the nation's
economy. He would also talked plans to help the people out of the Great Depression. Doing so
gave people a sense of security.
Hundred Days: First 3 months of of FDR's presidency. FDR laid out the foundation of the New
Deal. The New Deal was a series of economic plans designed to get the people out of the GD.
Signing into law dozens of bills gave massive amounts of money to people for assistance during
the GD. The Hundred Days started to slow down the Depression. We still have some systems
from this plan today, such as Social Security.
Social Security Act: Signed by FDR from the new deal. Established a system of old-age benefits
for eligible individuals. It provided relief to the elderly, disabled, and unemployed. It also created
a variety of programs that served many people. A simple tax on people gave monthly pensions for
retired people.
Four Freedoms: The Four Freedoms were the goals of FDR. The first is freedom of speech. The
second is freedom of worship, which grants the right to worship God in his or her own way. The
third is freedom from want, which is the want for standard living. The fourth is freedom from
fear, which means free from worry. The four freedoms were supposed to be granted to every
individual.
The Negro: A book of essays by 14 prominent black leaders. These leaders all advocated for
the right to vote in the south, desegregation, anda chance at the American dream. Blacks were
not given their four freedoms. They wanted a democracy after the war. By winning the war, they
thought there were coming home to peace.
Rosie the Riveter: A cultural icon of the United States. A photo of a woman dressed in overalls
and bandanna. She represented all the women who worked in the factories during WW II to turn
out the war material needed by the troops. Until then, women did not work in factories. Her
image showed that women were just as good as men in factory work.
Executive Order 9066: Issued by FDR during World War II. There was a surprise attack on Pearl
Harbor by the Japanese. It forced all the Japanese in America into internment camps. They were
then isolated from the rest of America's population. It was rescinded by President Ford in 1976.
Duck and Cover: A method of personal protection against a nuclear detonation. The US
government taught children to duck and cover wherever they could in the late 1940s into the
1980s. You would have to duck in cover after hearing an Air Raid Horn. The gov also warned the
public that if there were no warning, you would see a bright flash to warn you. It basically gave
people the impression that they were not doomed.
Containment: Created by George Kennan. It explains to counter soviet expansion with political,
economic, military power. Basically preventing the spread of communism. Four examples of
containment are the Truman Doctrine, Marshall Plan, Berlin Airlift, and North Atlantic Treaty
Organization.
Mohammed Mossadegh: Nationalist prime minister of Iran. Was the democratically elected
President of Iran until 1953 when the US and Britain overthrew him. He was overthrown because
he nationalized his country's oil industry, which threatened the corporate interests of the US and
Britain. Western greed for oil and profit destroyed him. Much of the current conflict in the Middle
East rooted from this.
McCarthyism: The widespread suspicion of Communist activity. During the Cold War, people
were afraid of the spread of communism. Another term for this is the Red Scare. Joseph
McCarthy was the senator who created the Red Scare. This public hysteria led to many people
to lose their jobs and was blacklisted.
Kitchen Debate: This happened between the Soviet and US leaders of the time. Occured during
the cold war. Basically capitalism vs communism, Nixon citing that the great part about
capitalism is that all the American people can buy fancy new kitchen appliances where as in
communism you cant. This was significant because it help Nixon gain credibility as a presidential
candidate.
Redlining: Was used to keep minorities in one neighborhood and keep everyone else in different
neighborhoods. Realtors would show places based on race.
Banks were in the habit of charging much high interest rates in minority neighborhoods. This was
significant because it led to the Civil Rights movements.
The Problem: Betty Friedan wrote the line "the problem that has no name" in The Feminine
Mystique. The problem is the role women have in a household. In the 1950s, women in suburban
homes were usually stay-at-home moms. Women's roles in society were very controlled. Friedan
describes it as a problem with no name because a majority of women at that time found it to be
the social norm.
Emmett Till: A 14 year old boy who was visiting family in Mississippi. He went into the store to
buy some candy and was dared to talk to a white woman. He was kidnapped, brutally beaten,
shot, and dumped into the Tallahatchie River. His mother held an open-casket in order for the
world to see what two white men did to her son. This was a significant event that led to the rights
movement.
Montgomery Bus Boycott: In Montgomery, the buses were used primarily by the black
community. Blacks were supost to sit in the back of the bus, or had to move to make room for
white riders. The blacks decided to boycott the use of the buses. It was caused by an African
American women named Rosa Parks getting arrested for refusing to give her seat to a white man.
It was a significant part of the Civil Rights Movement because it helped make people aware of
racism in society.