After escaping from slavery, ____________________ came to the fore of the abolitionist movement as a naturally gifted orator and a powerful narrator of his experiences in slavery.  His first autobiography, published in 1845, was so widely read that it was reprinted in nine editions and translated into several languages.

Who published the Book of Mormon in early 1830 and organized the Church of Christ (later renamed the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints) in upstate New York a short time later?

Henry Clay helped to broker the Missouri Compromise, the Compromise tariff of 1833, and the Compromise of 1850.

Antebellum Americans joined reform societies largely to

The evangelical fire of the Second Great Awakening reached such heights that one swath of western and central New York state came to be known as ___________________.

Southerners migrated into Southwestern states between 1830 and 1860 seeking new lands for the cultivation of rice.

What united the __________________ was their belief in a higher spiritual principle within each person that could be trusted to discover truth, guide moral action, and inspire art. They often referred to this principle as Soul, Spirit, Mind, or Reason.

In the Jacksonian era, which is often correlated with a rise in democracy, northern African Americans were increasingly denied basic civil rights, including voting rights.

During the first decades of the nineteenth century, American politics shifted toward ________________ among the states of the North, South, and West.

Championed by prominent preachers like Lyman Beecher, this movement’s effort to curb the consumption of alcohol galvanized widespread support among the middle class.