(Unit 4 of Textbook)
1800-1850 The Second Great Awakening (1835 for timeline)
contributed to start of civil war - created mood that said it was immoral to have slaves
circuit riders (itinerant preachers) traveling on horseback, mainly Methodists (John and Charles Wesley)
Camp meetings / revival on the farms
Prominent evangelists or circuit riders: Francis Asbury, Peter Cartwright, Charles Finney
Mission movement was formed - creation of seminaries and desire to go overseas
Inventions & Technological Advances of the 1800s
1793-Cotton Gin (Eli Whitney)
1807-Steamboat (Robert Fulton)
1829-Reaper & thresher (Cyrus McCormick)
1840-Telegraph (Samuel F.B. Morse)
1846-Steel plow (John Deere)
1869-Transcontinental Railroad
1876-Telephone (Alexander Graham Bell)
1883-Electricity/Light bulb (Thomas Edison)
Texas Becomes a State (1845)
Fight for their independence from Mexico
The Mexican War (1846-1848)
California
1848-Mexico Cedes land
1848-Gold discovered -> "Gold Rush"
1850-California admitted to the union and becomes a free state via compromise
"As America approached the middle of the 19th Century, she was beginning to take on the characteristics of a nation modernized by technological development. The remarkable advancements in agriculture, industry, transportation, and communication were laying the groundwork for a new age. America's spirit of freedom and opportunity and her respect for the truths of the Bible were opening men's minds to new ideas."
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