Manifest Destiny - The belief that  America had the God given right across the continent from "sea to shining sea"., Erie Canal - Waterway created in New York state to link farmers and industrial centers. , Railroad - Linked the Nation east to west. Chinese and Irish immigrants helped complete construction. Reduced the use of canals, Factory System - using machines and factories, Push factors - forces that pushed people out of native lands, Pull factors - Forces that pulled people to new places., Immigration - moving from one country to another., Urbanization - Cities grow and communities become more Urban, 2nd Great Awakening - religious revivalism in the 1800's that focused on reform, Dorothea Dix - worked to improve care for mentally ill, hospitals, and prisons., William Lloyd Garrison - Radical abolitionist , started "The Liberator", Transcendentalism - Focus more on the spiritual and not the material world., Northwest Ordinance - created a procedure for establishing territories, Eli Whitney - created the cotton gin, Cotton Gin - Allowed for the collection of seeds from cotton, Mexican Cession - territoy given up by Mexico after Mexican War (1846-1848), Interchangeable Parts - parts that are identical and can be replaced, Telegraph - a device for transmitting and receiving messages over long distances, Cede - to give up land by treaty,

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