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| Tariff Of Abominations (1828) |
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When South Carolinas economy began to decline, the states residents blamed this situation on the nations tariffs, SC purchased much of its goods but tariffs made it very expensive, congress levied this tariff .
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| Webster-Hayne Senate debates of 1830 |
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- land policy turned into a national debate
- hayne defendsstate sovereignty and nullification
- webster second reply to hayne
- published and read by northern school children
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| South Carolina's Ordinance of Nullification |
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| Congress passed a force bill authorizing the president to use military to enforce acts of congress, both sides claimed victory |
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| Vanburen sent troops to end conflict, army forced people from their homes and marched them to oklahoma, 2000 native americans died from starvation, disease and exposure |
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| Jackson's Attitude Towards National Bank |
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thought it was a monopoly that only benefited the wealth
removed government deposits
weakened bank leading to death of bank
jackson gets nervous as reserves of specie goes down
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| vanburen took office, had little time to savor his victory and an economic crisis struck, many businesses failed and farmers lost land |
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First Whig Elected Pres.
VP- John Tuler |
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vanburen chosen my jackson to succeed him
democrat
whigs
ran numerious favorite son candidates
vanburen wins |
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hostility towards immagrants
anticatholic
order of star spangled banner
pushed laws banning immagrants and catholics from holding office |
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protestant religious revival
church leaders believe americans were slipping in their faith
everyone could achieve salvation
Charles Finney
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people who transcended or overcame the limits of their minds and let their sould reach out and embrace beauty
-literary movement |
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| improved conditions for the mentally ill and helped with prison reforms, pushed for asylums |
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wanted to limit sale and comsumption of alcohol
local laws allowing towns to prohibit sale of town boundries
alcohol causes alot of social problems |
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leader of the movement for public education
americans needed to be well educated
led to teachers increase of pay
created a board of education
teacher training schoolfocused on elementary age children |
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| pushed for educaton oppertunities for girls and women |
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unable to vote
legal status of a minor
couldnt own property if married
could not initiate divorce
could not make wills or sign contract |
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| gathering of women reformers marked the beginning of an organized womens movement |
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end slave trade
phase out slavery north and upper south
compensate slave owners
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| American Colonizaton Society |
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to move freed slaves back to africa
james monroe, henry clay, daniel webster, john marshall
liberia
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disliked slavery
hated abolitionists
feared ending slavery
feared abolition would lead to war or ruin ecomomy
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slavery is good
saw connection bewteen nat turner and abolonitionst press
pushed through gag rule in house
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