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| Came to America in 1789 and worked with Moses Brown to set up the first textile mills in Providence, RI. |
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| Boom in construction in 1850s; connected Midwest to Northeast, which made for good economics and cultural similarities. |
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| 1832: American Temperance Society uses religion to try and convince people to curtail drinking. |
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| Started in 1816, then hiked in '24 and '28. |
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| Started in 1820s due to transportation boom. Increased the area in which a person could sell goods since transportation made viable consumer base bigger. |
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| In the 1820s, the middle class, often women, tried to engender social reform through various programmes. Tried to get things done such as temperance and no work on the sabbath. |
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| First American nationalist movement in the 1830s. Sam Morse printed a publication saying catholics would undermine America since they were loyal to Pope Pius IX, who had condemned republicanism. |
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| Idea came from Franklin's autobiography, published in 1818. The idea is central to American culture where one can change his social rank by working hard, and accomplishing this goal was considered to be very good. |
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| 1832: SC said it would no longer pay tariffs and threatened to secede. Jackson had the force bill of 1833 passed to say that he could use the military against SC. Tariff levels were then agreed to drop back to 1816 levels by 1842. |
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| Taney took over in 1835. 1837: Miller Bridge v. Warren Bridge: said MA could charter bridges, which encouraged business. Mayor of NY v. Miln: NY had the right to check health of immigrants. Birscoe v. Bank of Kentucky: states could issue currency. |
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| Took over congress in 1834. Said that Jackson abused executive power, were anti-masons, and weren't liked in the south since they liked tariffs. |
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| Act passed in 1830 giving natives money and some land to kick them out of Georgia. Jackson sent troops to destroy native resistance, led by Black Hawk. Jackson said natives had to move by a certain time, but they didn't, so VB (president when deadline came) had General Scott forcibly march them out of Georgia. |
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Where: Midwest and north
When: 1820s
Who: Emerson
What: People should find their own beliefs instead of following the beliefs passed down by others. |
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Who: Brisbane brought it, Fourier thought it
When: 1840s
What: Idea was that earning wages was almost like slavery. People lived in communities with phalanxes to help everyone. Communities also had shared property and public schools.
Why: Reaction to Panic of 1837 since people were upset at monetary woes. |
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Where: VA
When: 1831
Who: Nat Turner
What: Slave rebellion led by Turner, but quickly put down
Why: Led to some legislation to ban slavery in VA, but that legislation was quickly defeated and slavery became more repressive, banning slave education. |
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When: 1841
What: Community of people who wanted to escape a capricious economy. Communities would hold intellectual orientations. People farmed, but not in a good way, so the farms failed in 1846.
Why: people trying to escape the woes of a paycheck. |
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Who: John Humphrey Noyes
When: 1830s, 40s, 50s
Where: Vermont
What: A community without marriages. Met opposition in '48 and fell apart in '50s due to opposition to everyone can have sex with everyone ideas. |
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Who: Anne Lee Stanley
When: conceived in England in 1787; in America in 1800s
Where: Ohio, NY, and New England
What: Equality amongst blacks and women; had profits on metal products; collapsed in 1850s. |
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Who: Taylor and Calhoun
When: 1849 and 1850
What: Taylor urged Cali to enter as a free state quickly in '49, which they did. This tipped the slave-free balance, so Calhoun balanced it in 1850 by giving NM some land from Texas, letting Utah and NM enter under popular sovereignty, making the fugitive slave act stronger, and banning the slave trade in DC. |
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When: 1857
Where: Dispute in Illinois
Who: Dred Scott and Taney
What: Taney said that even thought Scott was in a place north of the Missouri Compromise line, he was property. Additionally, he couldn't bring a case forward since he was a black person. Taney also said that a territory couldn't make slavery illegal.
Why: Taney overturned the Missouri Compromise, allowing slave owners to swarm the Louisiana Territory. |
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When: 1845
Who: O'Sullivan
What: coined by a reporter |
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When: 1854
What: Name from Jefferson's party; antislavery, pro property ownership and social mobility
Why: part of third party system. |
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When: 1859
Where: Harper's Ferry, VA
Who: John Brown
What: A slave rebellion that was led by a white guy. It was put down in 24 hours.
Why: hurt the Republican's standing w/ pro-slavery people. |
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Who: Tyler, VB (also democrat), but Polk got it for the dems, Clay for the whigs
What: Tyler won 'cause Birney cost Clay New York state. |
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Who: Douglas
When: 1854
What: Douglas proposed that middle area of US enter as free state of Nebraska, but then it was broken into Nebraska and Kansas, and both states could enter under popular sovereignty, despite being north of the Missouri compromise line. |
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