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| Martin Van Buren – 2 Party System Important – Why? |
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| Because it provided a check on the temptation to abuse power.) |
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| Alexis de Tocqueville – Ideas on American Democracy - What was most prominent feature? |
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| ? (The European observer said the decline in the spirit of deference) |
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| In the 1820’s and 30’s what brought about a dramatic increase in voter participation? |
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| (Changes in the nominating process and voting qualifications for electing the President) |
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| What according to Jackson what was the greatest threat to American democracy? |
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| (The wealthy or monied aristocracy) |
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| What is considered the Tariff abominations? |
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| (Called by the name Tariff of 1828, it raised taxes on imported goods to the US from European nations which put stress on the Southern colonies.) |
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| What was the trail of tears? Who did it apply to? |
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| (This was the forced removal of the Indians by Jackson to reservations on the other side of the Mississippi River.) |
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| American culture in the Jacksonian period reflected what truth? |
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| (Reflected the rise in a Spirit of nationalist democracy.) |
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| What was the victory of J. Q. Adams in 1824 aided by? |
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| (A bargain between Henry Clay and John Q. Adams that Clay would support Adams to defeat Jackson since he election had been thrown into the House of Represetatives. Jackson called this a “corrupt bargain” to rob him of his presidency.) |
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| What was the spoils system? Jackson’s application of it anyway. |
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| (To give his friends and allies in a legal way a job within his administration for their help and support.) |
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| What was Jackson’s attitude towards the Native Americans? |
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| They could not assimilate into living among Anglos, and wanted them segregated to reservations west of the Mississippi River far from white expansion plans) |
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| Who was the southern firebrand from South Carolina? What was his belief? |
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| ( (John C. Calhoun / He believed in states’ rights and nullification.) |
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| What did Jackson believe that brought about the nullification crisis |
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| ? (That the states were not sovereign, but that the federal government should als0 restrain itself) |
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| What was a major criticism of the national bank? |
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| (That it concentrated to much power in the hands of a privileged few.) |
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| (President of the Federal Bank who opposed Jackson and his policies.) |
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| What Supreme Court case denied states the rigt to take away Native American tribal lands? |
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| What were Jackson’s unofficial advisors called? |
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| What did “Tippecanoe and Tyler, too” refer to? |
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| Political campaign slogan of Harrison and Tyler.) |
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| The Second Great Awakening began in what area of the country |
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| ? (On the southern frontier) |
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| Camp meetings – What was their purpose? |
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| To provide an important social and religious role in people isolated in remote areas of the country.) |
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| Charles G. Finney – Sermons that appealed to people’s what before reason? |
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| (Emotion rather than reason) |
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| Who was first practitioner of evangelical Calvinism? |
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| Temperance movement – Who was the driving force? |
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| (Women groups and religious organizations attacked alcoholic beverages as a serious social problem.) |
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| Cult of True Womanhood – What was the sociological basis? |
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| (The fact that there was an increasing division of labor between men and women) |
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| 1840’s – 50’s Schools – Most important function? |
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| (moral indoctrination, establishing codes of proper behavior |
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| Edgar Allan Poe – Works emphasized what theme? |
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| (Significance of pain and horror) |
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| Who lead Prison and asylum reform? |
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| Who was the founder of the anti-slavery movement? |
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| What denomination denied the existence of the Trinity and the power of an all-knowing God? |
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| Oregon Trail – What was the purpose? |
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| An important overland route for American migration to the far West.) |
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| Where was colony established by the American Colonization Society to be a refuge for former slaves returned to Africa? |
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| What did the Treaty of Guadalupe provide? |
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| (An additional opportunity for further expansion west by the US) |
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| “Fifty-four forty or fight” was a rallying for the addition of which desired territory? |
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| Which of the following was not a characteristic of the Young America movement? |
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| California in the 1830's/40's was controlled by? |
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| The most plausable reason for the Texas Revolution was? |
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| The unwillingness of Anglo-Americans to accept Mexican rule |
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| Manifest destiny was based in part on? |
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| The belief that God was on the side of American expansionism? |
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| Oregon was not under the control of whom in 1825? |
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| Which was not essential to the American factory system? |
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| each product being produced by one worker |
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| an enormous effect on the American economy |
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| One of the most important effect of the American industrial revolution was the? |
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| great wave of immigration |
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| suffered less prejudice than the Irish |
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| The majority of immigrants became |
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| Texas was it's own country for how long? |
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| What is not true of Young America? |
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| It was against expansionism |
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| The Webster Ashburton Treaty |
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| settled the boundary between Maine and New Brunswick |
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| Mexican secularization act of 1823 |
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| gave land to Mexican citizens and left natives landless |
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| Cause of friction between the Mexican gov and America |
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| wanted to Annex Texas into the US |
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| Native Americans had Jewish ancestry |
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| Can 3rd parties influence election outcome? |
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| What is not true of Manifest destiny? |
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| Never caught on with the American public |
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| What issue prompted polk to settle issues with Brittain? |
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| General Taylor's invasion into disputed territory |
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| Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo |
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A. established Rio Grand as Border
B. ceded New Mexico and California to the US
C. required US to pay $15 million dollars to Mexico
d. US assume all claims against Mexican government |
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| Banned slavery in territories gained from Mexico |
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| Samuel F.B. Morse invented |
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| What did the railroads not do? |
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| Contributed to a deep depression in the 1850's |
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| Who invented the sowing machine? |
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| Where did most immigrants come from between 1820 to 1840? |
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| Britain and Northern Europe |
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| What impact did immigrants have on Unions? |
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| made them harder to organize |
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| Young American democrats wanted to? |
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| Purge their party of the fear of expansionism |
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| California in the 1820's and 1830's |
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| contained huge agricultural estates and large herds of cattle |
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| What is true of the Texas Revolution? |
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| San Jacinto proved to be the decisive battle of the war |
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| During the independent years as the Lonestar Republic Texas... |
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| attracted ever increasing amounts of Americans with free grants of land |
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| hostility from neighboring "gentiles" because of their unorthodoxed practices and beliefs |
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| John Tyler could be characterized as |
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| Basic argument in support of Manifest destiny was |
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| population growth necessitated acquisition of more land |
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| The United States and Great Britain compromised by |
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| splitting the Oregon territory beneath the 49th parallel |
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| US war with Mexico was longer than expected because? |
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| Mexico refused to surrender despite many defeats |
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| _____ was not a factor in economic growth from 1830 to 1860 |
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| a declining interest in agriculture |
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| Most European immigrants from 1840 to 1860 came from? |
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| helped create a stronger sense of connection among Americans |
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| Why was Rochester, New York ripe for a religious revival in the 1830's? |
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| recent rapid change economic developement |
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| What was the main purpose of the Second Enlightenment? |
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| To defend Calvanism from the wave of liberal enlightenment ideals |
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| Motivating force behind Catherine Beecher's desire to make school teaching a female profession? |
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| the desire to extend the feminine sphere |
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| Treatment of children in the 19th century |
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| saw the decline in corporal punishment |
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| Most influential person supporter of the common school movement |
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| What two states led Prison reform in 1820's/30's? |
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| Pennsylvania and New York |
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| Who was the abolitionist killed by proslavery mob in Alton, Illinois? |
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| Which party was the first to run on the issue of anti-slavery? |
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| Main idea of Utopian socialism |
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| common and equal ownership of property |
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| Writer who was skeptical of Transcendentalism and utopian-ism |
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| Pious protestants in the early 19th century were concerned about |
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| spread of secular humanism |
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| Camp meetings on the frontier did not provide |
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| a rite of passage for young men or women |
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| Second great awakening appealed to people in the north such as |
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| Planters having issues with drinking |
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| Temperance reformers opposed public drunkenness because it |
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| spawned crime, threatened family, threatened private property and public order |
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| Made women responsible for the morale state of the family |
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| Literature of the Cult of true womanhood appealed to |
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| relatively affluent women |
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| Purpose of public education according to Horace man was? |
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| led to rise of urban centers and decline of cohesive villages |
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| William lloyd Garrison advocated |
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| immediate abolition without immigration |
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| Primary Catalyst for women's rights movement of the 1830's was |
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