The Market Revolution
Describe four forms of transportation that developed between 1800-1860.
1. Roads / Turnpikes
2. Canals
3. Railroads
4. Steamboats
Explain ONE specific cause and ONE specific effect of the Cotton Boom.
Cause: Invention of the Cotton Gin
Effect: Cotton production & Slavery expanded westward, Positive Good argument develops, domestic slave trade increases
This intellectual movement encouraged people to break free of societal expectations by living a non-conformist lifestyle and following their own conscience.
Transcendentalism
Identify three aspects of the Democratic Party between 1800-1860.
1. Pro-agriculture
2. Pro-slavery
3. Supportive of westward expansion (and taking land from NAs)
4. Against the American system
5. Common Man politics
Explain the concept of Separate Spheres
Men belong in the public sphere (work, politics), but it is corrupt
Women belong in the private sphere (home, church), which is pure
Men and women must stay in their correct spheres to preserve society
Describe two differences between early factories (1800-1830) and later factories (1840-1860).
Rural v. Urban
Female v. Immigrant labor
Better conditions (housing, lectures etc..) v. worse conditions (lower pay, no housing etc...)
What was one effect of Congress ending American involvement in the Atlantic slave trade?
It increased the value of slaves already in America and led to the growth of the domestic slave trade.
Describe the Second Great Awakening.
- Religious movement, focused on "practical preaching," led to shifting religious demographics, reform movements, and development of Utopian communities
Southern democrats drafted this document when Jackson lowered, but did not remove tariffs.
Ordinance of Nullification
This events describes the horrific conditions the Five Civilized tribes faced when being forcibly relocated from their homes in the 1830s.
Trail of Tears
Which political party emerged in the United States in response to the rise in immigration between 1800 and 1860?
The Know-Nothing Party
These were the rules that governed slaves in the South.
Slave Codes
Identify TWO differences between the Shakers and the Latter Day Saints.
Shakers (male & female leadership, no nuclear families, remain in Northeast, generally accepted) v. Latter Day Saints (patriarchal, emphasis on nuclear family, migrate to Utah, faced persecution)
Describe the "Corrupt Bargain"
- No candidate won an electoral majority in the election of 1824 so the House of Representatives chose the President. While Jackson won the popular vote, Adams got the presidency. Jackson claimed the election was "stolen" from him.
Seneca Falls Convention
Describe three aspects of the American System
1. Protective tariffs to stimulate manufacturing
2. Federally subsidizing roads and canals
3. Est. and maintaining a national bank
This was the largest slave revolt to occur in North America between 1800 and 1860.
Nat Turner's Revolt
Identify THREE reform movements that emerged between 1800 and 1860.
1. Prison Reform
2. Temperance
3. Abolitionism
4. Women's Suffrage/ Women's Rights
These political organizations used media, fraud, bribery, and graft to gain and maintain political power, especially for the Democratic party from 1800-1860.
Political Machines
In this document, the women of Seneca Falls expressed their desire for rights by echoing the language and themes of the Declaration of Independence.
Describe three aspects of the Whig party
1. Pro-industry / American system
2. Generally anti-slavery, pro-reform (temperance)
3. Cautious about westward expansion
4. Elite politics
Identify three ways that abolitionists societies worked to end slavery.
1. Published anti-slavery literature
2. Petitioned Congress
3. Supported the underground railroad, purchased slave's freedom
4. Supported colonization efforts
Identify TWO abolitionists and ONE abolitionist society.
Abolitionists: Harriet Tubman, Frederick Douglass, William Lloyd Garrison, Grimke Sisters etc...
Societies: American Colonization Society, American Anti-slavery society
Under this law, President Jackson was given the authority to relocate the five civilized tribes from the Southwest to an area further west, opening up settlement for white Americans.
Indian Removal Act
Jackson used his veto power to change these two aspects of the American system.
1. Defunded infrastructure projects
2. Removed the charter of the 2nd Bank of the United States