Political
All About Reform
Age of Jackson
Market Revolution
I-N-D-E-P-E-N-D-E-N-T!
100
This SCOTUS case established judicial review (interpreting the constitutionality of laws as the function of the court).
What is Marbury v. Madison?
100
This religious movement sparked moral and social reforms (such as Universal Public Education, Asylum Reform, and Women's Rights).
2nd Great Awakening
100
This 1830 law signed by Andrew Jackson authorized the forced relocation of Native Americans west of the Mississippi River, eventually leading to the Trail of Tears.
What is the Indian Removal Act?
100
What was one long-term impact of the invention of the cotton gin?
Expansion of slavery
Growth of the cotton economy
Overcultivation of soil (need for new, fertile land)
Increased sectional tensions between North and South
Expansion of plantations westward into new territories
100
Causes of War of 1812 (at least 3)
impressment of US sailors, Indian attacks in the southern and western states, War Hawks
200
The Three Parts of Henry Clay's American System..
What are
(1) Protective Tariffs
(2) National Bank
(3) Internal Improvements
200
Women largely led this mid-1800s movement, which encouraged people to drink less alcohol.
AND...What are two other causes women were likely to be involved in during the 1800s?
What is Temperance Movement/American Temperance Society?
What is women's suffrage and abolition?
200
When South Carolina threatened to reject federal tariff laws, Andrew Jackson faced the __________ Crisis, led politically by his vice president __________.
Nullification Crisis, John C. Calhoun
200
Explain one way the Northern and Southern economies were similar and one way they were different in the early 1800s.
Similarity: Both regions participated in market-oriented production; both economies were affected by new transportation systems (canals, roads, railroads).
Difference: The North focused on industrial manufacturing and wage labor, while the South remained largely agricultural and dependent on enslaved labor.
200
Passed in 1807, this law stopped all U.S. trade with foreign nations in an attempt to avoid war with Britain and France.
What is Embargo Act of 1807?
300
The Missouri Compromise (1820) did what and was brought to you by who?
*3 things*
This compromise admitted Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a free state to maintain the balance in Congress and banned slavery north of the 36°30′ line in the rest of the Louisiana Territory.
300
This movement argued for an intuitive way of thinking as a means for discovering one's inner self and looking for the essence of God in nature.
What is Transcendentalism?
300
Why did supporters of Andrew Jackson claim the election of 1824 was a “corrupt bargain”?
Henry Clay supported John Quincy Adams in the House election and was then appointed Secretary of State, making it seem like they made a deal for power.
300
Americans who reacted strongly/negatively against immigrants specifically Irish and Catholic immigrants during this time
Who are Nativists?
300
Despite the label “Era of Good Feelings,” this period still featured sectional disagreements over....? (2 examples)
Debates over American system- tariffs, federal funding for internal improvements, expansion of land and expansion of slavery, economic priorities (North - industry, South - agriculture, West - mining, frontier farming)
400
Worcester v. Georgia ruled? Jackson's response?
Supreme Court Case: Georgia had no control over Cherokee nation and their land
President Jackson did nothing to enforce this decision
400
Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Lucretia Mott, and Susan B. Anthony were leaders of the women's suffrage movement and helped organize this meeting in New York.
"We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men and women are created equal..."
What was the Seneca Falls Convention?
400
Jackson was known for appointing his supporters (regardless of their qualifications), also known as ____
What is the Spoils System?
400
Identify one way women’s roles changed and one way they stayed the same during the Market Revolution.
Change
Women working in factories (like the Lowell Mill Girls)
Increased participation in reform movements
Some women gaining wage labor opportunities
Continuity
The cult of domesticity (+100)/ women expected to focus on home and family
Limited political rights
Continued economic dependence on men
400
This Shawnee leader attempted to unite Native American tribes to resist U.S. expansion into the Northwest Territory and allied with the British during the War of 1812.
Who is Tecumseh?
500
This killed the Federalist Party...+ explain why
Hartford Convention, unpatriotic due to US success in War of 1812
500
Reformers in the abolitionist movement used multiple methods to oppose slavery. Identify two tactics abolitionists used to promote their cause.
publishing abolitionist newspapers
giving speeches and lectures
writing pamphlets and petitions
helping enslaved people escape through the Underground Railroad
organizing antislavery societies
violent acts/actions (John Brown's Raid, Nat Turner's Rebellion)
500
Describe one group that would support and one group that would oppose this depiction of Andrew Jackson. Give an example for each.
Supports: Whigs, South Carolinians, Calhoun, Indigenous people, enslaved people, abolitionists
Think: Jackson vs. Everybody (Nullification Crisis, Trail of Tears, not enforcing Worcester v. Georgia, Bank Veto, Spoils System)
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Oppose: Jacksonian Democrats, Western farmers, some Southerners
Think: Common Man President, Universal Suffrage for White Males
500
Completed in 1825, this engineering project connected the Great Lakes to the Hudson River, dramatically lowering transportation costs, encouraging westward settlement, and transforming New York City into the nation’s commercial hub. New York had to fund it largely on its own because many Southern and Western states opposed federal funding, reflecting sectional tensions over Henry Clay’s American System.
What is the Erie Canal?
500
The War of 1812 inspired a surge of nationalism and patriotism in the United States. Name two symbols from this period that reflected American pride and identity
The Star Spangled Banner, Nationalist art/paintings, creation Uncle Sam