Reform Era
Man that created the Church of Latter Day Saints and the Book of Mormon.
Who was Joseph Smith?
This is when politicians rewarded their supporters by giving them jobs and positions within the government after they won an election.
What is the Spoils System?
This region was the focus of the Industrial Revolution.
What is Northern U.S.?
The creation of new manufacturing processes in the period from about 1760 to the mid 19th century.
What is the Industrial Revolution?
President who was a huge James Bond fan.
Who was JFK?
A perfect society in which ideal components and equal rights are administered through government justly.
What is a Utopia?
A system of government by the whole population or all the eligible members of a state.
What is a democracy?
Region of the U.S. that was considered the bread basket as they produced the most food for the country.
What is the midwest?
An American inventor best known for inventing the cotton gin.
Who was Eli Whitney?
President that had 15 children.
Who was John Tyler?
A philosophy pioneered by Ralph Waldo Emerson.This philosophy stated that each person was to have direct communication with God and Nature, and there is no need for organized churches.
What is Transcendentalism?
An attempt of building up the economy of America. Jackson strongly opposed this.
What is the American System?
This was the most prominent subject of disagreement between the North and South during the mid to late 1800's.
What is slavery?
A system was designed so that manufacturing processes were done in factories and the work was done by young adult women.
What is Lowell System?
President who was arrested during his presidency for running over a woman with his horse.
Who was Franklin Pierce?
One of the first abolitionists who used fierce arguments to fight slavery and demanded the immediate end to slavery.
Who was William Lloyd Garrison?
This term was used after the election of 1824 was won by John Quincy Adams and Henry Clay was made his Secretary of State.
What is the Corrupt Bargain?
Part of the U.S. that had the most differences compared to other regions.
What is Southern U.S.?
A transportation route that connected New York to the Midwest and helped improve industrialization and migration
What is Erie Canal?
President who got himself wedged into the White House bathtub and had to call his advisers for help getting out.
Who was William Taft?
This reform movement was supported by christians of all colors and called for the immediate emancipation of slaves.
What is Abolitionism?
The theory that state governments have the ultimate power over federal governments when it came to determining the constitutionality of laws.
What is Nullification?
An issue debated between the North and South. The North favored it because made foreign products more expensive and encouraged people to buy American products.
What are tariffs?
The first major industry of the US that developed in part because of the Embargo Act in the early 1800's
What is the Textile Industry?
A president's who son had two pet alligators, which were occasionally permitted to run loose throughout the White House.
Who was Herbert Hoover?