Economic Evolutions
the belief that human labor produces economic value, and that the price of a product should be determined by the work hours required to make it as opposed to market forces
labor theory of value
Jackson employed this system once in office, which rewarded those loyal to him with lucrative positions in his government
spoils system
Famous transcendentalist writer who authored Walden
Henry David Thoreau
the belief that white Americans' destinies intertwined with expansion westward, and that it was their god-given right to 'inherit' the entirety of the American continents
Manifest Destiny
the president who had both the longest inaugural address and the shortest time in office, dying after a month and launching John Tyler into the role of president
William Henry Harrison
system of labor whereby some women entered into the workforce independently through work in the textile industry
Waltham-Lowell System
this act of Congress permitted the President to use the army and navy in order to collect federal tariff duties (name OR nickname allowed!)
Force Bill / Bloody Bill
the idea/movement seeking the end of slavery
abolitionism
this treaty ended the Mexican-American War (double points if you can get the year correct too!)
Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo, 1848
the Enlightenment-influenced idea that God created the universe and then left it to run according to natural laws; heavily reliant on reason rather than scripture to interpret God's will
deism
Eli Whitney
This executive order made it so that land purchases out west could only be made in 'hard' currency, causing severe economic downfalls
Specie Circular
leader of a violent slave revolt which ignited fears across the South of broader upheaval from African Americans, resulting in retaliatory violence which targeted them in droves
Nat Turner
future president Abraham Lincoln introduced these measures sowing doubt about the location of US forces' initial skirmish with Mexican military forces at the start of the Mexican-American War
spot resolutions
the name for the second and incredibly lethal portion of the triangle trade journey, whereby enslaved peoples across the African coast were transported to the Americas in despicable conditions
Middle Passage
this party was the poster child of the ideas of "nativism," the belief rejecting immigrants as 'dangerous' to the broader 'native American' culture
Know Nothing Party
This document, authored by John C. Calhoun, reflects South Carolina's position of nullification towards the federal government's tariff policies during Andrew Jackson's first term in office
The South Carolina Exposition
American transcendentalism was heavily influenced by this European sociocultural movement
romanticism
the gentry of the Old South who envisioned themselves as a collective socioeconomic unit and feared federal government interference with their slave property
republican aristocracy
author of the seminal work A Brief Account of the Destruction of the Indies, which described the inhuman and violent actions of the Spanish in conquering the indigenous peoples of Hispaniola
Bartolomé de las Casas
this 1842 MA Supreme Court decision recognized the legality of labor unions
Commonwealth v. Hunt
these 5 indigenous nations were known as the "Five Civilized Tribes," and were the targets of Jackson's policies of Native American removal
document produced by Elizabeth Cady Stanton and others at the Seneca Falls Convention, advocating for women's rights while invoking founding ideals of the United States
Declaration of Sentiments
slogan of expansionist Democrats ready to go to war with Britain over the Oregon border dispute
"Fifty-four forty or fight!"
The birth date of Schauer's second son, which initiated the start of the first half of his FMLA leave
October 2nd