Bank Veto
What happened to state banks as a result of the bank veto?
Money was transferred from the national bank to state banks.
Andrew Jackson got more popular votes and electoral votes in the Election of 1824. How did John Quincy Adams win the election?
What did antislavery activists claim about slavery?
Slavery went against republicanism and liberty.
What European ideology did Transcendentalism relate to?
Romanticism
What type of manufactured good did the Oneida community produce?
Silverware
Which president shared Jackson's idea that Congress had no constitutional authority to charter a national bank?
Thomas Jefferson
What state did Adams secure for himself its electoral votes in the election, and why?
Massachusetts/New England, because his family was prestigious there.
They established churches, schools, and seld-help associations.
What ideology did Transcendentalism reject?
Enlightenment
What group of people were utopianists/communalists?
farmers and artisans seeking refuge from the economic depression of 1837– 1843.
What type of people supported Jacksons bank veto, and why?
Eastern workers and western farmers blamed the bank for high urban prices and slow farm income.
How did Clay hurt Jackson's campaign?
He was the speaker of the house, so he was able to get representatives (from New England and the Ohio River Valley) to vote for Adams.
What was a direct effect of the violence and attacks by white mobs in the North?
Some black people fled to Canada for safety.
Who critiqued Transcendentalism?
Herman Melville
The Shakers thought that god was a ___ person
dual (male and female)
What was the effect of the support Jackson recieved after his bank veto?
The support he got led him to presidential victory in 1832.
What did Jackson's supporters claim about Clay and Adams after the election?
They claimed a corrupt bargain was made.
What was Nat Turner's revolt? What were the effects of this revolt?
A group of around 60 slaves killed 55 white people in Virginia.
Effects: VA government tried to pass a law for the gradual emancipation and colonization abroad. BUT, the law didn't pass and this revolt ended up strengthening slavery by limiting black movement, and prohibiting slaves from reading.
What was the purpose of transendentalism?
To foster discussion and public speaking.
How did the Shakers increase their population since they disdained sexual intercourse?
They adopted and converted people
Which group people benefited economically from Jackson's bank veto?
Middle class (lawyers, clerks, shopkeepers, and artisans)
Why did many congressmen fear Jackson becoming president?
They thought that since he was a military leader, he would become tyranical.
Why did wage earners fear the end of slavery?
Freed black people would work for lower wages than them and take their jobs.
What demographic of people was Transcendentalism attractive to?
Middle class in the North and Midwest (Not the South)
Which evangelical Protestant movement of the 1830s did John Humphrey Noyes use to set up his community?
Perfectionalism