Chapter 10 Miscellaneous
Who was "The Last Notable President"?
John Quincy Adams
What is a tariff?
a tax imposed by a government on goods and services imported from other countries
A system that helped enslaved African Americans follow a network of escape routes out of the South to freedom in the North
Underground Railroad
What was a society that sought to achieve perfection?
Utopia
who argued for women's social independence?
Margret Fuller
What was The Trail of Tears?
forced removal of thousands of natives.
What is nullification?
the idea that a state legislature or convention could void a law passed by Congress.
How did Irish immigrants (catholics) tend to vote?
Democrat
Who were people that advocated celibacy and equal rights for women?
Shakers
Who wrote Leaves Of Grass?
Walt Whitman
Who died 30 days into his presidency?
William Henry Harrison
What is the Whig party?
new party formed in the mid-1830s that rivaled the democrats, second national party
What was the rule that said all anti slavery petitions in the house would not be discussed?
Gag Rule
Every person possess an inner light that can illuminate the highest truth and put him/her in direct touch with god
Transcendalism
Who was a radical abolitionist and published "The Liberator"
William Lloyd Garrison
Who won the election of 1836?
Martin Van Buren
What are notables?
Northern landlords, slave-owning planters, and seaport merchants who dominated the political system of the early nineteenth century.
What did the write at the Seneca Falls Convention?
Declaration of Sentiments
men and women, especially of the middle class, should have different roles in society
Separate Sphere
who was an outspoken abolitionist and editor of newspaper who was murdered in Illinois?
Elijah Lovejoy
What was the Compromise Tariff of 1833?
reduced tariff rates by 10% per year for 8 years
What is caucus?
A meeting held by a political party to choose candidates, make policies, and enforce party discipline.
Popular theatrical entertainment begun around 1830, in which white actors in blackface presented comic routines that combined racist caricature and social criticism.
Minstrelsy
the racial mixing and intermarriage that Garrison seemed to support
amalgamation
Who was the "Father of Education"?
Horace Mann