Jefferson and his Frenmies
The notion that individualism, self-sufficiency, lack of self-interest, and westward expansion would provide the strongest foundation for the New Nation
What were some of the main components of Thomas Jefferson's notion of the yeoman farmer?
It is the economic system most closely associated with Henry Clay. It intended build the commercial infrastructure of the U.S. through the imposition of tariffs.
What is The American System of Economics?
He demanded the immediate emancipation of slaves and didn't necessarily advocate working with the U.s. political system to do so.
Who was William Lloyd Garrison?
The hero of of the battle of New Orleans 2. The war within which it was fought 3. Why it might be considered ironic. Your answer should have 3 parts
Andrew Jackson, the war of 1812, and the fact that it was fought after the treaty of Ghent had been signed.
It was one of the primary reasons why the Irish were proslavery
What was the concern that they would lose their jobs to the formerly enslaved African-Americans and possibly their social status?
He was John Adams' adversary and Vice President
Who was Thomas Jefferson?
It was the the way in which Morse's invention vindicated Henry Clay's system.
What was Samuel F. B. Morse’s development of the telegraph through government funding?
It was the primary cause of the epidemics that swept through early nineteenth-century American cities
What was a lack of sanitation such as sewer systems and municipal trash collection?
He was the author of Exposition and Protest and while once an ally of Andrew Jackson later became an enemy
Who was John C. Calhoun?
They were the wars that contributed to the growth of the U.S. economy in the years following the ratification of the U.S. Constitution.
What were The War of 1812 and the Napoleonic Wars?
DAILY DOUBLE They were some of the ways in which the Napoleonic Wars ultimately benefited the U.S. econnomy
What are, American seaports grew substantially, American ships carried more European goods, The American shipbuilding trade grew, Americans were spurred to develop their own manufacturing
It was what made Cyrus McCormick’s reaper one of the era's most remarkable innovations in commercial agriculture.
What was the reaper' ability to reduce a farmer’s need for manpower, thereby increasing agricultural productivity?
One result of this movement and its doctrine that people's moral failings were a consequence of their environments rather than inherent aspects of their character was the growth of various social reform movements.
What was a result of the Second Great Awakening?
It was the tariff over which he negotiated a reconciliation of sorts between the two men thus avoiding the use full use of the "Force Bill" in south Carolina Note your answer should have three parts 1. the name of the person
2. the name of the tariff and the year the tariff was instituted (also sometimes considered part of its name)
3. the names of the two men for whom the person named in answer to #1 negotiated the reconcilliation
What is the Tariff of Abominations or the Tariff of 1828, over which Henry Clay negotiated a return to the rates of the Tariff of 1816, satisfying both John C. Calhoun and Andrew Jackson and eliminating Jackson's need to use the powers granted by the "Force Bill?"
He is considered the inventor of the American System of Manufacturing
Who is Eli Whitney?
They were the group of Americans most significantly affected by Jefferson's embargo Act
Who are New England businessmen and merchants?
It was the mid-nineteenth century religious revival movement within which Charles G. Finney was a leading figure.
What was The Second Great Awakening?
It was was a consequence of the emergence of female social reformers during the antebellum period
What was a reassessment of separate spheres ideology/the traditional gender divisions by sphere in American society; women began to assert themselves more politically?
DAILY DOUBLE It included:
1. Support for a high tariff to protect American industries and generate revenue for the federal government
2. Maintenance of high public land prices to generate federal revenue
3. Preservation of the Bank of the United States to stabilize the currency and rein in risky state and local banks
4. Development of a system of internal improvements (such as roads and canals) which would knit the nation together and be financed by the tariff and land sales revenues.
What is the American system of Economics proposed by Henry Clay?
It was the name given to the party most closely associated with Nativism.
What is the Know-Nothing Party?
He succeeded Thomas Jefferson as president
Who is James Madison?
He was the English-trained apprentice who brought the secrets of British textile machinery to America in 1789.
Who was Samuel Slater or Francis Cabot Lowell?
They gave public abolition speeches in front of audiences of men and women for which they were disparaged.
Who were the Grimké sisters?
The reasons for democratic expansion leading up to the election of Andrew Jackson
What were: National Expansion Expansion of Suffrage elimination of property requirements Printed ballots Political conventions party caucuses Candidates with popular appeal Campaigns Partisan Newspapers
It was the reason for Irish immigration to the U.S. in the 1840s
What was the Irish potato famine?