Cherokees were forced to travel from their homeland in Georgia to what is now Oklahoma in 1838.
What is the Trail of Tears?
This American philosopher, best known for his essay "Self-Reliance," was a prominent figure in the Transcendentalist movement.
Who is Ralph Waldo Emerson?
Which U.S. president had a domestic agenda, and wanted to “improve the conditions of himself and his fellow men?”
Who was John Quincy Adams?
Who devised an eight-stage theory of social evolution that predicted the imminent decline of individual property rights and capitalist values?
Who was Charles Fourier?
Who ridiculed the religious pretensions of slaveholders, justified slave rebellion, and in biblical language warned of a slave revolt if justice were delayed?
Who was David Walker?
The custom of a prosperous political party appointing its supporters to public office
What is the spoils system?
These people were Unitarian ministers from well-to-do New England families who questioned the constraints of their Puritan heritage.
Who were the first advocates for transcendentalism?
What was Jackson’s highest priority?
To destroy the American System. (He believed that Henry Clay’s system — and all government-sponsored plans for national economic development — were contrary to the Constitution)
Who resonated with Fourierist ideas?
Educated farmers and crafts- men, who yearned for economic stability and communal solidarity following the Panic of 1837.
This prominent abolitionist and "conductor" on the Underground Railroad made numerous trips to the South to lead slaves to freedom in the North. Who is she?
Who was Harriet Tubman?
A term for a strong national government that has the potential to be repressive.
What is a consolidated government?
This classic of American literature by Henry David Thoreau is a meditation on living simply in the natural world.
What is "Walden"?
Which election needed Twelfth Amendment to the Constitution because no candidate received an absolute majority?
What was the Election of 1824?
The first Shaker community in the United States, established in 1774, was located in this state. Which state is it?
What is New York?
Who viewed the Mexican War as a naked scheme to extend slavery, refused to pay taxes?
Who was Henry David Thoreau?
A tariff that was implemented in 1828 and greatly increased the cost of raw materials, textiles, and iron items.
What is the Tariffs of Abominations?
Transcendentalists held that spiritual development required a close relationship with nature. Writing about his encounters in nature, this transcendentalist author penned the essay "Nature."
Who was Henry David Thoreau?
Henry Clay used his influence on Jackson’s election, he assembled a coalition of representatives from which two areas?
What was New England and the Ohio River Valley?
Why did the Fourierists communities fail?
As members clashed over social policies and job responsibilities, most communities fell apart very rapidly, and the absence of an inspiring religious doctrine or charismatic leader.
What was Nat Turner’s vision?
Had a religious vision in which “the Spirit” explained that he had to avenge slavery and lead his fellow enslaved people from bondage.
The political philosophy of minimal government, free commerce, private property, a competitive market economy, and individual liberty. Primarily in regard to economic measures like tariffs and grants for the growth of industry.
What is classical liberalism?
"The Scarlet Letter" by Nathaniel Hawthorne is a critique of certain Transcendentalist ideas. What are names of the characters who explore the theme of excessive individualism?
Who was Roger Chillingworth Hester Prynne and Arthur Dimmesdale?
Which two Kentuckians were the most influential members of Jackson's Kitchen Cabinet?
Who was Francis Preston Blair and Amos Kendall?
Noyes turned to perfectionism, an evangelical Protestant movement of the 1830s that attracted who?
Thousands of New Englanders who had migrated toNew York and Ohio.
What attack on Abolitionism happened in 1833?
A mob of 1,500 New Yorkers stormed a church in search of Garrison and Arthur Tappan. Another white mob swept through Philadelphia’s African American neighborhoods, clubbing and stoning residents and destroying homes and churches.