Industrialization & Immigration
Who was Horace Mann?
Who was a huge proponent of free, public education?
What was the purpose of the Second Bank of the United States?
What is to stabilize the national currency and promote economic growth?
What was the "Era of Good Feelings?" Who was president during this time? (Bonus: What ended this era?)
What was the name of the period that marked temporary prosperity during James Monroe's presidency? (Answer to bonus: Issues around slavery)
What agreement limited the number of American and British ships on the Great Lakes to ease tensions?
What is the Rush-Bagot agreement?
What are some overall contributions Jackson made to the American political system?
Claimed to rule in the name of the common man, enhnaced the power and prestige of the presidency, ordinary people involves in politics, etc.
Who were the Lowell Girls?
Who were young, unmarried women who worked in factories, paid high wages, and were promised an education?
What was the significance of the Cumberland Road? (Bonus: Did Andrew Jackson support this?)
What is it was the first federally-funded turnpike, increasing sectional tensions over internal improvements? (Anwer to bonus: No, he did not like centralized federal power & spending)
What was the most explosive issue tied to the American System that threatened national unity?
What is slavery?
What was the main principle behind the Monroe Doctrine?
What is that the American continents were no longer open for European colonization, and the U.S. would oppose European interference in the Western Hemisphere?
What system did Jackson use to reward his political supporters with government jobs?
What is the Spoils System?
What was the "cult of domesticity?"
What is women were expected to be “guardians of domestic virtues.” Few opportunities outside the home.
What was the significance of the ruling in Martin v. Hunter’s Lessee (1816)?
What is it upheld the Supreme Court’s authority to review state court decisions and maintain the Constitution as the Supreme Law of the Land?
What three key elements made up the American System?
What are tariffs, a national bank, and internal improvements?
What happened during the First Seminole War? (Bonus: Did Andrew Jackson have anyting to do with this? If so, what?)
What was the name of the war when Americans and settlers were fighting in Florida? (Answer to bonus: Yes,Jackson attacked Spanish forts and executed British citizens, upsetting Calhoun)
What was a significant change Jackson implemented in regards to "equal" political participation?
What is white male citizens given equal status as citizens without regard to wealth or background?
What was Nativisim?
What was the movement to restrict or end immigration entirely?
How did McCulloch v. Maryland (1819) affirm the power of the federal government?
What is by upholding the “implied powers” of the Constitution and emphasizing federal supremacy over state law?
What was balance of power politics?
What was the idea was to have an equal number of free and slave states in Congress?
What was the significance of the Election of 1824? (Bonus question: What happened?)
Tained Quincy Adam’s presidency and caused people to campaign for Jackson immediately. (Answer to bonus: Clay manipulated House of Reps to make Quincy Adams president instead of Jackson)
What was the significance of the Eaton Affair?
What is created more tension between Jackson and Calhoun, setting the stage for more conflict later in history?
Similarities & differences between Irish & German immigrants?
Irish: Poor and unskilled, potato famine, Roman catholics, traveled to eastern seaborard.
German: Skilled artisans, Lutherans, traveled in-land.
What was the outcome of Gibbons v. Ogden (1824)?
What is the federal government gained the power to regulate interstate commerce?
What was the agreement reached in the Missouri Compromise?
What agreement admitted Missouri as a slave state, Maine as a free state, and set the border between free and slave states at 36 degrees 30’ line?
What was the Transcontinental Treaty of 1819?
What was the name of the treaty when America gained Florida after a purchase of $5 million dollars and extended the national boundary to the Pacific Ocean?
What was the outcome of the Bank War, and what was Jackson's stance on the issue?
What is Jackson vetoed the recharter, believing the bank gave too much power to wealthy elites and discriminated against the working class?