Jacksonian Democracy
The goal was to expand political power to ordinary white men by removing property requirements for voting, which increased voter participation and shifted power away from elites.
What is the primary goal of Jacksonian Democracy?
This plan, proposed by Henry Clay, aimed to unify the North, South, and West by promoting infrastructure improvements, a national bank, and protective tariffs.
What is the American System?
This religious revival movement, beginning in the early 19th century, inspired many social reform efforts by emphasizing individual responsibility and moral improvement.
What is the Second Great Awakening?
This act, passed in 1850, was part of a series of compromises that aimed to ease tensions between the North and South by strengthening this law, which required the return of runaway slaves.
What is the Fugitive Slave Act?
This event occurred when South Carolina attempted to reject federal tariffs, highlighting the conflict between states' rights and federal authority.
What is the Nullification Crisis?
The American System proposed by Henry Clay included a national bank, protective tariffs, and federal funding for these large-scale transportation projects.
What are internal improvements (or infrastructure projects)?
This social movement, sparked by the Second Great Awakening, aimed to reduce alcohol consumption and promote temperance.
What is the Temperance Movement?
This 1831 slave rebellion, led by Nat Turner, resulted in the deaths of around 60 white people and led to harsher laws for enslaved people and free Blacks in the South.
What is Nat Turner's Rebellion?
Jackson’s policies, especially the Indian Removal Act, forcibly relocated Native Americans, causing suffering and death, particularly during this event.
What is the Trail of Tears?
This region became known for its growing factories, especially in textiles, helping to drive the industrialization of the U.S. during the early 19th century.
What is the North?
This movement, which gained momentum during the Second Great Awakening, sought to provide free public education for all children, regardless of social class.
What is the Public Education Movement?
This abolitionist, best known for his newspaper The Liberator, was a leading voice in the fight to end slavery in the United States.
Who is William Lloyd Garrison?
This act forced Native Americans to move west, leading to the deaths of thousands and the loss of their ancestral lands.
What is the Indian Removal Act of 1830?
The South's economy relied heavily on this crop, which was grown on large plantations and required the labor of enslaved people.
What is cotton?
Influenced by the Second Great Awakening, this group of activists pushed for greater rights for women, including the right to vote.
Who are suffragists (or the Women’s Rights Movement)?
This 1857 Supreme Court decision ruled that African Americans, whether free or enslaved, could not be citizens and had no standing to sue in federal court, inflaming tensions over slavery.
What is the Dred Scott decision?
The expansion of voting rights allowed all white men to vote, increasing voter turnout and empowering this group, which helped Jackson rise to power.
Who are the common people?
The West, benefiting from the American System, contributed to economic expansion through this type of farming and the growth of towns and cities along the frontier.
What is agriculture (or farming) and frontier settlement?
This famous event, held in 1848, marked a key moment in the women’s suffrage movement, partly inspired by the ideals of the Second Great Awakening.
What is the Seneca Falls Convention?
This event, in 1831, marked a turning point in the abolitionist movement, as it led to greater calls for immediate emancipation and stronger anti-slavery actions.
What is the publication of Uncle Tom’s Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe?