Who Run the World?
The Seneca Falls Convention was called primarily to address what social issue?
Women's Rights
Why did Andrew Jackson’s followers leave the Republican Party after the 1824 presidential election?
They felt John Quincy Adams and Henry Clay stole the election.
This compromise established that all states that entered the Union above the 36'30 parallel would be free states, excluding Missouri.
Missouri Compromise
What was the main goal of the temperance movement?
to prohibit the drinking of alcohol
The antebellum reform movement was, in large part, caused by what?
Religious reform movement (Second Great Awakening)
A conflict among the wives of Jackson’s cabinet. Jackson orders his cabinet to force their wives to socialize with the wife of his Secretary of War. The drama causes members of his cabinet to resign.
The Peggy Eaton Affair
“John Marshall has made his decision, now let him enforce it.” President Jackson was believed to have made this statement in response to what issue?
Indian Removal Act ruling by John Marshall (Worcester v. Georgia)
This was an action of a state impeding or attempting to prevent the operation and enforcement within its territory of a law of the U.S.
Nullification
How did the North view William Lloyd Garrison and other abolitionists?
Radicals
What was the outcome of Nat Turner’s rebellion?
Turner was captured and slave codes were tightened
Why were women the preferred workers during the Industrial Revolution?
They earned less pay than men to do the same job.
The Nullification Crisis of Jackson’s first term was most directly created by the what?
The Tariff of Abominations
The idea that America has the "God given" right to expand its territory west to the Pacific Ocean was known as...
Manifest Destiny
Why was education reform considered important?
our form of government needs educated citizens to make informed choices.
How did the invention of the cotton gin cause an increase in the demand for slaves?
More land was cultivated as cotton planting as it became more profitable.
The Cult of Domesticity was often compared to what other institution as a criticism by women’s rights advocates
Slavery in the South
Why did President Jackson veto the bill to recharter the Bank of the United States?
He felt the Bank benefited the wealthy at the expense of the average citizen. (It was unconstitutional.)
How did the outcome of the Mexican- American War, which added new lands to America, increase sectional tensions throughout the 1850s?
It created a discussion about whether a state like California would be free or slave; poked holes in the Missouri Compromise
What was the main goal of prison reformers?
to focus on rehabilitating prisoners to a useful position in society
What was a restriction placed on free blacks in the South?
They had to prove that they were gainfully employed
What was one restriction placed on working women during the mid-1800s?
Women were not allowed to spend their own wages.
The person who came up with the "King Andrew" nickname probably belonged to which party?
Whig
How did the expansion of voting rights change the nature of political campaigns?
Candidates appealed directly to voters by holding public rallies and parades.
The ideals of the Second Great Awakening are most effective at getting which group of people involved in social reform movements?
Women
Why would Southern planters oppose the Wilmot Proviso?
It would prevent slavery in territory acquired during the Mexican War.