Debate on Slavery
The theory that slavery should be ended gradually.
Gradualism
The practice of handing out government jobs to supporters; replacing government employees with the winning candidate's supporters.
The Spoils System
Before reforms were enacted, the mentally ill were kept here.
Prison
The act or process of freeing enslaved persons.
Emancipation
The nickname for William Henry Harrison. Who served as president for only one month before his untimely death.
Tippecanoe
Moderation in or abstinence from consuming alcohol.
Temperance
The immediate ending of slavery.
Abolition
Nationalist party whose members pledged to never vote for a Catholic person and who pushed for laws banning immigrants and Catholics from holding office.
The American Party or The Know-Nothings
A leader of the movement for public education. As president of the Mass. Senate, he helped create a state board of education. He then served as the secretary of that board for 12 years.
Horace Mann
Leader of a slave revolt in Virginia, which lead to the deaths of 50 individuals and his execution.
Nat Turner
During Jackson's presidency, this state threatened to secede from the Union over the issue of tariffs.
South Carolina
Religious group founded by Joseph Smith. After Smith died in a firefight Brigham Young led the members of this group to Utah.
Mormonism
Former slave who escaped to gain his freedom. Once free he became an avid abolitionist.
Frederick Douglas
Act passed by Congress, which authorized the president to use the military to enforce acts of Congress.
Force Bill
Transcendentalist author who wrote about his experience living in a cabin in the woods in Walden.
Henry David Thoreau