Rise of Popular Politics
Name for the group of wealthy landlords, planters, and merchants at the top of the social hierarchy
What are the Notabales?
Program that promoted protective tariffs, subsidized roads, and a national bank
What is The American System?
President that believed in the transformation of polices through popular mandate
Who is Andrew Jackson?
An intellectual movement rooted in the religious soil of New England
What is Transcendentalism?
What is the Underground Railroad?
Term used to describe the appointment of government positions to those that backed and supported the presidents campaign
What is the Spoils System
Winner of the presidential election of 1824
Who is John Quincy Adams?
A system to allow the president to appoint positions and let the cabinet change with the president
What is Rotation and Decentralization?
A leader of the Transcendentalist movement and an essayer and philosopher from New England
Who is Ralph Waldo Emerson?
A person that fought against slavery
What is an Abolitionist?
This politician nicknamed "little magician" greatly helped Jackson in his campaign to presidency
Martian Van Buren
Developer of The American System and speaker of the house during the 1824 election
Who is Henry Clay?
Act signed by Andrew Jackson that forced natives that lived east of the Mississippi to move westward
What is the Indian Removal Act of 1830?
The idea of creating an ideal society
What is a Utopia?
A slave that lead a bloody revolt in Virginia
Who is Nat Turner
This term is another word for the right to vote and the expansion of this was symbolized by the Democratic revolution
Franchise
The name given to the tariff of 1824 by an Alabaman legislator and cost southern states $100 million per year
What is the Tariff of Abominations?
A 1200 mile march of Cherokee members from the eastern states to present Oklahoma
What is the Trail of Tears?
A group known for their ecstatic dances for worship and belief in Christ's second appearance
Who are Shakers?
Founded "The Liberator" newspaper and the New England anti-slavery society
Who is William Lloyd Garrison?
A meeting of part leaders to ensure passage of a legislative program
Accusation against Henry Clay and JQA after Clay used influence as speaker of the house to elect Adams and later got appointed by Adams to Secretary of State
What is the Corruption Bargain?
The argument that the state had the right to void federal laws within its own borders
What is Nullification?
The idea to make people work for the community rather than a capitalistic employer
What is Socialism?
A rule that restricted slavery from being a point of conversation in The House of Representatives
What is the Gag Rule?