Age of the Common Man
This 7th President of the United States is known most for his expansion of the political parties and was a strong advocate for the common man; considered the leader of the Age of the Common Man.
Who is Andrew Jackson?
These were the two political powers a part of the Second Party System.
These were the two political powers a part of the Second Party System.
Movement that was led by militant Christians focused on the reduction of alcoholic beverages and would continue into the 20th century.
What was the Temperance Movement?
This movement was responsible for the removal of slavery from America.
What is the Abolitionist Movement?
The state that the two most popular utopian societies originated
What is New York?
This right was achieved in the early 1800s as a result of rising Jacksonian Democracy, making it so all white men had the right to vote, regardless of their economic status.
What is White Male Suffrage?
States’ rights, limited government, and expansion, with appeal to the “common man.” were associated with this political party.
What are Democrats?
He was one of the most prominent members of the New England intellectuals known as the Transcendentalists, formed officially in the early 1830s.
Who is Ralph Waldo Emerson?
This secret system moved slaves from down south to up north via hidden spots from house to house.
What is the Underground Railroad?
This 19th-century reformer started the first utopian society in New Harmony, IN.
Who is Robert Dale Owen?
This event was the result of President Jackson opposing the Second Bank of the United States, leading to economic instability and further divided the political parties of the time.
What was the Bank War?
This act was signed into law by Andrew Jackson in May 28, 1830 and authorized the president to grant lands west of the Mississippi in exchange for Indian lands.
What is the Indian Removal Act?
This influential figure wrote Walden (1854) as an account of his critiques of the market revolution.
Who is Henry David Thorough?
This meeting was held by women’s rights activists in 1848 that combined many ideas and solutions to the lack of women’s rights.
What is the Seneca Falls Convention?
The longest-living utopian society that was founded in New York. It is known for its complex marriage laws allowing all members to be married to each other. No one was considered to be married to a single, exclusive spouse.
What is the Oneida Community?
In the election of 1824, to the surprise of many, the House elected John Quincy Adams over rival Andrew Jackson. This was the response of Jackson’s supporters, who widely believed that Henry Clay, Speaker of the House, convinced Congress to elect Adams, who then made Clay his Secretary of State.
What was the “Corrupt Bargain"?
This arose when South Carolina declared the federal tariffs of 1828 and 1832 unconstitutional, asserting the right to “nullify” them within the state.
What is The Nullification Crisis?
This religion became the largest denomination in the country by the 1840s (after the Second Great Awakening), with more than one million members.
What is Methodism?
This document, produced by the Seneca Falls Convention, was a document that expressed the lack of women's rights.
What is the Declaration of Sentiments?
This Christian reformer founded the Oneida Community.
Who is John Humphrey Noyes?
Developed by Martin Van Buren, this tactic was used to help Jackson win the 1828 election by rewarding members of one’s party with governmental jobs.
What is the Spoils System?
In response to the Nullification Crisis, President Jackson responded with this, which authorized the use of military force to enforce federal laws.
What is the Force Bill?
Known as “Father of Old Revivalism,” this controversial minister was a prominent leader in the Second Great Awakening.
Who was Reverend Charles Grandison Finney?
This activist, heavily included in the Prison and Asylum Reform movements, was a smart young woman who was taught to write at a young age.
Who was Dorthea Dix?
The definition of Utopia in this context.
What is… A place of ideal perfection, all of the new utopian societies wanted to live without injustices and wanted to live in a place where everyone was equal. Equal gender rights and equal labor laws. (an answer relating to the main point of why these societies were created would answer this question)