Nationalism vs. Sectionalism
This term is used when a state refuses to recognize federal law (declaring it null and void).
What is nullification?
This waterway linked the Hudson River to Lake Erie and made transporting goods easier and cheaper.
What is the Erie Canal?
In the election of 1824, Jackson won the popular vote, but lost this, causing him to lose to John Quincy Adams.
This movement aimed to eliminate slavery.
What is abolition?
She is the most famous "conductor" on the Underground Railroad".
Who is Harriet Tubman?
This type of economic system was popular in the South.
What is the plantation system?
The Industrial Revolution took place mostly in the region of the U.S.
What is New England?
This political party formed in opposition to Jackson and the Democratic party.
What is the Whig party?
This movement of the 1820s and 1830s was a religious revival that led to the reform era.
What is the Second Great Awakening?
She fought for the humane treatment of both prisoners and the mentally ill.
Who is Dorothea Dix?
This document warned Europe not to interfere in the Americas.
What is the Monroe Doctrine?
This group of people was mostly working in the factories.
Who are women?
This act forced Native American tribes to move west to the Oklahoma territory.
What is the Indian Removal Act of 1830?
This movement sought to reduce the use of alcoholic beverages because of their effect on families.
What is the Temperance Movement?
He was a formerly enslaved man who escaped and began publishing his own abolitionist newsletter, the North Star.
Who is Frederick Douglas?
This invention led to the revolution of the plantation system and the growth of slavery in the South.
What is the cotton gin?
Eli Whitney innovated this concept, which led to mass production and cheaper products.
What is interchangeable parts?
Jackson used this system to replace former appointees with his friends and party members
What is the spoils system?
This movement was the belief that knowledge is found by observation, reason, intuition and personal spiritual experiences.
What is transcendentalism?
She gave the "Ain't I a Woman" Speech Delivered at the 1851 Women’s Convention in Akron.
Who is Sojourner Truth?
The effort to get rid of the National Bank in 1837 led to bank closings and collapse of credit system during this economic depression.
What is the Panic of 1837?
This act (before the War of 1812) put a tax on imported goods, which set up the Industrial Revolution.
What is the Embargo Act of 1807?
The 1828 tax on foreign goods was so unpopular, it got this nickname.
Reformers wanted to create brand-new, perfect societies, called ______.
What are utopias?
This individual fought for education reform and started state-funded schools in Massachusetts.
Who is Horace Mann?