War of 1812
A stimulus to patriotic nationalism in the US
War of 1812
Period ironically marked by heated political disputes over a variety of issues
Era of Good Feelings
Possessing almost none of the arts of a politician
John Quincy Adams
Invention that reinvigorated slavery in the South
The cotton gin
Declared that slavery would be banned from all territories that Mexico ceded to the US
Wilmot Proviso
Poorly conceived strategically and successfully repelled
Banned slavery north of a particular line in the Louisiana Purchase Territory
Missouri Compromise
His inauguration symbolized the newly won ascendancy of the masses
Andrew Jackson
Status of most white southerners
Subsistence farmers
Sought an alliance with the independent Republic of Texas with hopes to limit US dominance in Latin America
Reluctantly relinquished lands north of the Ohio River as a result of the War of 1812
Native Americans
The Nullification Crisis of 1832-1833
Placed on the 1840 ticket as vice president by the Whigs to attract the vote of the states' righters
John Tyler
White Southerners
Greatest inhibiting factor for American artists early in the 19th century
Puritan prejudice that art was a waste of time
An adverse result for the US of the outcome of the Battle of New Orleans
A British naval blockade of the American coast
Sentiment of fear and opposition to open immigration
nativism
First advocated buying the area of California from Mexico
James K. Polk
Believed that abolitionists were creating disorder and havoc, threatening the nation's constitutional fabric
Partly reshaped American religion by making it more reliant on women
The Second Great Awakening
Characteristics of the nation that made the War of 1812 notable in the history of warfare
Glorified the traditional role of women as homemakers
The Cult of Domesticity
Believed, along with Horace Mann, that free public education is an essential component of democracy
Thomas Jefferson
Slave owners used this as a substitute for the wage-incentive system
The whip as a motivator
The wanton, heedless exploitation of natural resources for economic development and trade
Ecological Imperialism