Transcendentalism
This New England man from being a minister to promote individualism and reject organized religion, becoming the leading voice of transcendentalism.
Who is Emerson?
This abolitionist published Freedom's Journal, the first African American newspaper, in 1827 to promote social uplift and racial equality.
Who are John Russwurm and Samuel D. Cornish?
This law, passed in 1830, forced Native Americans out of their land and relocated them west of the Mississippi.
What is the Indian Removal Act?
The Whigs accused Jackson of acting like this title, leading to the party's formation in 1834.
What is "King Andrew I"?
This controversy over federal economic policy arose after tariffs disproportionately hurt the South’s economy.
What is the Nullification Crisis?
This German philosopher, with English poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge, inspired transcendentalists by rejecting Enlightenment ideals and embracing human passion.
Who is Immanuel Kant?
This 1829 pamphlet by David Walker urged black Americans to fight for their freedom and predicted a violent revolt if slavery continued.
What is An Appeal to the Colored Citizens of the World?
What is the Trail of Tears?
Whigs wanted the new class of social "elite" to consist of these type of people.
What are self-made, talented men?
This legal principle argued that states could void federal laws deemed unconstitutional.
What is nullification?
Emerson delivered over 1,500 lectures as part of this cultural movement, which arranged public forums and lectures across the North and Midwest.
What is the lyceum movement?
This revolt in 1831 led by Nat Turner resulted in the deaths of at least 55 white men, women, and children in Virginia.
What is Nat Turner’s Rebellion?
Andrew Jackson vetoed the recharter of this institution, calling it a tool for elites to oppress the common man.
What is the Second Bank of the United States?
This economic vision supported by Whigs emphasized protective tariffs and government investment in infrastructure to promote industrial growth.
What is the American System?
The Nullification Crisis centered on tariffs, which benefited northern industries at the expense of this southern economic product.
What is cotton?
This communal experiment near Boston, frequented by Emerson, Thoreau, and Fuller, sought to combine intellectual life with manual labor but ultimately failed economically.
What is Brook Farm?
This abolitionist founded The Liberator in 1831, calling for immediate emancipation and the end of the U.S. Constitution’s support for slavery.
Who is William Lloyd Garrison?
In his opposition to the National Bank, Jackson’s policies promoted the idea of individual economic enterprise over centralized control.
What is the free enterprise?
This southern Whig leader critiqued northern industrial capitalism for its exploitation of wage labor.
Who is John C. Calhoun?
This Whig leader, known as the "Great Compromiser," was a key advocate for protective tariffs and federal investment in infrastructure.
Who is Henry Clay?
This transcendentalist author, who penned Woman in the Nineteenth Century, advocated for social and psychological independence for women and became the first female literary critic for the New York Tribune.
Who is Margaret Fuller?
These two sisters, raised on a South Carolina plantation, became vocal abolitionists, publishing "American Slavery as It Is" in 1839.
Who are Angelina and Sarah Grimké?
This 1837 Supreme Court decision under the Taney Court enhanced state regulatory powers over commerce.
What is Mayor of New York v. Miln?
Unlike Democrats, Whigs appealed to evangelical Protestants and upwardly mobile families in these regions.
What are New England, New York, and Great Lakes communities?
This 1837 Supreme Court case upheld a state’s right to issue its own currency, limiting federal economic control.
What is Briscoe v. Bank of Kentucky?