Transcendentalism
One of the forerunners of the transcendentalist movement who preached the idea of individualism, and rejected following tradition
Who is Ralph Waldo Emerson?
Determined abolitionist that helped establish the American Anti Slavery Society
Who is William Lloyd Garrison?
They assimilated to American culture by adopting new technologies, marrying into white families, owning slaves, and even adopting a form of government modeled directly after the US constitution.
What did Native Americans do to help retain their ancestral lands?
This person based his candidacy on the American system. He wanted to strengthen the second bank of the United States, raise tariffs, and use tariff revenue to fund internal improvement.
Who was Henry Clay
The bill that Andrew Jackson vetoed because he believed it was unconstitutional and “subversive of the rights of the States”
What was the rechartering bill of the Second National Bank?
Organized public lectures addressing the transcendentalist movement and appealed most to those of the middle class in the North and Midwest
What is the Lyceum movement?
This person published a pamphlet called An appeal to the Colonial Citizens of the world. He called for a national convention in Philadelphia to free African Americnas from slavery.
Who is David Walker?
This state legislature gave up their western land claims in return for the removal of all native americans within their state.
What is the Georgia legislature?
Because no candidate received an absolute majority, according to the Twelfth Amendment, what political body would choose the president from among the three highest vote-getters.
What was the House of Representatives.
This person was the head of the treasury department, and he transferred the federal government’s gold and silver from the Second Bank to various state banks
Who was Roger B. Taney?
Rejected the idea of conforming to societal norms and in doing so lived in a cabin near Walden pond for two years straight in isolation from the rest of society
Who is Henry Thoreau?
An informal network of whites and free blacks in Richmond, Charleston, and other southern towns that assisted fugitives
What was the underground railroad?
In this court case stated that the states did not have the right to impose regulations on native american land. In this case, chief justice John Marshall and the court sided against georgia.
What is Worcester vs. Georgia?
These people were accused of making a corrupt bargain?
Clay and Adams
Jackson vetoed plans for national subsidies of transportation initiatives and internal improvements
How did Jackson prevent government intervention in economic development?
Created by Emersonians in an attempt for new social institutions, but shortly after turned into an economic failure
What is Brook Farm?
This person caused a rebellion that made Virginia debate a law providing for gradual emancipation and colonization abroad.
Who is Nat Turner?
This agreement promised land and money for all native Americans who gave up their landholdings east of the Mississippi river.
What is the Indian Act Removal of 1830?
Who were the people that ran for president that were originally part of Monroe's cabinet.
John Quincy Adams, John C. Calhoun, William H. Crawford.
Authorized Jackson to use military means to end the standoff with South Carolina
What is the military force bill of 1833?
Started a group for educated women in Boston embracing the principles of transcendentalism, but most prominently advocated for the relations with god.
Who is Margaret Fuller?
These people published the first African American newspaper called Freedom’s Journal in 1827.
Who are John Russwurm and Samuel D. Cornish
Forced relocation of the cherokees further west of the US by Jackson’s troops causing thousands of deaths throughout the process
What is the Trail of Tears?
This person received 37 electoral votes
Who was Henry Clay?
Signed with a minority faction of Cherokee and forced removal began in 1838
What is the Treaty of New Echota 1835?