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Andrew Jackson
Andrew Jackson
Indian Removal Act
Planters and Slaves in the Antebellum South
Antebellum America
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What is Andrew Jackson's often know as? What did Jackson do regarding suffrage?
Old Hickory He expanded White male suffrage
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What is the American System?
Like Hamilton’s plan, funding towards infrastructure (transportation, trains, canal).
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Did Jackson like or dislike the Cherokee Indians?
Disliked, strongly disliked all Indians for their inability to assimilate to our forms of government.
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The cost of slave labor (increased/decreased) from 1800-1860
Increased
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Completed 1925, ignited a period of canal building.
What is the Eerie Canal
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True or False: Jackson had great respect for the elites
False: He believed in the common man. He was seen as one to represent the interests of the people. He hated the privileges of the Eastern elites and felt they were unacceptable during an era with a common-man government.
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What was The Trail of Tears
Removed the Cherokees and forced to settle across the Missippi River in the Indian Territory of Oklahoma. One quarter of their population died.
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A (majority/minority) of planters who owned 20 or more slaves dominated the antebellum South?
Minority
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What new transportation revolutions occured?
Canals, steamboats, railroads.
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What is patronage?
The spoils system. Jackson filled his cabinet with his supporters, to reward them for voting for him, ignoring all recognition of merit.
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Why did Jackson veto the Second National Bank?
He opposed the Bank because it did not fulfill his expectations of representing the common man. He found it only to be beneficial to those elites. \
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Supreme Court Case: What was Worceser v. Georgia, 1831
Cherokees argued they were different than the other Native American tribes and tried to challenge the removal order. The Supreme Court supported the rights of the Cherokees and their tribal land.
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How was the cash crop of cotton improved and made easier to harvest?
The invention of the cotton gin. The new cash crop created a rise in the textile industry in England.
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What was the benefit of the Eerie Canal?
Srenghthened commercial and political ties between New York City and the cities on the Great Lakes
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What did Jackson do regarding suffrage?
Jackson expanded White male suffrage.
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What is The National Bank and did he agree or disagree with its principle?
Thanks to Jackson, the National Bank handled the federal governments deposits, extended credit and loans, and issued banknotes. Jackson disagreed because he did not find that the National Bank for only a select group handled large aspects of the nation.
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How many slaves did the majority of white families in the antebellum South own?
Zero.
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What is the cult of domesticity/republican motherhood
American women cannot vote, serve on juries, or perform other civic tasks. Republican motehrhood advanced the idea that women had a role to play as mothers and wives. They should be educated to take care of their childrens and respect America, and be concerned with domestic, family, and religious affairs.
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What is Nullification Crisis and Tariff of Abominations
Tariff: Raised the tariff on imported manufactured goods. The tariff protected the North but harmed the South. The South claimed that it was discriminatory and unconstitutional Nullification Crisis: Lead by South Carolina's John C. Calhoun to advocate nullification of the tariff.
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What were some consequences of Jackson's decision?
1. Jackson supported the removal of federal depositions from the Bank of the United States 2) Jackson's attack on the Bank of America caused an expansion of credit and speculation 3) The number of state banks, each issuing its own paper currency, increased 4) Jackson's veto the Bank of America created a competitive two-party system between the Whigs and his American System.
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Describe the slave society in the antebellum south.
1) Maintianed social networks among, even though they were separated 2) Increase in slaves was due to now American born slaves 3) Even though legal codes did not technically allow slave marraige, slaves were generally able to marry and was common in individual slave plantations. 4) Free African Americans could own some property, regardless of discrimination 5) Slave revolts were few.
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What is the Seneca Falls Movement?
Organized by Stanton and Lucretia Mott. Demanded greater rights for women such as women's suffrage, right to retain property after marriage, greater divorce and child custody rights, and equal educational opportunities.