Jacksonian Dmocracy
President Associated with the common people
Who is Andrew Jackson?
Large meetings outdoors where people came to worship and listen to the teachings of pastors like at Cane Ridge in Kentucky
What were Camp Meetings?
Southerners tried to defend slavery using an important book
What is the Bible?
This state fought for independence from Mexico before joining the US
What is Texas?
This law required Northerners to comply in returning escaped slaves
What are Fugitive Slave laws?
Divided the North and South into slave and free states along the 36'30' latitude line
What is The Missouri Compromise?
A non-traditional preacher who spewed fire and brimstone sermons on the streets and was given this fond nickname for is unkempt and rough looking appearance
Who is Crazy Dow?
A sophisticated escape system aided by individuals like Harriet Tubman to help slaves reach the safety of the North
What is the Underground Railroad?
Due to the discovery of gold in California in 1848
What was the California Gold Rush or the 49ers?
The ability for majority rules to decide
What is popular sovereignty?
The Indian Removal Act led to this event
What was the Trail of Tears?
The Grandson of Jonathan Edwards and president of Yale University
Who is Timothy Dwight?
An important voice in the Abolition movement and author of Uncle Tom's Cabin
Who is Harriet Beecher Stowe?
The most prominent trail to the west that was blazed by Lewis and Clark first
What is the Oregon Trail?
California admitted as a free state, Future states to decide slavery based on popular sovereignty
What is the Compromise of 1850?
The system of passing off government jobs to loyal supporters and championed by Andrew Jackson
What is the spoils system?
The Second Great Awakening also sparked reformers the speak out about slavery and create the tension that would lead to war
What was the Abolition Movement?
An important Abolitionist who had escaped slavery and educated Americans in the North and in Europe of the horrors of slavery
Who is Frederick Douglass?
The reason Texas was not immediately annexed by the US
What would they do about slavery?
High stakes court case that decided slaves were property and not citizens
What is the Dred Scott Decision?
The destruction of this institution increased the view of Andrew Jackson as a Tyrant
What was the National Bank?
The Second Great Awakening put an Emphasis on an individuals choice to make their faith their own which also aligned with what political principle that grew during this era as well
What is democracy/suffrage/voting?
Who is William Lloyd Garrison?
A war fought to expand US Territory from Sea to Sea
What was the Mexican-American War?
The fight over slavery in Kansas-Nebraska
What is Bleeding Kansas?