Jacksonian America
The Tariff of 1828, passed by the Adams Administration, and which raised tariff duties up to 50%, was hated by this vice president to Andrew Jackson.
Who is John Calhoun?
This Englishman memorized the design of British textile machines and brought the plans to the U.S., known as "Slater the Traitor."
Who is Samuel Slater?
These two political parties, with contrasting visions for America, fueled the ultimate rise of the two-party system culminating in the Election of 1800.
What is the Federalist Party and the Democratic-Republican Party?
The renewal of the charter of this product of Henry Clay's American System was vetoed by Andrew Jackson, who decided that it favored the elite.
What is the Second Bank of America?
This social philosophy defined women’s roles as being centered around managing the household and raising moral children, in contrast to men’s roles in the public economy.
What is the cult of domesticity?
This term describes the British practice of kidnapping American sailors to force them into service in the British Royal Navy, which was a major factor of the Embargo Act and eventually the War of 1812.
What is Impressment?
Though the Cherokee nation won the court case for their land, the United States went behind their back with a small group of Native Americans to sign an illegitimate treaty that led to this famous and deadly forced displacement of Native Americans in America.
What is the Trail of Tears?
This invention by Eli Whitney, capable of producing 50 pounds of cotton a day, revitalized the demand for slave labor in the South.
What is cotton gin?
This group of North American British allies, headed by Shawnee prophet Tenskwatawa and his brother Tecumseh, vied to create a buffer state between British Canada and the growing USA to halt US westward expansion, another contributing factor to the War of 1812.
What is Tecumseh’s Confederacy / What is the Northwest Confederacy / What is the Great Lakes Confederation?
This movement emerged in America and believed that beauty could be found in nature and in self. Members of this movement believed that moral perfection could be made in America.
What is transcendentalism?
The Market Revolution created a demand for cheap labor, which attracted large numbers of immigrants from these two European countries in the early 19th century.
What are Ireland and Germany?
This convention, held by twenty-six Federalists in Connecticut to discuss the economic effects of the War of 1812, ultimately marked the beginning of the demise of the Federalist Party and ushered in the Era of Good Feelings.
What is the Hartford Convention?
This controversial South Carolinian Presbyterian minister contributed greatly to the Second Great Awakening by spreading religious ideas back to cities. Before his death, his last words were "The South! the Poor South!"
Who is Charles Finney?
This economic downturn, occurring in 1819, was America’s first major depression, foreshadowing future cycles of boom and bust.
What is the Panic of 1819?
This political party objected to the proposed Louisiana Purchase, voicing concerns that it would create more openings for potential slave states, and questioned its overall constitutionality.
What is the Federalist Party?