Issue that threatened the spirit of nationalism in the US.
What is slavery?
100
The perfect place....example would be the Shakers, Brook, Farm, Onieda,....
What are utopias?
100
Divine right to cover the entire continent.
What is Manifest Destiny?
100
Connected the northwestern US (great lakes) to the Atlantic Ocean and helped speed up trade.
What is the Erie Canal?
100
Party that formed in opposition to Andrew Jackson's policies.
What is the Whig Party?
200
System proposed by Henry Clay that would unite the nation econmically by building roads and canals, creating a tariff, and strengthening the national bank.
What is the American System?
200
Stressed the individual's role in obtaining salvation and would encourage reform in other areas of society.
What is the Second Great Awakening?
200
Two Inventions that changed farming in the 1800s....particularly in the midwest.
What are the steel plow and the mechanical reaper?
200
Sped up communication in the mid-1800s.
What is the telegraph?
200
Issued by James Monroe as a warning to European nations to leave the US alone.
What is the Monroe Doctrine?
300
"Band-aid" introduced by Henry Clay to settle the issue of slavery in the Louisiana territory....and create a balance between slave and free states.
What is the Missouri Compromise?
300
Frederick Douglas and William Lloyd Garrison published newspapers to promote this cause.
What is abolition?
300
Ended the War with Mexico and created huge territorial gains for the US.
What is the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo?
300
period of time before the Civil War
What is antebellum?
300
Movement pushed by women to curb the use of alcohol.
What is temperance?
400
Issue that sparked the South Carolina Nullification Crisis and caused John C. Calhoun to threaten secession.
What is the Tariff of Abominations?
400
Philosophical and literary movement that stressed living a simple life, perfection, and truth found in nature and personal emotion.
What is transcendentalism?
400
Mormon leader who would take his people to Utah.
Who is Brigham Young?
400
Issue associated with the Presidential campaign of James K. Polk and the slogan "54-40 or Fight"
What is the annexation of Oregon?
400
Idea promoted by Henry David Thoreau...if you do not believe in something you may go against it to break the law...but be willing to accept your punishment.
What is Civil Disobedience?
500
Promoted nationalism by acquiring Florida from Spain.
What is the Adams-Onis Treaty?
500
Women gathered here to push for equality and the right to vote.
What is Seneca Falls?
500
In the 1800s people began to buy and sell good instead of making good themselves.
What is the Market Revolution?
500
Leader of a slave revolt in Viriginia that resulted in stronger slave codes.
Who is Nat Turner?
500
Issue that made many Jackson supporters angry in 1824 when he lost the election to John Q. Adams.