APUSH 13-16 DBQ

Revolution of 1828

This term refers to Andrew Jackson's presidential victory over John Quincy Adams, symbolizing the shift of political power from the eastern elite to the western "common man" and the expansion of mass democracy.

New Democracy

This political phenomenon was characterized by the expansion of suffrage to most white males, popular campaigning, and the rise of the common man in American politics.

Corrupt Bargain

The accusation that Henry Clay swayed the House of Representatives to elect John Quincy Adams president in the 1824 election, in exchange for Clay being appointed Secretary of State, fueled outrage that helped propel Jackson to the presidency in 1828.

Andrew Jackson

An American military hero and politician, he was the seventh President of the United States (1829–1837) whose election marked the beginning of the Jacksonian Democracy era. Refused to recharter BUS.

Samuel Slater

Brought British textile machinery ideas to America; “Father of the Factory System.”

Eli Whitney

Invented the cotton gin and promoted interchangeable parts.

Erie Canal

Linked Great Lakes with the Hudson River, boosting trade and settlement.

Lancaster Turnpike

First major U.S. toll road between Philadelphia and Lancaster.

Order of the Star Spangled Banner

Secret anti German and Irish immigration organization (nativism).

Commonwealth v. Hunt

Supreme Court case that legalized labor unions (1842).

Second Great Awakening

Religious revival movement in the early 19th century that inspired social reforms like abolition and temperance.

American Temperance Society

Organization founded in 1826 to encourage abstinence from alcohol.

Oneida Colony

Utopian community in New York that practiced communal living and shared marriage under John Humphrey Noyes.

Dorothea Dix

Reform leader who campaigned for humane treatment of the mentally ill and improved conditions in asylums.

Horace Mann

Education reformer known as the “Father of Public Education” for promoting free, universal schooling.

Planter Aristocracy

Wealthy Southern elite who owned large plantations and dominated politics, economy, and society.

William Garrison

Radical abolitionist who published The Liberator and co-founded the American Anti-Slavery Society.

Frederick Douglass

Former enslaved man who became a leading abolitionist, orator, and writer of The North Star newspaper.

Uncle Tom’s Cabin

1852 novel by Harriet Beecher Stowe that exposed the cruelties of slavery and increased Northern opposition to it.

Gag Resolution

Congressional rule in the 1830s that automatically tabled anti-slavery petitions without discussion.