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Jefferson, WW, cotton, lewis and Clark, agrarian, sectionalism, Jackson, 2nd Great Awakening, Jacksonian Democracy
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Thomas Jefferson
3rd pres, agrarian, made louisiana purchase, wanted individual freedom/social equality for yt men, and shrank fed bureaucracy and army/navy(pro state)
Barbary Pirates
North African pirates who raided American ships after America didn’t wanna pay ransom for trading anymore, prompted the Barbary Wars & reduced the ransom.
federalist
loose constructionists favoring a strong central government and supporting commerce.
democratic republicans
strict constructionists favoring a limited federal government and supporting agrarian interests.
louisiana purchase
in 1803 US (James Monroe) got Louisiana Territory from France cz France worried ab Haitian Rev, facilitating WW expansion and doubled US size. Led to more opportunity for farmers cz of New Orleans/Missisppi River routes
Judiciary Act
of 1789 established the federal judiciary system of the United States, creating the Supreme Court and lower federal courts.
Midnight Judges
Adams appointed Federalist judges to keep influence before he left office, on of them (Marbury) got fired by Jeff and sued
Marbury V Madison
1803 increased fed court authority by letting them declare things unconstitutional, aka asserted judicial review(spurred by Midnight Judges/Judiciary Act
New Orleans 1800s
Port city for ag. exports like cotton, very racially diverse and important to the economy.
Lewis and Clark expedition
led by Lewis and Clark from 1804-06, they explored the Louisiana Territory to find scientific data, reported Spanish/French military power, made treaties w Natives, and found Pacific Ocean route.
Corps of Discovery
mapped the land, diplomatic ties w Natives, and collected scientific data
Embargo Act
Jeff wanted to maintain neutrality so no trade in any foreign ports because of Napoleonic Wars, but it hurt economy in NE/ farmers
Non Intercourse Act
restricted trade w Brit and French and NA tribes.
War Hawks
ppl who were pro war against British during War of 1812 because of impressment
Battle of Thames
American W in War of 1812, defeated Tacumseh (shawnee leader)
Battle of Horseshoe
Andrew Jackson devestated Cherokee and Creek pop in wo1812
Treaty of Ghent
1814 finally restored pre wo1812 borders
Battle of New Orleans
Another Andrew Jackson W in wo1812
Hartford Convention
Federalists were anti wo1812, had a convention to propose constitutional amendments, and even possible sucession
wo1812 Impact
us was bankrupt, Indian tribes had no power, Rush-Bagot Treaty ensured Canada-US border peace, industrialization/manufacturing of US increased, and ppl were proud to win versus British
Anglo-American Convention 1818
established border agreements w Canada/Brit, and joint occupation of Oregon
war of 1812
1812-1815 US and Brit conflict cz of trade restrictions(Embargo Act), impressment, and territorial expansion. US won Ohio Indiana Illinois Missisppi Alabama and Louisiana after purchase and war.
Adams Onis Treaty
spain ceded Florida and Oregon Territory to US 1819
Monroe Doctrine
EU not allowed to interfere in Americas/Western Hemisphere after Latin America got independence
James Monroe
5th president, made the Missouri Compromise, Monroe Doctrine, and annexed Florida for US
Era of Good Feelings
James Monroes terms where federalists party died off after wo1812
American System
Proposed by Henry Clay, system that implemented high protective tariffs, fed funded roads/canals for economy, 2ND national bank. Worked against farmers interests and further exacerbated the national divide
Missouri Compromise/Compromise of 1820
Henry Clay said Missouri could be slave state and Maine free state, divided US into 36 30 line
Market Revolution
early 19th century shift from agrarian to market system because of industrialization, transportation(RR, canals, steamboats), communication and industry advances. It connected northern industries w western/southern farms.
Erie Canal
Canal that increased commerce from Hudson River to Great Lakes, it was farmers link to markets, importing fresh goods and cemented NYCs role in nations commerce
Steamboats
cut travel times through Missisippi River in 1820s and made rivers important in commerce
Banks role
they were for loans, interest, paper currency, credit, bank notes, and were the 1st corporations.
Dartmouth College v Woodward
private corps have rights similar to individuals, states couldnt violate contracts through new legislation
McCulloch V Maryland
determined states couldn’t interfere w gov workings, gov>state
Gibbons V Odgen
NY wasn’t allowed to give Fulton/Odgen Ferry a monopoly on NY harbor because it was interstate; only Congress can control interstate business
Worchester v Georgia
1832 GA cant regulate deals on Cherokee territory, only fed gov can and fed gov forced Cherokee into Oklahoma/trail of tears
Whig Party
supported Adams-Clay American System, named National Republicans at first, opposed JacksonianDE
Democratic Party
rights of the “common man”, Jacksonians limited fed gov, didn’t want fed gov in economy cz scared of it interfering w slavery
Election of 1824
John Quincy Adams vs Andrew Jackson, the Electoral College voted for Jackson but Adams won through House of Representatives and people believed this was a “Corrupt Bargain” between Clay and Adams
Panic of 1819
The demand for cotton in Britain went down, cotton mills were processing too much and value went down. Many limited credit/closed loans, and ppl became unemployed. It showed how devastating the newly interconnected economy can become when faced with adversaries.
Cotton Gin/Spinning Machine
increased industry output, increased slavery demand, grew economy
Interchangable Parts
mass production of products, swapped for one another in manufacturing
American System of Manufacturing
Water powered machines, unskilled laborers doing repetative tasks
Railroads
grew in 1830s connecting western frontier to rest of US; influenced trade and stimulated coal mining and iron manufacturing
Baltimore &Ohio
1st major RR of US
Immigration
German and Irish immigrants came but were discriminated against for being catholic
Tenement Housing
Immigrants in urban areas lived in these houses with poor sanitization and crowded areas
Wall of Separation
Church and state shouldn’t combine according to Republican ideals, CT and MA were last to separate politics from church 1833
Second Great Awakening
1820-1840s Methodists, Baptists, Protestants, Presbyterian groups grew from new revivals. It was emotional, egalitarian, and individualistic with AA and yts. Catholic Church also grew cz Irish
Religion for Slaves
their owners preached obedience, but some slaves grew hope because of religion/community songs and revolted like in South Carolina in 1822
Jewish Immigrants
formed synagogues, lived in east coast(NYC, Philadelphia, New Port, later Baltimore, New Orleans)
Middle Class Emerged
grew in the north because of market rev/expendable income
Cult of Domesticity
ideal women was a caregiver/homemaker for children/husband. lower class women had to work though
Universal Suffrage
but only for white men, they wanted to eliminate property qualifications for voting and this created political parties(national rep/whigs v demo)
Tariff of 1828(Tariff of Abominations)
import duties raised up to 50%, lowered cotton tax, southerners relied on import goods and disliked cz it made their cost of living higher, Western farmers and northern manufacturers liked
Nullification
Calhoun said states could declare tariffs/laws null/void
Spoils System
deteriorated fed services cz civil servants were being replaced by random officials
Jacksons Administration
his presidency was center of gov, forced indians west, anti Bank of US, pro union, expanded role of yt males in politics
Indian Removal Act
forced the Five Civilized Tribes out to Indian Territory, caused Trail of Tears where 1/3rd of Cherokee died going to Oklahoma
Second Bank of US
1816 bank that regulated currency/credit(farmers disliked it), Jackson killed it in 1832 and made the fed revenue go to state banks instead cz he thought it was a threat to democracy/elitist
South Carolina Radicals
ppl who were antifederal cz of fear over slavery abolishment
Reforms from 2nd Great Awakening
reformed alcohol use, women’s rights, abolition, insanity and prison reform emerged because of this
Charles Finney
lead the revivalism in 1820s, preached along the erie canal for ppl to change their lives, his preaching fit the egalitarian spirit of equal opportunity and rights.
Transcendalism
part of the rise of Utopian religious communities, a belief of passionate, direct experience of the world, self sufficiency, and gender equality(Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry David Thoreau)
Mormons
part of the rise of Utopian religious communities, Joseph Smith Book of Mormon had a Mormon War over monogamy and lost, they went to Utah and created a theocracy
Common School Crusade
reorganization of school system in US, started by Horace Mann and Catherine Beecher(women’s ed.) promoted equal public education on morality; Jacksonians saw as undemocratic/unnessesary/Catholics disliked cz they thought it was enforcing Protestant morality and created their own schools
McGuffeys Reader
Nations textbook to create a unified, literate and patriotic society
Romanticism
Hudson River school painted idealized rural landscape and beauty of natural america
Force Bill
Andwer Jackson was allowed to use force to enforce federal law in South Carolina (they were gna secede cz of tariffs of Abominations)
Noah Webster
made American English standardized with his dictionary
Oneida Christianity
They were basically communist and didn’t have private property and had complex marriages.
Temperance Society 1826
mid 1800s targeted against working class men who abused alcohol founded by business men/clergy
Abolition in 19th Century
Early 19th century it was quakers and free blacks but later picked up speed with William Llyod Garrisons Liberator
William Lloyd Garrison
made the Liberator in 1832 arguing that white ppl should use moral persuasion to fight against slavery and caused creation of American Anti Slavery Society
Northern Opinion on Slavery
many northerns feared abolition because of cotton industry/sugar trade effects, ppl didn’t want their jobs in trouble
Womens Rights
grew alongside abolitionism/temperance as women realized they needed more individual power to make a difference in their movements
Seneca Falls Convention
NY convention that called for equality in education, legal rights, and voting. They made Declaration of Sentiments
Nat Turners Rebellion
Slave revolt in Virginia caused because turner believed that God called on him to revolt; caused even harsher discipline of slaves
Yeoman Farmers
were individual farm land owners in the south, didn’t have slaves but still believed in the institution of slavery
Henry David Thoreau
civil disobedience- gov that violates morality nas no authority
The Shakers
Led by Mother Ann Lee, died out due to celibacy, they had community life and shared property
Martin Van Buren
1837-1841 spent his term with bank failures, mass unemployment, and bankruptcies