APUSH 282-299

franchise

the right to vote

notables

northern landlords, slow-owning planters, and seaport merchants who dominated the political system of the early nineteenth century

political machine

a highly organized group of insiders that direct a political party 

caucus

a meeting held by a political party to choose candidates, make politics, and enforce party discipline 

demographic transition

the sharp decline in birthrate in the US beginning because it was caused by changes in cultural behavior, including the use of birth control 

republican motherhood 

the idea that the primary political role of American women was to instill a sense of patriotic duty and republican virtue in their sons and husbands and mold them into exemplary citizens. 

American Colonization Society

founded by Henry Clay and other prominent citizens, the society argued that slaves had to be freed and then resettled, in Africa or elsewhere. 

Missouri compromise

a series of agreements devised by speaker of the house, Henry Clay. Maine was a free state and Missouri was a slave state to create a balance in the senate between the North and South. 

American System

the mercantilist system of national economic development advocated by Henry Clay and adopted by John Quincy Adams with a national bank to manage the financial system, as well as tariffs, and nationally funded networks of roads, etc.

internal improvements 

government funded public works such as roads and canals 

Corrupt bargain

when speaker of the house Henry Clay used his influence to select John Quincy Adams as president and Adams appointed Clay as secretary of state

tariff of abomination

A tariff enacted that raised duties significantly on raw materials, textiles, and iron goods, which enraged the South. 

spoils system

the widespread award of public jobs to political supporters after an electoral victory 

second bank of the united states

national bank with multiple branches chartered for 20 years to help regulate the economy