chapter 13-15 ids

corrupt bargain

Political deal between clay and Adams that clay will support Adams if clay were made vice president

· Sig: john Quincy Adams won the election

tarrif of abominations

Scornful southern term for the high Tariff of 1828

Southerns angered for favoring the north

henry clay

The great compromiser, supported infrastructure improvements

The American system

anti masonic party

political party that originated a new method of nominating presidential candidate

third party and started holding presidential nominating conventions

john calhoun

Supporter of states' rights and slavery

nullification theory

tammany hall

Had Irish corrupt boss - “Boss Tweed”

became local political machine for democrats

know nothing party

Political party that didn't take a clear side

· Became the American Party

commonwealth v hunt

Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Cour

ruled that labor unions are legal if they use legal means to achieve their goals

eli whitney

American inventor

cotton gin

dewitt clinton

father of erie canal

camp meetings

outdoor Christian revival events that took place in the early 19th century during the Second Great Awakening

helped spread and encourage the revival of religion

maine of law of 1851

Total ban on making and selling liquor

Influences temperance movement

oneida community

a religious utopian community “Christian perfectionist”

. First religious society

transcendentalism

movement that emphasized the innate goodness of people and nature, and the importance of self-reliance and individualism

Supported American system

dorothea dix

Quietly determined reformer who substantially improved conditions for the mentally ill

key role in supporting the mentally ill

susan b anthony

leader in the women's suffrage movement

Co-founded NWSA

ralph waldo emerson

Second-rate poet and philosopher, but first-rate promoter of transcendentalist ideals and American culture

edgar allan poe

.Eccentric genius whose tales of mystery, suffering, and the supernatural departed from general American literary trends

Developed the gothic horry story + invented detective genre

nathaniel hawthorne

Wrote the scarlet letter

Pioneer in literature whose work showed the complexities of the human experience