hota: Jacksonian Democracy & Manifest Destiny

Louisiana Purchase:

1803. Jefferson doubled the size of the new nation

1820s voting conditions

letting the wealthy decide, competing parties were nonexistent, direct appeals by candidates=poor taste,property/taxpaying requirements, Presidential electors chosen by state legislatures, voting participation around 30%

1817-1825

monroe-quincy adams

Era of good feelings

Late 1810-good atmosphere bc of war w british ended

missouri crisis

Era of good feelings gets adjusted bc of

reinvest in slavery

cotton gin allowed the south to…

Jacksonian Democracy

Voting participation going up, Restrictions going down 

Suffrage

 right to vote

caucus system (deference)

Statewide nominating conventions (primaries) replaced what?

80%

By 1840, voter participation increased to

Women, Indians, African Americans

Who didn't have political rights?

Missouri Crisis 1819

missouri (from Louisiana purchase) wanted to be in the 

union as a slave state. (balance questioned)

north-congress should be allowed to prohibit slavery

-south-popular sovereignty (states decide)

Missouri Crisis sides:

1819

Missouri Crisis

 if the gradually get rid of slaves

Missouri crisis agreement

restrict slavery in Missouri as a condition of allowing it to

 become a state. It moved to senate!

Tallmadge's proposal wanted to

1820 henry clay

Missouri Compromise (yr and nm)

Missouri Compromise 2 things

1.

-Missouri-slave state

•Maine-free state

(equal representation)

2.

Banned slavery throughout the remaining louisiana purchase territory 

3630 north latitude

1824

Corrupt Bargain yr

Corrupt Bargain of 1824:

Jackson  wins by # of votes by not majority (electoral college), so 

Clay convinced Congress to elect Quincy Adams, who then made Clay his  Secretary of State.-jackson

Democratic republicans

Jacksonian democrats

gov should support westward expansion

whigs

attack ads, over triple ppl voted more

Election of 1828

jackson

who created spoils system

his supporters

“Jackson coalition”

benefited northeastern manufacturers at the 

expense of the southern consumers

1828 tariff (tax on trade)

 the relationship between the

 national government and the states

SC threatened to nullify 1828 tariff bc of…

Nullification

states could ignore a national law by WHAT

Calhoun

 Leading theorist of nullification! (jackson’s VP)

Calhoun’s argument

states could refuse to enforce laws passed by Congress if they felt the national government was exceeding its authority

Nullification Crisis

Despite this tariff lowering the rates, SC nullified the Tariff of 1832

Calhoun

1st ever Vice President in American history to resign from office

1833

Force Act year

1833 Force Act

authorizes president to use military force to execute federal laws.

he will go to war with SC, if necessary 

SC nullified the Force Act so Jackson says..

Compromise Tariff of 1833

lowered the tariff rate over period of 10 years

Nullification compromise

temporarily resolve the issue of states rights.

1830s recession (“panic”)

pushed ppl to more willing to migrate west to current day OREGON

20,000

how many ppl died migrating

over 350,000

how many Americans went West? (1840-1865)

Donner Party

cannibalism

American's Manifest Destiny

expand over the entire continent 

Empresario land rights

more settlers = more land given to the leader as a reward

1.become Mexican citizens

2.convert to Catholicism

3.do their business dealings in spanish

What did they have to do living in Tejas?

1827

what yr did Mexico restrict trade w US

1834

what yr did Santa Anna overthrow the government and declare himself dictator of Mexico

1835

what yr did American colonists adopted a constitution and organized a temporary government; voted against independence

Houston

who was elected to lead military forces against Santa Anna?

Feb 22- Mar 6, 1836

what date was Almo battle

1836-1845

when did quincy adams filibuster a bill to annex Texas

Lone Star Republic?

whigs

Opposition party against jacksonian democracy (supported westward expansion)

polk

Annexation of texas leads to the first ever outsider getting nominated…who?

support of annexation of texas

why did polk get nominated?

polk

 strong supporter of Manifest Destiny and annexation 

of Texas

“54°40’ or Fight!”

slogan

Oregon Treaty of 1846

49th Parallel (border between canada and US)

Gag order

couldn’t bring up slavery after missouri compromise

1845 USA to Mexico deal

1. rio grande river border

2. forgive

3. buy New Mexico for 5 mil

4. pay mexico anything to get CA

May 11 1846

what date did President James K. Polk ask Congress to declare War

US westward movement and the annexation of Texas

what sparked the Mexican-American War?

1848 Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

Mexico agreed that Texas' border is the Rio Grande River and 

gave up New Mexico & California territories

1848 (rush in 49)

year gold was discovered