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Andrew Jackson
His presidency involved the Nullification Crisis, Bank War, and Indian Removal Act.
Spoils System
Practice of giving government jobs in exchange for political support.
Alexis de Tocqueville
Wrote "Democracy in America," commenting on the equality he saw between different classes in America.
Nullification Crisis
Event in which South Carolina refused to recognize the federal governments "Tariff of Abominations".
Secession
The act of a state withdrawing from the United States.
Webster-Hayne Debates
Event of two Senators arguing over whether or not states could nullify federal laws.
Force Bill
Act of Congress that authorized the president to use the military to enforce acts of Congress.
Indian Removal Act
Law that authorized the relocation of Native Americans to the Great Plains and led to the Trail of Tears.
Worchester v. Georgia
Ruled in favor of the Cherokee but was ignored by Andrew Jackson.
The "Bank War"
Event where Andrew Jackson "killed" the Bank of the United States.
Nativism
Feeling of hostility toward immigrants, especially Irish and Germans during the Antebellum period.
Know-Nothing party
Secretive political party that formed to oppose immigrants, especially the Catholic Irish.
Second Great Awakening
Religious revival that sparked many reform movements during the Antebellum Period.
Joseph Smith
Founder of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, whose members are commonly known as Mormons.
Brigham Young
Led Mormons west to modern-day Utah to escape religious persecution.
Transcendentalism
Philosophy that stressed the relationship between humans and nature, following one's intuition, and spiritual matters over material things.
Civil Disobedience
Essay written by Henry David Thoreau that emphasized the use of non-violent protest to create changes in society.
Utopian communities
Societies created reformers based their ideals for a perfect society.
Dorothea Dix
Reformer who exposed inhumane treatment of the mentally ill.
Horace Mann
Reformer who pushed for public, tax-supported schools with required attendance.
Temperance
Popular idea with reformers that pushed for moderation of alcohol use.
Separate Spheres
The idea that men and women had specific, different roles in society.
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Reformer who pushed for women's right, especially suffrage.
Seneca Falls Convention
Event which started the organized women's rights movement in the United States in 1848 and included the "Declaration of Rights and Sentiments".
Abolitionism
Reform movement that called for an immediate end of slavery.
William Lloyd Garrison
White abolitionist who published the newspaper, The Liberator.
Frederick Douglass
Former slave who wrote an autobiography recounting life as a slave, became a leading abolitionist.
Underground Railroad
Secret, informal organization that helped slave escape from the South.
Harriet Tubman
Most famous "conductor" of the Underground Railroad.
Nat Turner
Slave minister who organized one of the largest and most violent slave revolts in history of the United States.
Battle of the Alamo
Battle during the Texas War of Independence that was a victory for Mexico but gave Texas time to organize its army for later victories.
Battle of San Jacinto
Battle during the Texas War of Independence that forced Mexico to give Texas independence.
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