Antebellum America Flashcards
Who led a slave revolt in Virginia,( 1831)
Nat Turner
Turner and his followers killed some 50-60 whites before being put down by state militia. This made by people fear further slave rebellions and ended all discussion of slavery reform within the South.
Define
Republican motherhood:
Republican Motherhood is educating women with American democratic principles, so that those principles could be passed on to the next generation of Americans.
What was something different about Tyler’s presidency
Tyler was the first Vice President to become President following the death of a sitting President.
By the end of his term, Tyler was unpopular. Democrats felt too similar to the Whigs, and Whigs felt him too close to the Democrats, especially after Tyler vetoed the Whig bank recharter.
John Tyler was later elected to the Confederate Congress, but died before taking office.
Why did the Irish move to the U.S?
the Irish Potato Famine
Most of the immigration between 1845 and 1852 can be attributed to the Irish Potato Famine. The potato was an Irish dietary staple, and some million inhabitants of Ireland died of starvation.
(1823) many Eropenas tried to take control of new colonies in central and South America so the Monroe doctrine was established what’d it do?
The Monroe Doctrine asserted that no further European colonization would be allowed in the New World and any attempt to do so would result in American intervention.
