Chap 7: Section 4 Flashcards
What was the USA’s most divisive (alienating) issue?
Whether slavery should expand westward
What state applying for statehood made tensions rise?
Missouri (1819)
What states did the Union consist of in 1819?
11 free and 11 enslaved states
Missouri Compromise
This legislation admitted Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a non-slave state at the same time, so as not to upset the balance between slave and free states in the nation
What problem developed after the implementation of the Missouri Compromise?
Members of the Missouri constitutional convention said that free African Americans could not enter Missouri
What did the Missouri controversy threaten?
Missouri’s admission to the Union
How many candidates ran for president in 1824?
4
What did all 4 candidates have in common?
They were all Republicans and they were all “favorite sons”
“Favorite Sons”
A politician whose electoral appeal comes from their native state, rather than their political views
What 2 candidates represented the West?
Andrew Jackson from Tennessee and Henry Clay from Kentucky
What candidate represented the South?
William Crawford from Georgia
What candidate represented New England?
John Quincy Adams of Massachusetts
How did Crawford run?
Based on TJeff’s principles (strict constructionist)
How did Clay run?
Favored national bank (AHam) and other things that together were the American System (internal improvements, bank, tariffs, etc)
How did Adams run?
Similar to Clay but didn’t show as much enthusiasm for tariffs as Clay did (American System)