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Chapter 10: The Triumph of the White Men's Democracy Flashcards

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Democracy

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Direct rule of the people.
Greek
People first started calling America a democracy between 1820-1830

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Social leveling

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The social classes could not be seen based on appearance or the places they went to.
Lowly people could rise up through the ranks

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Equality of opportunity

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Not equality of reward, but the equality of chances to get the reward

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“Servants”

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Those who were once called servants, are now the hired Help.

More respect than servants

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Thomsonianism

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Form of medical treatment bases on roots and herbs.

Make everyone their own physician.

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Sentimentalism

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Writing style that pulled emotional stops and thrilled readers and bring them to tears.
Usually written by women

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The Quaker City

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By Lippard

Gothic horror + heroine v. Villain

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Hidden Hand

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By Southworth

Heiress v. villainous suitors

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Melodrama

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Popular theatre style of the time.
Heroine + mustachioed villain + desu ex machine hero
Unpopular plays/actors could start riots

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Edwin Forest

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A famous actor, whose rival caused a riot that killed 23 people by simply being in a play

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William Sydney Mount and George Caleb Bingham

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Democratic painters.

Turned from portraits of famous people, and painted everyday moments

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Greek Style

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An impressive style of building that was very cheap.

Symbolized glory of achievements

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Greenough

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A sculptor who got in trouble for sculpting an image of George Washington, shirtless.

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“Brahmin Poets”

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Longfellow, J.R. Lowell, O.W. Holmes - wrote of lofty sentiments and moral messages

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N. Hawthorne and H. Melville

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Flopped as authors because their writing style was depressing.
Now The Scarlet Letter and Moby Dick are classics

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Walt Whitman

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Poet
Mouthpiece of rising democratic spirit.
Wrote very sexually

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The Stump

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Tree stumps that politicians would stand on to give speeches.
Seen as scandalous by the wealthy

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Martin Van Buren

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Loyal Opposition

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Work off of your opponent’s mistakes, but do not get mad and deny them the right to do the same

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The Democrats and the Whigs

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State parties that agreed on a few things joined forces to become big

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The Money Power

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Money and the bank put the republic at risk.

Jacksonian Ideal

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“Rabble-Rousers”

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Others against the “money power” ideal

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Laissez-Faire

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Producers

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Farmers, laborers, artisans, and small business owners.

Abused by the parasites

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Parasites

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Banks, speculators, and merchant capitalists.

Abused the producers

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Tomas Skidmore

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New York Working Men’s Party

No more inheritance and redistribution of property

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Mechanics Union of Trade Associations

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Philadelphia
First metropolitan labor movement.
Launched the Working Men’s Party to compete in local elections

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Jacksonian Democracy

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His presidency was so awesome, people had to give it a special name

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Electoral College Plurality

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At least half the electoral votes.

Jackson won this, but not the popular vote

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Corrupt Bargain

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Henry Clay lost, so he asked his supporters to vote for Adams.
In return, Adams made Clay Secretary of State.
People became suspicious of Adams.

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Tariff of Abominations

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Made to try and please everyone.
Jackson supporters voted for it because they knew it would make people mad at Adams.
Backfired

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Logrolling

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Buying out votes.

I will vote for you if you vote for me

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Rachel Jackson

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Adams supporters claimed she was having an affair because she did not want to marry Jackson.
Mud Slinging

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The Spoils System

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Rotation of office

Called such because people thought he was doing it for his friends

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Peggy Eaton Affair

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Brought up poor, lonely Peggy (ignored by other wives due to social standing).
Only Buren backed him, everyone else quit.

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Cherokee Nation

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Refused to move from their lands

Civilized Indian tribe

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Sequoyah

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Wrote a written language for the Cherokees

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Worcester v. Georgia

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Ruled that Georgia had no right to get involved in Indian affairs

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Trail of Tears

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4 thousand Indians died on this path to Oklahoma

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Peculiar institution

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What the north called slavery.

South was getting worried about attacks on it

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Nullification

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State’s right to ignore certain federal laws

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Jefferson’s Day Dinner

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Calhoun openly defied Jackson

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Special Convention of South Carolina

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Voted to nullify tariffs

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Force Bill

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President can enforce revenue laws

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Bank War

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Attack waged by Jackson on the bank of the US

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Nicholas Biddle

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President of the bank.
People had confidence with him.
Able manager

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Kitchen Cabinet

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No official advisers of Jackson

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Bank Veto

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Jackson vetoed Biddle’s request for a recharter.
Unconstitutional
Violated fundamental rights of the people

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Election of 1832

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Built off of the standing bank or no bank ideal.

Jackson’s popular vote was not as high was it had been in 1828

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Roger B. Taney

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Jackson loyalist who replaced a cabinet member who disagreed with Jackson

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Pet banks

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The few state banks that Jackson transferred the government deposits to

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Whigs

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A political party based on a common hate of Jackson

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Executive usurpation

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Rallying cry against Jackson

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King Andrew

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What the Whigs called Jackson.

Propaganda

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Anti-Masonic Party

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A part of the Whigs.
Detested Jacksonianism because it excepted diversity
Government should restrict sinful behavior

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Loco-Foco

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Radicals
Extreme bank haters
Did not join the Whigs
Made the Equal Rights Party

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Equal Rights Party

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See Loco-Foco

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Specie Circular

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Stopped the rising cash volume

Specie only

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Election of 1836

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Buren for president

Whigs chose a candidate for each region

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Panic of 1837

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Beyond the control of American policy makers

Gamed on Jacksonian Finance

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Independent Subtreasury Bill

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Established public place for government funds
Not tied to the bank
Wig opposition stalled the bank for 3 years

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Tippecanoe and Tyler Too

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Campaign slogan of Henry Harrison and john Tyler. Harrison died giving a speech in the rain.

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