Chapter Eleven Flashcards
Three forms of transportation
One positive and one weakness
Steamboat
Speed; could go against the tide
-boiler explosions, deforestation, pollution 1/3 of previous needed
Canals
Cheaper in carrying bigger loads
-expensive to dig and labor intensive
Railroads
Unified the country both culturally and economically
-at first however they were short and not very efficient at distributing goods
Why did women work in the textile factory and why were they so easily replaced?
Seek money and autonomy
Workers protested mill owners efforts to speed up work and lower wages
Their efforts were undermined in the 1840s as they were replaced by immigrants
Because workers were so easily replaced wages always remained low
List three things banks did in the Jacksonian era
“1. Stimulated the economy by granting loans to merchants and manufactures
2. Power deciding who got loans and what discount loans would be
3. Issued bank notes which effectively became the currency of the country “
Explain the two political parties and what they stood for
The whigs
“1. Vigorous programs of “internal improvements •transcontinental railroad, roads, canal systems
2. Support manufacturing, protective tariffs, public education “
Explain the two political parties and what they stood for
The Democrats
- Egalitarian agricultural society, traditional farm life, republican simplicity
- Modernization threatened to create politically powerful caste of aristocrats
The 1828 election was about character explain the compliments and criticisms of each candidate
John Quincy Adams
John Quincy Adam’s
2 of each
Criticisms- Elitist, bookish academic, monarchist
Compliments- pious, educated, virtuous
The 1828 election was about character explain the compliments and criticisms of each candidate
Andrew Jackson
Andrew Jackson
Criticisms- bastard, adulter, sinful, violent tempered, impulsive, unsuitable to be president 4/6
Compliments- Loyal, tough frontier hero who could command obedience, had a natural sense, wasn’t a “corrupt aristocrat of the East”, humble self made 3/5
Explain the nullification crisis.
What was the doctrine of nullification and Jackson’s response
Doctrine of Nullification
States had the right to abolish congressional acts in cases when Congress over stepped it powers
Jackson’s response
Sent armed ships to Charleston
Threatened Invasion
Pushes force bill through Congress
Defines SC stance as treason and authorizes military action to collect tariffs
How did Americans look to reform the nation? Discuss the objectives and strategies of the Temperance movement.
Seek new ways of perfecting not only themselves, but the society in which they lived
Called on faithful to take personal pledges of Temperance
Moderation not elimination
Use moral suasion and politics to undermine alcohol vendors
How did some Americans look to reform the nation? Discuss the objectives and strategies of the Abolition movement.
Seek new ways of perfecting not only themselves, but the society in which they lived
First organized against slavery using petitions and lectures
Newspapers
Immediate and complete emancipation of all slaves
How and why did slavery become an issue in the 1836 presidential election?
John C. Calhoun’s efforts to discredit Van Buren and win the Presidential nomination himself
1821 Van Buren supported suffrage for free blacks in New York
