Chapters 11 & 14 Flashcards
In the United States, changes to voting rules resulted in what by 1840?
almost universal white manhood suffrage
The New Yorker who established the Albany Regency was
Martin Van Buren
The 1820s and 1830s, famous for expanding democratic practices and opportunities for the “common man”
acted contrary to its reputation concerning women and blacks
The election of 1824 became identified in the public mind with the phrase
Corrupt Bargain
The presidential candidates in 1824 included:
Andrew Jackson
William H Crawford
John Quincy Adams
Henry Clay
The period from 1817 to 1824 is often referred to as the
Era of Good Feelings
Andrew Jackson was elected in 1828 based on
his popular appeal
His reputation as a war hero from the Battle of New Orleans
His outsider, common man status compared to Adams
His defeat of the Indians during the War of 1812
The infromal group of person advisor favored by President Jackson was called the
Kitchen Cabinet
Hnery Clay’s American System included
Federally funded improvements for roads and canals
Federally funded improvements for railroads
A national bank
A protective tariff
The political stage of the 1830s that centered on the fundamental problem of how to balance the interests of the states against the interest of the nations was the
Nullification Criss
Southern planters generally opposed tariffs for the following reasons
They had to pay both higher prices and provide unfair support to Washingtons
They believed in the principle of free trade
They thought tariffs were unconstitutional
They feared Europeans might respond with tariffs on cotton
The forced removal of the Cherokee form the East to Indians Terriftory is known as the
Trail of Tears
The second bank of the united states became a divisive political issue because
Jackson portrayed the Bank as the enemy of the people and a tool of the elite
The new political party of the 1830s called iteself the Whig Party because
That was the name of those opposed to royal absolutism in England
The financial collapse that followed the speulative boom after Jakcons killed the Second bank of the United States was the
Panic of 1837
The Whig’s campaign slogan in 1840 was
Tippecanoe and Tyler too
THe national raod
tied East and West together as a publci project
The market reovlution involved interrelated developments such as
Replacing the barter system with the productions of goods for a cash market
Building etter, faster transportaion systems
Ending household self-sufficiency
Replacing handmade roducts with machine made
The putting-out system
employed mostly unsilled workes doing piecework labor
The Spanish-speaking people born in Texas who joined the American settlers to fight for Texas independence but were alter largely focred out of Texas were called
Tejanos
The government-sponsored explorations of the West included:
Stephen Long’s mapping of the Great Plains
John Wesley Powell’s expedition through the Grand Canyon
LEwis and Clark expedition to the Pacific Ocean from St. Lous
John C Fremont’s mapping of trails to Oregona nd California
The argument that the United States had a God-given right to expand westward, provided by John O’Sullivan in 1945, was called
Manifest Destiny
THe slogan associated with President James K Polk, which intimated war if Britain did not concede to the United States all of Oregon Terrioty to the order of Russian Alaska, was
Fifty-Four Forty or Fight
The Oregon Treaty betweent the United States and Britain in 1846
Was a compromise setting the Canadian-US order at the 49th parallel
Texas was annexed in 1845 in large part because
James K Polk had won the elction on an expansionist platform
The Whigs called the Mexican-American War Mr. Polk’s War because they
believed Polk has misled the country and that they war was unnecessary
The mexican american war involved all of the following
Taylor’s defeat of Santa Anna in northern Mexico
THe commitment of atrocities by US trooos under Gneral Scott
The fall of California to Colonel Stephen Kearney and JOhn C Fremont
The fall of MExico City to General Winfield Scott
The Free-Soil Party
Wanted first and foremost to promote the interests of whites
Zachary Taylor and the Whigs won in 1848 for all of the following reasons
Van Buren divided teh Democats vote
Taylor ran as a war hero and avoided the divisive issues
The Free Soil ran as a thrid party, splittign Notehr otes
Lewis Cass was an epxansionist and alienated some Northerners
John Q Adams’ presidency ws marked with failure and disappointement
T
Andrew Jackson fel the “Bank War” was a necessary action to protect the best interest of the common man
T
Henry Clay initiated the Nullificiation Crisis by writing, Exposition and Protest
F
The Panic of 1837 was largely caused by economic policies of Andrew Jackson
T
Martin Van Buren served as secretary of State and Vice-president under Jakcons
T
The Supreme Court supported the economic opportunity by denying a monopoly in teh Charles River Bride v Warren Bride decision
T
All Indian trives east of the Mississipi River left their lands peacefully as a result of the Indian Removal Act
F
The market revolution was a short-lived and temporary change for the US
F
The transportation revolution fostered an optimistic and risk-taking mentality that stimulated innovation and invention
T
Manifest Destiny was more closely associated with the Democratic ary
T
The first permanent settlers int eh Oregon terriftory were Christian missionaries
F
After gaining independence from Spain, Mexico encouraged american settlers to move to Texas
T
From the beginning, the Mexican war was supported by nearly all Americans
F
Almost 40% of the gold iners in California were Americans
F
The Wilmot Proviso state that slavery would be banned in the US
F
The Free-Soil Party contributed geratly to the presidnetial vicotry of Zachary Taylor
T
