Flashcards 2
What was the market revolution?
rural and urban industrialisation
first half of 19th century
What was labour like in rural areas pre-market revolution?
- labouring primarily for subsistence
- household more often a small farm
- women and children involved with family farming
What was labour like in urban areas pre-market revolution
- home was extended into the artisanal workshop
- workshops had a strict hierarchy
- master craftsman;s wife and daughters might see to feeding and clothing workshop artisans
What did metropolitan industrialisation lead to?
- apprenticeship system no longer profitable
- increase in small factories, hired temporary employees
- this sped up production but meant no. of men didn’t have a way of rising through ranks, could only stay as wage workers
- women no longer involved
How did industrialisation impact democracy?
wage earning men challenged idea that property ownership and economic independence were a prerequisite for political rights this class of w/c men argued they owned their own labour and that this ownership entitled them t full rights of citizenship
How did communication and transportation revolutionise?
More canals and railroads, easier to get goods among places
e.g. Erie Cana in Upper New York - now a transport link between Midwest and North
What is manifest destiny?
by the 1840s used to describe Go-given fate to expand west
ideas of American exceptionalism
What was Andrew Jackson’s campaign slogan?
Vote for Jackson who can fight not Adams who can write
How many slaves did Andrew Jackson have?
as many as 150 in his lifetime
Examples of Andrew Jackson fighting against Native Americans (2)
First Creek War
The Seminole Wars, Florida
By when did practically every state remove property qualification for voting?
1830
What was Andrew Jackson known as?
King Andrew
expanded powers of the presidency
When was Andrew Jackson elected?
1828
Examples of how Cherokees embraced Washington’s programme of ‘civilisation’
- some became slave holders
- developed own constitution
- invented and adopted system for writing the Cherokee language
Which Act demonstrated a shift in ideas towards Natives? What did it do?
Indian Removal Act 1830
- relocation of Natives to Oklahoma
- those who resisted were massacred by US soldiers
