Industrial and Transportation Revolution Flashcards
Missouri Compromise
1820, Missouri admitted as a slave state, Maine separated from Massachusetts and became a free state. Addressed the expansion of slavery and the balance of free and slave states
Jacksonian Democracy
used spoil system, gave government jobs to supporters, increases party support, assured loyalty to president
McCulloch vs. Maryland
1819, Justice John Marshal, established second bank of U.S., federal laws superior to state
Steps leading to Nullification Crisis
Southern states believed they had the right to nullify protective tariffs, Jackson condemned nullification, threatened to send federal troops to South Carolina to enforce federal law
Indian Removal Act
1830, authorized removal of American Indians that lived east of the Mississippi River, moved to present day Oklahoma, Trail of Tears
Jackson Era
Established spoils system, closed first bank of U.S., stopped South Carolina from Seceding
Second Great Awakening
Early 1800’s, Church members and religious faith spread across country
Transcendentalist’s View of American Society
Simple, spiritual, free from material objects, equality for men and women
Henry David Thoreau
Leading Transcendentalist, civil disobedience
William Lloyd Garrison
wrote an abolitionist newspaper, outspoken and controversial leader
Frederick Douglas
important African American leader, abolitionist
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
important leader of the women’s rights movement, primary author of Declaration of Sentiments
Susan B. Anthony
fought for womens rights, believed women should receive equal pay as men for equal work
Stephen F. Auton
Empresario, brought settlers to Texas, “Father of Texas
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Wrote “Uncle Tom’s Cabin”