module 4-3

Question 1

Economic changes where people buy and sell goods rather than make them themselves

Answer 1

Market Revolution

Question 2

Idealized view of women & home; women, self-less caregiver for children, refuge for husbands

Answer 2

Cult of Domesticity

Question 2

Nineteenth-century idea in Western societies that men and women, especially of the middle class, should have different roles in society: women as wives, mothers, and homemakers; men as breadwinners and participants in business and politics (711)

Answer 2

Separate Spheres

Question 2

Restraint or moderation, especially in regards to alcohol or food

Answer 2

Temperance

Question 3

The elimination of skilled labor under a new system of mechanized manufacturing, in which workers completed discrete, small-scale tasks rather than crafting an entire product. With deskilling, employers found they could pay workers less and replace them more easily.

Answer 3

Deskilling

Question 4

An association of workers, formed to bargain for better working conditions and higher wages.

Answer 4

Unions

Question 5

When Jackson was president, many state banks received government money that had been withdrawn from the Bank of the U.S. These banks issued paper money and financed wild speculation, especially in federal lands. Jackson issued the Specie Circular to force the payment for federal lands with gold or silver. Many state banks collapsed as a result. A panic ensued (1837). Bank of the U.S. failed, cotton prices fell, businesses went bankrupt, and there was widespread unemployment and distress.

Answer 5

Panic of 1837

Question 6

Two parties that resulted from the split of the Democratic-Republicans in the early 1820s. Andrew Jackson emerged as the leader of the Democrats.

Answer 6

Democrats and National Republicans

Question 7

Refers to the presidential election of 1824 in which Henry Clay, the Speaker of the House, convinced the House of Representatives to elect Adams rather than Jackson.

Answer 7

Corrupt Bargain

Question 8

In 1828, during President John Quincy Adams’ term, Congress created a new tariff law which pleased northern manufacturers, but alienated southern planters.

Answer 8

Tariff of 1828

Question 9

A system of public employment based on rewarding party loyalists and friends.

Answer 9

Spoils System