SOCIAL STUDIES MIDTERM Flashcards
How did democracy grow during the age of Jackson?
During this time period, Jackson enabled more white men to vote. By suggesting that white men without properties gain suffrage
Caucus
Private Meeting
What is the corrupt bargain?
Once in office, Adams installed Henry Clay to the post of Secretary of State. Adams’s victory was a gut punch for Jackson, who expected to be elected President having more popular and electoral votes. Following this logic, Jackson and his followers accused Clay and Adams of striking a corrupt bargain.
Economic Depression
When the economy shrinks and people lose their jobs.
What happened in the election of 1824?
After no candidate received a majority of electoral votes in the 1824 election, John Quincy Adams was elected president by the House of Representatives.
Frontier
Edge
Manifest Destiny
A slogan that suggested, the United States had the right to expand under god.
National Road
The first major improved highway funded by the federal government that spanned from Maryland to the Ohio river.
Why was there hostility between Native Americans and White Settlers?
Bias, stereotyping and prejudices led to mistrust and hostility.
Nominating Convention
A convention where delegates from all states meet to choose the next presidential candidate.
What is the Nullification Crisis
nullification crisis, in U.S. history, confrontation between the state of South Carolina and the federal government in 1832–33 over the former’s attempt to declare null and void within the state the federal Tariffs of 1828 and 1832.
What is the Oregon Trail
A road that led to Oregon County
Reasons For Jacksons Hatred Against The Second Bank Of The United State
Believed the bank was too powerful, Run by wealthy aristocrats and private bankers. And that it was undemocratic and unconstitutional.
Attempts by Native Americans to Become More American
They took on american culture, customs professions. Developed schools, and writing systems as well as a form of government. In hope to keep their land.
What is the Spoils System
In politics and government, a spoils system is a practice in which a political party, after winning an election, gives government jobs to its supporters, friends, and relatives as a reward.
States Rights
The States Right to exercise power independently.
Abolitionist
Someone who wanted to abolish slavery for good.
Cash Crop
Crop sold for money at the market.
Civil Disobedience
Disobeying a law thought unjust.
Cotton Gin
A machine that revolutionized the production of cotton by greatly speeding up the process of removing seeds from cotton fiber.
Credit
Borrowed money.
Frederick Douglas
Frederick Douglass was an American social reformer, abolitionist, and writer. After escaping from slavery in Maryland, he became a national leader of the abolitionist movement.
William Lloyd Garrison
William Lloyd Garrison was a prominent American Christian, abolitionist, journalist, suffragist, and social reformer.
Interchangeable Parts
Machine-made parts.
Interest Group
A group of people based on the popular interest or concern.
King Cotton
King Cotton, phrase frequently used by Southern politicians and authors prior to the American Civil War, indicating the economic and political importance of the southern cotton industry.
Nativist
White Americans born in the country against immigration.
Slave Codes -
- African Americans could not gather in groups for more than 3;
- They could not leave their owners land without written permission;
- They could not learn to read or write;
- They could not own guns.
Social Reform
reshaping and reforming culturally accepted laws and norms in light of new cultural paradigms.
Temperance Movement
movement dedicated to promoting moderation and, more often, complete abstinence in the use of intoxicating liquor.
Trade Union
Organized Groups to improve their working conditions.
Harriet Tubman
Harriet Tubman was an escaped enslaved woman who became a “conductor” on the Underground Railroad, leading enslaved people to freedom.
Uncle Tom’s Cabin
Uncle Tom’s Cabin; or, Life Among the Lowly is an anti-slavery novel by American author Harriet Beecher Stowe. Published in two volumes in 1852, the novel had a profound effect on attitudes toward African Americans and slavery in the U.S.
Underground Railroad
A network to help enslaved African Americans to escape.
Urbanization
The population of rural people moving to urban areas.
Plantation Owners
Wealthy
Political Leader
Had more than 50 enslaved African Americans
Lived in big houses.
Small Farmers
Owned their own land
Had at least 1-2 enslaved African Americans.
Poor White Farmers
Poor white People
Did Not own land or worked other people’s land.
Had NO slaves.
They either farmed or raised Cattle or Pigs.
