Test 3 Flashcards

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Andrew Jackson nickname

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Old Hickory

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Andrew Jackson war

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Major general during war of 1812, wins major victories in the battle of horseshoe bend and battle of new Orleans, leads campaign against Seminole and creek Indians

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Election of 1824

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Andrew Jackson v JQA(federalist)

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John Quincy Adams

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JQA. son of John Adams. Strong support in NE. Favors fed govt and internal improvements (national road and Erie Canal)

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Corrupt bargain

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Henry clay dropped out of 1824 election and supported Adams who won by house vote.

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Jackson on 1824

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Called Adams victory corrupt bargain bc Clay became part of Adams cabinet and he thought Clay took a bribe of cabinet to drop out. Seen as man of people. Supports removing property qualifications for voting.

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Election of 1828

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Jackson v Quincy Adams. 3x as many people vote and Jackson wins—now nonproperty owners can vote

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Jackson as president

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7th president, strengthens power of presidency, makes many opponents

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9
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In what year was Indian removal act passed

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1830

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10
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Tribes removed for Indian removal act

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5 civilized tribes including Cherokee

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11
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Where did the trail of tears go

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OK

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Andrew Jackson v bureaucracy

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Distrusts DC bureaucrats, fires hundreds and replaces with his supporters, rewards his campaign supporters with jobs (spoils system)

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Bureaucracy

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System that you have to go to to accomplish something

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Andrew Jackson versus Native Americans

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Passes Indian Removal act, forces five civilized tribes westward to reservations, trail of tears

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Andrew Jackson versus National Bank

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Thinks bank is the tool of the wealthy
Vetoes its charter in 1832
Places Federal money in state banks Causes Panic of 1837
changes dem-repub to dem

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16
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P of 1837-

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-depression

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17
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Andrew Jackson Vs. Nullification

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South Carolina does not like the Federal Tariff of 1832
South Carolina claims it can nullify the tariff
Jackson threatens to send military to collect the tariff
VP=SC

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tariff=

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tax on imports to protect American industry

19
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Jackson’s legacy

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Creation of the modern Democratic Party
Protection of popular democracy
Expanded use of the presidential veto

20
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The Impact of the War of 1812

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First, the Federalist Party faded away because
many opposed the war effort.
-Second, the war confirmed the USA’s independence from Britain.
-Third, America manufactured more products because they were unable to get products from Britain. This contributed to the rise of the Market Revolution.
era of good feelings

21
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how did market revolution start

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The Market Revolution -The Market Revolution started when people began to rapidly buy and sell goods, rather than make them for themselves.
free enterprise played a major role in this movement.
entrepreneurs made great profits by selling various items made in factories.

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Free Enterprise

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the freedom of private businesses to operate for profit with minor forms government regulation (rules),

23
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Entrepreneurs,

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people who invested their own money in the new industries (laissez-faire)

24
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telegraph

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  • In 1837, Samuel Morse invented the telegraph and changed the world.
  • It could send messages over great distances using Morse Code.
  • Now, businesses, railroads, governments, and other entities could communicate virtually instantaneously within this USA.
25
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steamboat

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Transportation Advances -In 1807, Robert Fulton helped to bring in the epoch of the steamboat when he successfully
used a steamboat to travel up the Hudson River from New York to Albany. goes against current!!

26
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railroad

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-Railroad companies started using the telegraph to make travel more coordinated and efficient.
-By the 1850s, the USA had over nine thousand miles of railroad tracks.more people where there’s not slavery–railroads=manufacture=north bc slaves don’t buy goods
southern tracks are privately owned and not connected

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The Market Revolution and Workers

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  • In Lowell, Massachusetts, and other places, entrepreneurs built many textile (clothes) factories.
  • They hired women and children and paid them low wages and worked them for long hours. Workers fought for better working condition in various factories.
  • In Commonwealth vs. Hunt, the Supreme Court ruled workers could go on strike to negotiate with their employers through organizing unions.
28
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Immigration Surge Ireland

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-Those who came from Ireland faced discrimination due to their religious affiliation with Catholicism. Likewise, many Irish worked for lower wages and this caused resentment and hostility with native workers.
Immigration Surges -Immigration from Europe increased a great deal in
the mid-1800s.
-About three million immigrants came to the USA in this era. Around one third were from Ireland and were fleeing a severe potato famine.

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The Growing Movement of Abolitionism

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  • The Abolitionist Movement grew in the Antebellum Era. The movement sought to abolish slavery in the USA.
  • During the Second Great Awakening (1790s-1840s), a wide spread Christian movement, many began to become more devoted to the religion.
  • Within the movement, many participants felt slavery contradicted their faith. Yet, others in the faith argued slavery did not do this.
30
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Christianity and Abolitionism

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  • Unitarians and Transcendentalists began to spread their ideas in this era.
  • Leaders, such as Ralph Waldo Emerson, taught that, according to transcendentalism, truth could be gained by observing nature and emotion.
  • African American Christians began to relate to Biblical stories, such as the Exodus, to their own struggles as slaves seeking freedom.
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The Abolitionist Movement Grows

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-Nat Turner
-William Lloyd Garrison published The Liberator
as a newspaper against slavery.
-Frederick Douglas was an escaped slave who began to speak out and demand an end to slavery.

32
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North Star

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:“The North Star was a nineteenth-century anti-slavery newspaper published from the Talman Building in Rochester, New York by abolitionist Frederick Douglass.Wikipedia”

33
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Garrison

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Garrison–famous white abolitionist

most Northerners=not abolitionists

34
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slave codes

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slave codes--laws passed to control actions of slaves
literacy outlawed
those who teach are punished
no weapons
no leaving plantation wo pass
no legal marriage
no gathering wo white overseer
35
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active v passive rebellion

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slaves did rebel, but diff between active and passive resistance

active–runaway, beating up master, fighting back, rebelling
passive–behind the scenes, “too sick,” “broke tools,” accidentally doing stuff

36
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Frederick Douglas

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(1818 - 1895) was a runaway slave who advocated for the abolitionist movement.

37
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Nat Turner…

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The slave rebellion of Nat Turner was used by many Southerners as propaganda against the Abolitionist movement.
-Nat Turner was a slave who led a violent rebellion in 1831 in Virginia, which led to a massive backlash by white slave owners against slaves and those sympathetic to abolitionism.

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Women and Abolitionism

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  • Elizabeth Cady Stanton was an important leader for women in this era and fought for women’s suffrage, which means the right to vote.
  • Women worked for reform as well.
  • Many women not only strived for abolition, they also petitioned for the education of girls and women. The Seneca Fall Convention of 1848 was organized to advocate for these rights for women.
39
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women’s right to vote

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1920–18 yr after Stanton dies

40
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Harriet Tubman/UR

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-During this time the Underground Railroad (not underground or railroad)
came about. It was a set of secret “stations” in which slaves could escape to the North.
-People would help slaves get from point to point on various routes north to gain freedom.
-Harriet Tubman, a former slave, served as a “conductor” taking slaves on the path of the Underground Railroad.
(super aggressive) (called Moses)

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Harriet Beecher Stowe

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-Also in this time, helping the abolitionist cause,
Harriet Beecher Stowe published Uncle Tom’s Cabin in 1852.
-It was a fictitious work that exposed the real evils of slavery.
-This book stirred up the emotion of the abolitionist cause and increased the desire of many to see slavery come to an end.

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monroe doctrine

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-In 1823, President James Monroe stated his intention
that, as President, he would assert the power of the
USA to have a dominant leadership role in the
Western Hemisphere.
-Monroe stated that future efforts by European
nations to colonize land or interfere with nations in
North or South America would be viewed as acts of
hostility.
-Monroe warned this would require the USA to
pursue intervention in such matters, including the
possibility of military action.

43
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Germans immigration

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Germans went to south
left for political reasons, and brought cash
bought farmland
discriminated against purely bc nativism