Topics 4.6-4.8 Flashcards
New cities
At key transportation points, small towns like Buffalo, Cleveland, Detroit, Chicago, Cincinnatti, and St. Louis grew into thriving cities after 1820
Urban life
The rapid population growth in cities, leading to crowded living, diseases, and crime
Industrial Revolution
The rapid change from an agricultural to an industrial society and from home manufacturing to factory production
Commonwealth v. Hunt (1842)
“Peaceful unions” had the right to negotiate labor contracts with employers
Ten-hour workday
Laws passed in the North limiting the hours industrial workers could work per day to ten
Common man
The “average” American citizen, whose concerns are represented in government
Universal white male suffrage
Allowed all free white males to vote and hold office without previous land or religious requirements
Party-nominating convention
The new method of selecting candidates for political office, in which voters and party members gather at a convention to select their nominee
“King Caucus”
A closed-door meeting of a political party’s leaders in Congress
Popular election of president
Allowed voters to choose a state’s slate of presidential electors
Anti-Masonic Party
A 19th century minor political party
Workingmen’s Party
A 19th century minor political party
Popular campaigning
Directing campaigns to the issues of the common people
Spoils system
President Jackson’s system of giving government jobs to political supporters, regardless of their qualifications or experience
Rotation in office
The removal of officeholders of the rival party on democratic grounds
