Unit 4 Review

Question 1

gradual emancipation

Answer 1

the agreement in the north was to slowly get rid of slavery, and so by 1840 it was almost completely gone in the North

Question 2

Why was slavery considered immoral

Answer 2

enlightenment ideas of natural rights, DOI and Bill of Rights conflicted with idea of slavery, religious reforms of second great awakening also increased support of abolitionist movement

Question 3

how were canals constructed

Answer 3

government funding and private donations

Question 4

declaration of sentiments

Answer 4

modeled after DOI, written at Seneca Falls Convention, NY, 1840, discussed right to vote, etc.

Question 5

goal for women after Civil War

Answer 5

winning the right to vote

Question 6

what role did women play in Antebellum reform

Answer 6

were the morality of the family, republican mothers, raised good american citizens

Question 7

gibbons vs. ogden

Answer 7

was over the monopoly of licenses of steamboats in NY. The state gave one guy a license, and the US gave the other guy one. who had the final say? the us. congress has the right to regulate interstate commerce, federal law > state law, but state’s internal commerce that does not affect other states is regulated by the states

Question 7

women and textile mills

Answer 7

Lowell girls, criticized, labor girls wouldn’t get married, made their own $, even unionized

Question 7

2nd Great Awakening

Answer 7

REFORMS

Question 8

missouri compromise

Answer 8

1820, missouri came into union as a slave state even though it was technically in the north, maine into union as free state, kept union stable

Question 9

monroe doctrine

Answer 9

warned europe that US would protect Western Hemisphere, is europe stays out of US then US won’t interfere with europe

Question 10

immigration

Answer 10

1840s millions of irish and german immigrants to US, either worked in NE factories, or farmed in the west (usually germans), lots of prejudice that immigrants would vote and take up resources

Question 11

what institution was considered a way of life in the south

Answer 11

slavery

Question 12

temperance

Answer 12

refrain from sinning, specifically drinking, popular in religious reforms

Question 13

abolitionist

Answer 13

anti-slavery, gained support after religious reforms

Question 14

effect of canals on US

Answer 14

connected the NE to West, also created new towns in the new territory in the West

Question 15

market revolution

Answer 15

aka Industrial revolution, lead to increase of infrastructure in the US, as manufacture increased, US needed to be connected from each region

Question 16

how did indians affect settlement

Answer 16

native americans were settled in some of the best land in the eyes of white settlers. they wanted that land, so pushed natives off of it through a series of unfair treaties often never even signed off on by tribal leaders

Question 17

jefferson’s goal for american economy

Answer 17

wanted to return to more agricultural economy, he was the simple man president, got rid of BUS, messed up american economy for decades because banking went unregulated, but also laid groundwork for expansion into the west

Question 18

which area was considered part of louisiana purchase

Answer 18

midwest

Question 19

mormons

Answer 19

created by Joseph Smith, he was killed in Carthage, IL, wanted a Utopian society where everyone lived peacefully, polygamy, went west to Utah b/c they thought it was the promise land

Question 20

effects of second great awakening

Answer 20

religious revivalism, redefining idea of equity, temperance, abolitionist, aylum + penal reform, women’s rights, education

Question 21

why was andrew jackson historically significant?

Answer 21

had his own era, super complicated, trail of tears, but also infrastructure and democracy, first liberal democracy, america’s excellence, ruined economy in america for decades after

Question 22

what was AJ stance on american system?

Answer 22

he hated the BUS, killed it single-handedly by vetoing its recharter, then he took money out of it and put it in his “pet” banks, then economy went into series of panics which were mini depressions, then he wanted a shift to a more agricultural economy not so much manufacturing b/c he was the common man president, but he laid groundwork for westward expansion which was the infrastructure part

Question 23

AJ stance on democracy and role of president

Answer 23

gave president power to veto, and basically had final say in all laws, he had wayyyy too much power, killed the recharter of BUS, but also led the country in a time where we were symbol of democracy in the world, and was the birth of the democratic party

Question 24

nullification crisis

Answer 24

high tariff was passed in 1832, SC hated it and said that they had the right to nullify (or ignore) the federal tax, SC said if they can’t nullify the law then they would secede the union, Jackson forced congress to pass Force Bill to enforce tariff

Question 25

force bill

Answer 25

enforced tariff because nullification was a threat to the union