Unit 4 Vocab

Question 1

“Cult of Domesticity”

Answer 1

Women= stay at home and no work outside of home

Question 2

2nd Great Awakening

Answer 2

Religious movement which led to reform movements designed to remedy the evils of society.

Question 3

Whig Party

Answer 3

Formed against Andrew Jackson. Liked bank of US, liked high tariffs and they wanted social reform.

Question 4

Samuel Slater

Answer 4

“Father of American Industrial Revolution”

Question 5

Force Bill

Answer 5

Authorized Jackson to use the army and navy to collect duties on the tariffs.

Question 6

Commonwealth v. Hunt

Answer 6

Established that labor unions were legal

Question 7

Neal Dow (Maine Law)

Answer 7

Mayor of Portland, ME and sponsored the Maine Law, also known as “Father of Prohibition”

Question 8

Charles River Bridge case

Answer 8

Demonstrated that a contract could be broken to benefit general welfare

Question 9

Alexis de Tocqueville

Answer 9

French, his book discusses the advantage of democracy and consequences of the majority’s unlimited power

Question 10

Clayton-Bulwer Treaty

Answer 10

Treaty between US and UK, agreed neither country would try to get rights to a canal across the Isthmus of Panama

Question 11

The “gag rule”

Answer 11

Prohibited all discussion of slavery in the House of Representatives

Question 12

Webster-Ashburton Treaty

Answer 12

Banned slave trade on the ocean and resolved border issues between the US and the British North American colonies

Question 13

Aroostook War

Answer 13

Boundary dispute between the US and Canada

Question 14

Rush-Bagot treaty

Answer 14

Demilitarization of the Great Lakes and Lake Champlain

Question 15

Perfectionism

Answer 15

Americans believed perfection could be achieved so they did movements to make America perfect (ex. prison reform and temperance)

Question 16

Prigg v. Pennsylvania

Answer 16

Ruled that states don’t have to enforce the return of fugitive slaves

Question 17

Era of Good Feeling

Answer 17

Name of president Monroe’s two terms:

period of strong nationalism, economic growth, etc.

Question 18

Jacksonian Democracy

Answer 18

The idea of spreading political power to the people, ensuring majority rule, "common man"
#spoilssystem #democrat #commonman #executivepower

Question 19

Henry Clay

Answer 19

Supporter of the American System, senator from KY , a war hawk, known as the “Great Compromiser”

Question 20

“nullification crisis”

Answer 20

Declared federal tariffs were unconstitutional which made them “null and void” to SC

Question 21

John C. Calhoun

Answer 21

VP under Andrew Jackson; he was an advocate of free trade, states’ rights, limited gov., and nullification

Question 22

Erie Canal

Answer 22

Connected the Hudson River and the Great Lakes (1825)

Question 23

National Road

Answer 23

First national road building project funded by Congress

Question 24

Maysville Road veto

Answer 24

Bill that was vetoed because Jackson because he disliked Clay

Question 25

Monroe Doctrine

Answer 25

Europe shouldn’t interfere in affairs within the US or in the development of other countries in the Western Hemisphere

Question 26

Noah Webster

Answer 26

Most famous for his dictionary that standardized the US lang. in the US and the “Schoolmaster of the Republic.”

Question 27

Nat Turner

Answer 27

Led the most famous slave revolt in US history

Question 28

Transcendentalism

Answer 28

Like to live a simple life and find nature

Question 29

“pet banks”

Answer 29

State banks where Andrew Jackson put deposits to avoid the national banks

Question 30

The Bank War

Answer 30

Jackson wanted to destroy the second bank in the US

Question 31

Spoils System

Answer 31

Allowed men to buy their way into presidential office

Question 32

Hayne-Webster debate

Answer 32

Argument between Daniel Webster and Robert Hayne about states’ right versus national power

Question 33

Eli Whitney

Answer 33

Made the cotton gin

Question 34

Cotton gin

Answer 34

Removed seeds from the cotton

Question 35

Mormons (migration)

Answer 35

They were persecuted and migrated to western states

Question 36

Horace Mann

Answer 36

Developed public schools

Question 37

Seneca Falls Convention

Answer 37

Launched the women suffrage movement

Question 38

Dorothea Dix

Answer 38

Spoke against inhumane treatment of insane prisoners

Question 39

Lowell, MA

Answer 39

Factory town (Lowell Girls)

Question 40

Texas Revolution

Answer 40

War between Texas settlers who tried to crush the Texas revolt

Question 41

James K. Polk

Answer 41

President who was an opponent of manifest destiny, democrat

Question 42

Bear Flag Revolt

Answer 42

American settlers in CA vs Mexicans, made CA a state

Question 43

Mexican Cession

Answer 43

Historical name for the region of the Southwestern US that was ceded to the US by Mexico

Question 44

Gadsden Purchase

Answer 44

The land the US bought create AZ and NM and was wanted to build a railroad

Question 45

Missouri Compromise

Answer 45

Missouri= slave state 
Maine= free state

Question 46

Indian Removal Act

Answer 46

Let Andrew Jackson negotiate land-exchange treaties w/ tribes living east of Miss.

Question 47

American System

Answer 47

Policy of promoting industry in the US by adoption of a high protective tariff and developing internal improvements (a national bank to foster commerce; and federal subsidies for roads, canals)

Question 48

Specie Circular

Answer 48

Meant to stop land speculation caused by states printing paper money w/o proper specie (silver and gold)

Question 49

Manifest Destiny

Answer 49

Many Americans felt that the US should expand from the Atlantic to Pacific Ocean and thought they had a god-given right to the land

Question 50

Nativism

Answer 50

Favoring natives rather than immigrants

Question 51

Know-Nothing Party

Answer 51

Objection was to extend period of nationalization and keep illegal aliens out of the country