unit two test vocab Flashcards
(44 cards)
reform movement originating in the 1820s that sought to eliminate the consumption of alcohol
temperance
belief that women, by virtue of their sex, should stay home as the moral guardians of family life
cult of domesticity
favoring the interests and cultures of native - born inhabitants over those of immigrants
nativist
-colonization founded in 1817 by anti-slavery reformers
-called for gradual emancipation and the removal of freed black people to africa
american colonization society
first national organization of abolitionists founded in 1833
american anti - slavery society
first convention for women’s equality in legal rights, held in upstate new york in 1848
seneca falls convention
the resolutions passed at the seneca falls convention of 1848 calling for full female equality, including the right to vote
declaration of sentiments
first anti - slavery political party formed in 1840
liberty party
a key concept in abolitionist and northern antislavery propaganda that depicted southern slaveholders as the driving force in political conspiracy to promote slavery at the expense of white liberties
slave power
one of the most important supreme court cases in history, established judicial review
marbury v madison
supreme court decision of 1810 that overturned a state law by ruling that it violated a legal contract
fletcher v peck
supreme court decision of 1819 that prohibited states from interfering with the privileges granted to a private corporation
dartmouth college v woodward
supreme court decision of 1819 that upheld the constitutional authority of congress to charter a national bank, and there by to regulate the nations currency and finances
mcculloch v maryland
the program of government subsidies favored by henry clay and his followers to promote american economic growth
american system
a national bank characterized by congress in 1816 with extensive regulatory power over currency and credit
second bank of the united states
the coercion of american sailors into the british navy
impressment
attack in 1807 by the british ship “leopard” on the American ship “chesapeake” in american territorial waters
chesapeake incident
act passed in 1807, prohibiting american ships from leaving for any foreign port
embargo act of 1807
series of religious revivals in the first half of the nineteenth century
second great awakening
-political party formed in the 1820’s
-led by andrew jackson
-favored states rights
-limited federal government
democratic party
the awarding of government jobs to party loyalists
spoils system
radical anti - slavery crusade committed to the immediate end of slavery that emerged in the three decades before the civil war
abolitionist movement
political party that was formed in the mid 1800’s, opposed andrew jackson and the democrats
whig party
sectional crisis in the early 1830’s in which a state’s rights party in south carolina attempted to nullify federal law
nullification crisis
