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Dawning of A New USA
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Effects of the Hartford Convention | Federalists no longer legit party, no more fighting against Repubs and Feds |
| Famous artists and authors in American culture in the 1830's | Hawthorne, Melville, Poe, Cooper, Whitman |
| 2 Effects of Americans moving WEst | -improvements in transportation, switch from subsistence to commercial farming -reform movements like the "2nd Great Awakening" |
| Popular work by Walt Whitman and its meaning | "Leaves of Grass" explored self examination of his place in society, could be controversial |
| Cult of Domesticality | belief that woman can only live a full life if they are homemakers and housewives |
| Bank of Us/Panic of 1819 | -bank was seen as political monster and unspeakable in the south, west, and w farmers |
| women in the west | rarely made it out of home, stuck to separate spheres, stuck being homemakers, no opportunity |
| caucus | closed door political meeting, usually by party's political leaders in congress |
| James Monroe | served 2 terms, left office in 1824 |
| Andrew Jackson | self proclaimed advocate for the common man, won 154k to 109k, was seen as a war hero, humble background, fought for what he thought would best benefit US(though some disagree) |
| Crawford | knew he couldn't win,clay and crawford tied w 47k, wanted to harm jackson by giving his electors to Clay |
| election of 1828 | aristocratic adams vs common man jackson, avoiding controversy by indirectly answering q's. |
| Tariff of 1828 | helped north, hurt south, "tariff of abominations", gave $ to manufacturing, int improvements, natl university & observatory |
| American System | Clay's idea for internal improvements |
| Maysville Road Bill Veto | veto for a bill that would build a highway through Kentucky, Louisville n Maysville |
| Peggy Eaton | wife of john eaton(jacksons sec. of war), trusted by jackson, gossip towards her (led by Calhoun)prompted jackson to get rid of gossipers to prove his intense loyalty(also leding van beuran towards white house) |
| Indian Removal Act of 1830 | removed to indian territory west of the miss. river. Marshall never showed up to prove his point so the indian removal pretty much sucked. |
| Black Hawk War (1832) | Sauk n Fox tribes of Illinois' last attempt to oppose the whites but they lost. they would have fought to the death then give up more land |
| Jackson's views on Texas, expansion, ect | southern sympathizer, liked expansion, very against northern antislavery, even banned dist. of abolitionist stuff |
| Why did americans emigrate to texas? | republican gov, economic opportunity, and land |
| Population of TX in 1830(by americans) | 70,000 (including slaves) |
| Actions of CAtholic church on texans | w/ pressure from vatican, mex. outlawed slavery & made them convert to catholic. the texans didnt want to so they closed immigration but alot of ppl already were there |
| Santa Ana and the TX Revolution | TXNs formed militias w/ S. Houston, they revolted against Mex, S. Ana shot everyone at Goliad, |
| Goliad | TXN soldiers shot, Goliad was a small village, S. Ana led army into TX & met resistance and he hates TXNS. |
| Alamo | Ana surrounded TXN's and pretty much killed them. Realized in order to get freedom, they would need help from the US |
| San Jacinto | S. Houston won by attacking MXN's while they were crossing SanJac river, they confused the MXN's and S. Ana signed independence treaty in exchange for his life |
| Sam Houston's role in the new republic | first pres, applied for TX to be a state in the Union |
| Annexation issue over slavery | Northerners thought TX wanted to join cause of slavery so annexation bills in Senate made TX not be a state til 44' and still a bunch of controversy yet |
| End of Jacksonian area | was sick near the end, ppl wondered if he could finish 2nd term, went home to TN in 1836 |
| Martin Van Beuran | Jackson's VP, strong democrat, totally beat Daniel Webster and William Harrison |
| Panic of 1837 | due to Jackson's removal of $ from the BUS and the specie circulation, fluctuation of Euro textile industry, 1/3 US out of work, missed BUS security, |
| How did Van Bueren try to fix it? | called special session of congress, postponed dist. to states a revenue surplus which was used to bolster federal money supply |
| Independent Treasury | Federal depository for federal funds that would hold $ w/out extra functions whereas the BUS had priv. investors that could profit from it |
| Independent Treasury Act | removed funds from "pet banks" and put in safe federal holding facility. it was controversial but effective |
| Effect on Panic of 1837 | It eventually worked and set US back to normal-ish by 1840 |
| Election of 1840 | Van Beuren couldn't keep Independent Treasury 2nd term |
| Whig Strategy | used 'war hero' strategy like the Dems, used William Harrison, victor of Tippencanoe, attacked VB as aristocrat, used Dem strategies against them |
| Log Cabin & Hard Cider Campaign | WHH came from humble beginnings & liked to chill with normal people, turned the Dem insult into a positive |
| Tippecanoe and Tyler Too | easy to remember slogan(good for when ppl were drunk cause there was lots of free liquor) John tyler was the VP |
| First Modern Style Campaign | buttons, banners, official newspapers, parades, free hard cider, |
| Jacksonian Legacy | USA would never be the same |
| Tragedy of Harrison's administration | gave a super long inaugural address(longest en l'histoire!) so he got pneumonia and died only a month in office(shortest presidential term in history!) |
| John Tyler | He switched parties alot so no one really trusted him. he was a slaveholder and former dem so whigs didnt trust him |
| South Carolina and Tariff of Abominations | tariff favored industry so it was good for the North. It hid SC hard so they wanted to be able to see it as void |
| Webster-Hayne Debate 1830 | clash over "what America was" |
| Hayne's views | senator of SC, liked states rights, said states were group of sovereigns that had right to decide if they want to follow fed laws & if not, they can nullify them |
| Webster | senator of Mass, says federal gov has all authority, |
| Hayne: “If we are willing to estimate the value of the union so low as to make no efforts to allow that which is rightful, then let me tell you gentlemen that the seed of disunion are already sown, and our children will reap the bitter fruit.” | |
| Webster: “It is to our Union that we owe our safety at home . . . and why we are indebted for whatever makes us proud of our country. For now: Liberty and Union, now and forever, one and inseparable!” | |
| South Carolina Exposition and Protest | protest of tariff, Calhoun wrote pro-nullification docs |
| Eroding relationship b/t Jackson and Calhoun | toasted against each other, jackson wanted them to pay, calhoun wanted states rights, jackson threatened to hang calhoun, he 'resigned' after lotsa slander |
| Jackson and the Force Bill | Congress passed 'Force Bill' which let president use military force to collect tariff money against a state 'engaged in treason' SC threatened to secede |
| Compromise of 1832 | SC would repeal nullification and secession threat and Jackson would call off military and give lower tariff that SC could tolerate(but not approve) SC sorta nullified the force bill |
| Jackson's opinion of Bank's constitutionality | saw it as unconstitutional, he said it didn't rep the common man and that it favored the wealthy and that the BUS was corrupt |
| Nicholas Biddle | arrogant banker from Philadelphia, he was everything that Jackson was against |
| Jackson's politcal enemies & 1832 recharter plan | Clay decided to make BUS rechartering a campaign issue, persuaded Biddle to propose BUS charter for 1832 instead of 36 cause 32 was only chance for BUS survival |
| wrong assumption | assumed Jackson would avoid the BUS in the election cause he had previously not talked about controversial topics but that was false cause Jackson reallly hated the bank |
| Jackson's Veto | he immediately vetoed the recharter bill which surprised the nation because it was so vicious |
| Jackson's effect on American political party system | hatred of Jackson formed opposition party(Clay, Webster, Adams), there would never be 1 party in US again |
| Democrats | people who still supported Jackson, committed to equality, jeffersonian republicans |
| Whigs | anti jackson, American system, New England, urban,midadlantic, upper midwest, resembled Hamilton federalists |
| Pet Banks | removed all US $ from BUS & put it into state banks as the only legal way to kill the BUS |
| Specie Circular | to stop inflation, fed land must be paid with gold/silver which backs up paper $. Couldn't only use paper notes. Temporarily stabilized economy and inflation |
| Jackson's attitude towards Indians | he removed them so whites could move cause he really favored expansion. he didn't mind indians themselves, he just wanted what was best for americans. |
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