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9 + 10 YAWP vocab
chapter 9 + 10 YAWP vocab
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| democracy | a political system where the supreme power lies in a body of citizens who can elect people who represent them |
| Andrew Jackson | 7th pres. of US. General in war of 1812 and defeated British @ New Orleans. Opposed Bank of America, objected to right of individual states to nullify disagreeable fed. laws, and increased pres. powers |
| Missouri Crisis | Missouri applied to enter union as a slave state, making enslaved people to free state ratio unbalanced. Congress proposed emancipation of slaves in M, but territory rejected prop. Result: southerners in senate used power to withhold statehood 4 Maine |
| Talmadge Amendment | Submitted by James Tallmadge Jr. in US house of reps. during debate regarding admission of Missouri as a state. Amendment wasn't adopted, but proposed gradual elimination of slavery from Missouri |
| Henry Clay | Northern American politician. Developed American system as well as negotiated numerous compromises. |
| Missouri Compromise | "Compromise of 1820". Over issue of slavery in Missouri. Decided Missouri entered as a slave state and Maine entered as a free state and all states North of 36th parallel were free states and all South were slave states |
| Adams-Onis Treaty | Agreement where Spain gave up all of Florida to the US. |
| Election of 1824 (Corrupt Bargain) | Jackson, Clay, Adams, and Crawford ran. House of Reps chose Adams because Clay had supported him. Adams then appointed Clay as sec. of state. Seen as a corrupt bargain by Jackson. |
| Tariffs | Taxes on imported goods. |
| Nullification Crisis | Sectional crisis during presidency of Jackson created by Ordinance of Nullification, an attempt by state of South Carolina to nullify a federal law - tariff of 1828 - passed by US congress |
| Petticoat affair | Eaton (ex sen. + now Jackson's sec. of war) married barmaid (Peggy). Other senator's wives ostracized her, esp. Calhoun's wife. Jackson was sensitive to this (bc of what happened to his wife), Jackson upset at Calhoun for not controlling wife's behavior |
| Bank War | Jackson believed Bank of US had too much power and was too rich. Vetoed the 2nd Bank charter and withdrew gov. $$ from the US Banks and put into "pet banks" |
| pet banks | term used by Jackson's opponents to describe state banks that fed. gov. used for new revenue deposits in attempt to destroy 2nd Bank of US. practice continued after charter for 2nd Bank expired in 1836 |
| Panic of 1837 | Financial crisis int he US that led to economic depression |
| Whig party | American political party formed in 1830s to oppose Jackson and new Democrats, stood for protective tariffs, national banking, and federal aid for internal improvements |
| William Henry Harrison | American military leader, politician, 9th pres. of US, 1st pres. to die in office. Death created brief const. crisis, but resolved many Qs about pres. succession left unanswered by const. until passage of 25th amend. Led US forces in Battle of Tippecanoe |
| John Tyler | Vice pres. and became 10th pres. of US when Harrison died. Responsible for annexation of Mexico after receiving mandate from Polk, opposed many parts of Whig program for econ. recovery |
| Freemasonry | a secret or tacit brotherhood - instinctive sympathy |
| nativism | policy of favoring native-born individuals over foreign-born ones |
| Race and suffrage | fight for and evolution of voting rights for racial minorities, mainly African Americans |
| Second great awakening | series of religious revivals starting in 1801 based on methodism and baptism. stressed religious philosophy of salvation thru good deeds and tolerance for all protestant sects. Attracted women, Black people, and Native Americans |
| Camp meetings | tool of second great awakening where people would gather to hear hellfire speeches |
| burned-over district | pop. name for western New York, a region particularly swept up in religious fervor of second great awakening. |
| Mormonism | to describe religious, ideological, and cultural aspects of various denominations of Latter Day Saint movement. Practiced around the world, but concentrated in Utah. |
| Spiritual Egalitarianism | belief that everyone is part of a oneness, that everyone arises from it and returns to it, is a n egalitarian expression of spiritualism. |
| Unitarianism | Christian doctrine that stresses individual freedom of belief and rejects the Trinity. |
| Transcendentalism | 19th century movement in Romantic tradition, which held that every individual can reach ultimate truths thru spiritual intuition, which transcends reason and sensory experience. |
| Benevolent empire | Broad-ranging campaign of moral and institutional reforms inspired by evangelical Christian ideals and endorsed by upper/middleclass men and women in 1820s and 30s. |
| Perfectionism | Movement of 1830s that believed people could achieve moral perfection in their earthly lives because the second coming of Christ had already occurred. |
| Disinterested Benevolence | idea that true Christians give up self-love in favor of loving others |
| temperance | restraint or moderation, especially in regards to alcohol or food |
| missionaries | person sent on religious mission, especially one sent to promote Christianity in a foreign country |
| Anti-removal activism | was also notable for entry of ordinary American women into political discourse. |
| William Lloyd Garrison | Prominent American abolitionist, journalist, and social reformer. Editor of radical abolitionist newspaper, "The Liberator", and one of the founders of the American anti-slavery society. |
| Nat Turner's rebellion | Rebellion where Nat Turner led a group of slaves thru Virginia in an unsuccessful attempt to overthrow and kill planter families |
| Liberty Party | Former political party in the US, formed in 1839 to oppose practice of slavery - merged w Free Soil Party in 1848 |
| Women's suffrage | Right for women to vote |
| Sarah and Angelina Grimke | Quaker sister from South Carolina who came North and became active in abolitionist movement - Angelina married Theo. Weld, a leading abolitionist. Sarah wrote and lectured on a variety of reforms including women's rights and abolition. |
| World anti-slavery convention | convention that refused to let women debate - helped spark women's rights movement |
| Seneca Falls Convention | 1st national women's rights convention @ which the declaration of sentiments was written |
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