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42 Cards in this Set
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"Corrupt Bargain" |
– Alleged deal between presidential candidates John Q. Adams and Henry Clay to throw the election, to be decided by the House of Representatives, in Adam’s favor. Though never proven, the accusation became the rallying cry for supporters of Andrew Jackson, who had actually garnered a plurality of the popular vote in 1824
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"Tariff of Abominations" (1828) |
– Noted for its unprecedentedly high duties on imports. Southerners vehemently opposed the tariff, arguing that it hurt Southern farmers, who did not enjoy the protection of tariffs, but were forced to pay higher prices for manufactures
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John C. Calhoun |
– South Carolina representative who was a strong proponent of nullification of the Tariff of Abominations.
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South Carolina Exposition (1828) |
– Proposed that states had the right to nullify the Treaty of Abominations |
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Clay's Compromise Tariff of 1833 |
– Passed as a measure to resolve the nullification crisis, it provided that tariffs be lowered gradually over a period of 10 years, to 1816 levels |
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Force Bill (1833) |
– Passed by Congress alongside the Compromise Tariff; it authorized the president to use the military to collect federal tariff duties |
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"Five Civilized tribes" |
- The Cherokee, Creeks, Choctaws, Chickasaws, and Seminole tribes that lived in the Southeastern U.S. |
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Trail of Tears |
– Forced march of 15,000 Cherokee Indians from their Georgia and Alabama homes to Indian Territory. |
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Bureau of Indian Affairs (1836) |
– Government agency created in 1836 to administer relations with Native Americans |
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Black Hawk War (1832) |
– Series of clashes in Illinois and Wisconsin between American forces and Indian Chief Black Hawk of the Sauk and Fox Tribes, who unsuccessfully tried to reclaim territory lost under the 1830 Indian Removal Act |
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Seminole War (1835-1842) |
– Series of wars fought between American forces and the Seminole Indian tribes of Florida |
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Nicholas Biddle |
– Head of the Bank of the United States during the Jacksonian Era. |
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Webster/Clay and Recharter Bill (1832) |
– Failed attempt to re-charter the Bank of the U.S. during the Jacksonian Era. |
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Anti-Masonic Party |
– First founded in New York, it gained considerable influence in New England and the Mid Atlantic during the 1832 election, campaigning against the politically influential Masonic order, a secret society. Anti-Masons opposed Andrew Jackson, a Mason, and drew much of their support from evangelical Protestants |
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Biddle's Panic |
– Economic panic caused when Biddle called in loans from the Bank of the U.S. in retaliation to Jackson’s withdrawal of federal fund |
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Pet Banks |
- popular term for pro-Jackson state banks that received the bulk of federal deposits when Andrew Jackson moved to dismantle the Bank of the United States in 1833 |
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Whig Party
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– Political party formed in opposition to Andrew Jackson exercise of presidential power. |
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Panic of 1837 |
- Economic crisis triggered by bank failures, elevated grain prices, and Andrew Jackson’s efforts to curb over speculation on western lands and transportation improvements. In response, President Van Buren proposed the Divorce Bill which pulled treasury funds out of the banking system altogether, contracting the credit supply |
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Stephen Austin (1823) |
- Led American settlers into Texas and later was one of the leaders of the Texas rebellion against Mexico |
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Davy Crockett/James Bowie |
– American iconic heroes who died fighting at the Alamo |
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Sam Houston |
– Leader of the Texas forces fighting against Mexico for independence
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Santa Anna |
– Mexican leader who fought to keep Texas as part of M |
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Texas Republic (1836) |
– Name given to Texas as an independent nation between the time of independence from Mexico and annexation by the U.S |
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Battle of San Jacinto (1836) |
– battle in which the Texans defeated the Mexican army, captured Santa Anna and forced him to grant independence to Texas |
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"Tippecanoe and Tyler Too" |
– successful Campaign slogan used during William Henry Harrison’s presidential campaign in 184 |
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Rendezvous System
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– The principal marketplace of the Northwest fur trade, which peaked in the 1820s and 1830s. Each summer, traders set up camps in the Rocky Mountains to exchange manufactured goods for beaver pelts |
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George Catlin |
– a painter and student of Native American life; he was amongst the first to advocate the preservation of nature as a deliberate national policy |
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Ancient Order of Hibernians |
– Irish semi-secret society that serve d as a benevolent organization for downtrodden Irish immigrants in the U.S |
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"Molly Maguires" |
– Secret organization of Irish miners that campaigned, at times violently, against poor working conditions in the Pennsylvania mines |
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Tammany Hall |
- Powerful New York political machine that primarily drew support from the city’s immigrants who depended on Tammany Hall patronage, particularly social services. |
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American or "Know-Nothing" Party (1849) |
– Nativist political party which emerged in response to an influx of immigrants, especially Irish Catholics |
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Samuel Slater (1791) |
- the acclaimed “Father of the Factory System” who brought the machinery for spinning cotton thread to the U.S |
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Eli Whitney |
– Inventor of the Cotton Gin |
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Elias Howe (1846) |
– Inventor of the first sewing machine.
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Issac Singer |
– perfected the automatic sewing machine. |
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"Limited Liability" Corporations |
– business organization in which investors risked only their investment when investing in a company |
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Samuel F. B. Morse (1844) |
– inventor of the telegraph. |
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"Wage Slaves" |
– common name given to the workers in factories that worked long hard hours for little pay |
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Trade Unions |
– labor unions that arose in the mid 1800s that consisted of skilled workers |
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Factory Girls |
– common name given to women that worked in the sewing and clothing factories of the 1800s.
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Lowell Mills |
– Textile mills in Massachusetts that employed mostly New England farm girls that were strictly supervised on and off duty |
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Catherine Beecher |
– Feminist leader of the 1800s that encouraged women to enter the teaching profession.
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