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62 Cards in this Set
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Revivalism (Cause)
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-Not one way to do things.
-Problems: 3 splits in church. -Rejected Calvanist beliefs of predestination. |
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Revivalism (Actions)
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-Had meetings where he tried to save peoples souls.
-Individual had the power to seek salvation. |
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Revivalism (Effect)
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-Brought Americans to support wide variety of reforms.
-Flocked to revivals where they studied bible, listened to sermons and examined their souls. |
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Unitarian (Cause)
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-They did not feel the revivals movement helped.
-Didn't like the public emotion. -Reason over emotion. |
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Unitarian (Actions)
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-Reason and appeals to conscience as paths to perfection.
-Conventions to inform people. -Brought people together. |
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Unitarian (Effect)
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-Gave people the hope that the perfection of human nature, the elevation of men into nobler beings was possible.
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AA Church (Cause)
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-To stop segregation.
-Aferican Americans interpreted the Christian message as promise for freedom. |
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AA Church (Actions)
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-Created African American church conventions in Philadelphia.
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AA Church (Effect)
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-Brought sense of communuty to deep inner faith.
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Transcendentalism (Cause)
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-World was not perfect, thought it could be.
-Slavery. -Poor prison conditions. |
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Transcendentalism (Actions)
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-Protested wars and tried to lead by example.
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Transcendentalism (Effect)
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-Inspired other ppl to do similar things like Ghandhi.
-Believed in dignity of individual fought for causes like abolition of slavery. |
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School and Prison Reform (Cause)
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-Ability to read and write the foundation of democratic life.
-Equal schools and better grading system. -Jailhouses, mentally ill, poor treatment of prison. |
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School and Prison Reform (Actions)
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-Better training and pay of teachers.
-New schools, libraries and texts. -Sent report of prison conditions to legislature to improve conditions. -Hospitals for mentally ill. |
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School and Prison Reform (Effect)
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-Free elementary education and realized education was foundation of republic.
-Better life for prisoners. |
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Women's Rights Movement (Cause)
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-Couldn't speak in public or attend meetings.
-No guardianship rights. -Land went to husband after marriage. -Women overall had unfair rights compared to men. |
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Women's Rights Movement (Actions)
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-Temperance movement, Seneca Falls convention opened schools.
-Wanted equality for women. -Published "Women in both century" -Declaration of Sentiments. |
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Women's Rights Movement (Effect)
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-Created jobs for women to play an important role.
-Declined consumptionn of alcohol. -Made schools. -Made them have more rights. -Got to vote. -Better for women socially but still slavery in the south. |
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Charles Finney
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Leader of the revivalism movement.
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Peter Cartwright
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Leader of the revivalism movement.
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Richard Allen
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Leader of the African American Church.
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William Ellery Channing
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Leader of the Unitarian Movement.
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Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Leader of the transcendentalism movement.
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Henry David Thoreau
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Leader of the transcendentalism movement.
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Horace Mann
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Leader of the school and prison reform.
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Dorothea Dix
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Leader of the school and prison reform.
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Margaret Fuller
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Leader of women rights movement
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Bronson Alcott
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Leader of the womens rights movement.
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Seneca Falls Convention
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-In New York at a Methodist Church.
-Cult of Domesticity: Women shouldn't only do domestic chores. -Declaration of Sentiments saying that women should have just as many rights as men. |
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Abolition (Early)
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-TJ (put in 1st draft of constitution but didn't want to angry south) and Wash (freed slaves when he died).
-Southerners say its a dying institution. -Turning point was the cotton gin, more slaves=more money. |
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Abolition
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-Some slaves from Carib/Africa who didn't speak English.
-Some US born who knew English. -City slaves had a lot of freedom. |
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American Colonization Society
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-Some slaves sent back to Africa because they didn't think they could assimilate, but the ppl being sent back were not slaves and what they knew was America, not Africa.
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William Lloyd Garrison
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-"The Liberator"
-Goal was emancipation without compensation. -Very radical thinker. |
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Frederick Douglass
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-Escaped by train.
-Speeches support Garrison. -"The North Star" to follor N Star to freedom. |
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Nat Turner
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-Saw vision saying duty to help ppl.
-Lef 50 ppl to kill 70 whites on 4 plantations. -Captured on 5th, tried and hanged. -Retaliation: Killed more than 200 blacks. |
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John Floyd
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-VA Debate. Idea for gradual abolition.
-Vote was to keep slavery. |
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Slave Codes
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-AL and GA prohibited gospel without presence of white owner.
-NC reinsured than blacks can't vote. -Free blacks lost rights (assemble in public, own guns, testify in court, purchase alcohol). -Slaves lost rights (learn to read and write, private property, work independently) |
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Vigilance committees.
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Make sure that slave codes are being held.
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Reasons to go west.
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-Living space
-Land -New Harbors -New Markets -Panic of 1837 -Manifest destiny -Spread democracy -Missionaries |
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Manifest Destiny
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-Destined to settle in the west.
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Covered Wagons
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-10ft long, 9 ft high.
-Oxen pulled. -Traveled in big groups (wagon towns 50-100 ppl) for protection, the W was unknown and easier to manipulate wagons. -Took 5 months. -Needed gov (captains, judges+juries, wrote laws) |
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Oregon Trail
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Route started in Independence MO.
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Santa Fe Trail
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Route also started in Independence and it went to New Mexico.
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John Jacob Astor
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Became the richest man in America. Settled in Oregon.
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Mormons
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-Mormon leader was Joseph Smith founder (crazy, burned down printing press of paper that insulted him)
-Brigham Young new leader who moved to the Great Salt Lake. |
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Fort Laramie Treaty
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To make peace between white settlers and the Native Americans, but it did not work.
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Black Hawk War
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With the Native Americans. Took place in Illinois. Chief Blackhawk. Native Americans refused to be removed, another reason why they were angry with whites.
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Lone Star Republic
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Mexican province. Cheaper land. Problems were Texians vs Tejanos, slavery and government.
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The Alamo
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Abandoned Mission. 12 day siege. 187 died, but 600 mexicans killed/wounded. "Remember the Alamo"
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Davy Crockett
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Fronteirsmen. Leader of the Alamo battle. One of the first American heroes.
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James Bowie
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Bowie knife. Died at alamo but too sick to fight in the battle. One of the main leaders also.
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William Travis
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Failed marriage then leaves and comes to Texas. One of the leaders of the Alamo battle.
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Presidential Election of 1844
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Clay (Whig), Dems nominate 'dark horse' James K. Polk. Polk wins.
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Lone Star Republic (real)
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Sam Houston elected president. Constitution prohibited slavery discussion. South wanted in union, north didn't.
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Gag rule
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Rule in senate saying that you can't talk about slavery. Repealed because John Quincy Adams would talk daily about how it was too bad that you can't talk about it.
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"Fifty-four forty of fight"
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Polk wanted to expand our boundary into Canada to the 54 40 line.
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James K. Polk
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President. Expansionist. Came out of nowhere, a dark horse. Big issues was Texas annexation and he said 54 40 or fight.
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Mexican War
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-Causes: Texas annexation, boundary of Texas (we wanted Rio Grande), Cal and New Mexico.
-Polk gave John Slidell permission to spend 30 mil on Texas and Cal, but he was sent back to the US. -Pol stationed Gen. Zachary Taylor at the Rio Grande and there was a skirmish with the Mexican army. -Polk makes war message charging Mexico with shedding US blood on US soil. |
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Fighting of Mexican War
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-Zachary Taylor (Old Rough and Ready)
-Winfield Scott (Old Fuss and Blue) -John Fremont and Stephen Kearny set up the republic of California later. -US never lost a battle. -Yellow fever was the main cause of death for the US. |
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Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
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-TX given to US (Border Rio Grande)
-US got all land between TX and Pacific. -US paid Mex. 15 mil. -Opposition from those who wanted all Mex, Whigs, and those who were against slavery. |
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Gadsden Purchase
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Sourth New Mexico and Arizona bought for 10 mil.
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Webster-Ashburton Treaty
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Settles the Maine Canada border. Deal done by Webster who was the only member of the cabinet to not resign when Harrison died.
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