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Unit 4: The Rise of Democracy: 1825 – 1850
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railroads /canals
Eli Whitney
cotton gin
“cotton kingdom”
Texan revolution
The Alamo
annexation of Texas
Mexican War
Mexican Cession
Manifest Destiny
Trail of Tears
aristocracy/aristocrat
spoils system
veto
Panic of 1837
property qualifications
nominating conventions
William Lloyd Garrison
The Liberator
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Uncle Tom’s Cabin
Susan B. Anthony
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Seneca Falls Declaration
Key Names and Terms
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Seneca Falls Convention
Trail of Tears
Dorothea Dix
Nullification
John C. Calhoun
Oregon Territory
spoils system/rotation in office
Bank war
Wilmot Proviso
Mexican Cession
Gadsden Purchase
John Deere
Cyrus McCormick
American Anti-slavery Society
Maine Laws
Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo
Irish immigration
Mexican American War
abolitionists
free soilers
Know Nothing/American Party
Second Great Awakening
Mormons
Horace Mann
Worcester v Georgia
Commonwealth v Hunt
Transcendentalism
cult of domesticity/true womanhood
Manifest Destiny
Webster-Ashburton Treaty
Clayton-Bulwer Treaty
Whigs/2nd American Party Sys.
DeTocqueville/Democracy in America
Tariff of Abominations
James K. Polk
Force Act
removal of deposits
Lucretia Mott
Brigham Young
Neal Dow
Independent Treasury
Specie Circular
National Banking Act
compact theory
perpetual union
nature of the union
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AP Outline
6. Transformation of the Economy and Society in Antebellum America
 The transportation revolution and creation of a national market economy
 Beginnings of industrialization and changes in social and class structures
 Immigration and nativist reaction
 Planters, yeoman farmers, and slaves in the cotton South
7. The Transformation of Politics in Antebellum America
 Emergence of the second party system
 Federal authority and its opponents: judicial federalism, the Bank War, tariff
controversy, and states’ rights debate
 Jacksonian democracy and its successes and limitations
8. Religion, Reform and Renaissance in Antebellum America
 Evangelical Protestant revivalism
 Social reforms
 Ideals of domesticity
 Transcendentalism and utopian communities
 American Renaissance: literary and artistic expressions
9. Territorial Expansion and Manifest Destiny
 Forced removal of American Indians to the trans-Mississippi West
 Western migration and cultural interactions
 Territorial acquisitions
 Early US imperialism: The Mexican War
SOL Essential Knowledge
The westward movement and economic development
 American settlers poured westward from the coastal states into the Midwest, Southwest, and
Texas, seeking economic opportunity in the form of land to own and farm.
 The growth of railroads and canals helped the growth of an industrial economy and
supported the westward movement of settlers. Eli Whitney’s invention of the cotton gin led
to the spread of the slavery-based “cotton kingdom” in the Deep South.
 American migration into Texas led to an armed revolt against Mexican rule and a famous
battle at the Alamo, in which a band of Texans fought to the last man against a vastly
superior force. The Texans’ eventual victory over Mexican forces subsequently brought
Texas into the Union.
 The American victory in the Mexican War during the 1840s led to the acquisition of an
enormous territory that included the present-day states of California, Nevada, Utah,
Arizona, and parts of Colorado and New Mexico.
Impact on the American Indians (First Americans)
 The belief that it was America’s “Manifest Destiny” to stretch from Atlantic to Pacific
provided political support for territorial expansion.
 During this period of westward migration, the American Indians were repeatedly defeated in
violent conflicts with settlers and soldiers and forcibly removed from their ancestral
homelands. They were either forced to march far away from their homes (the “Trail of
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Tears,” when several tribes were relocated from Atlantic Coast states to Oklahoma) or
confined to reservations.
The forcible removal of the American Indians from their lands would continue throughout
the remainder of the 19th century as settlers continued to move west following the Civil War.
Terms to know
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Aristocracy: A government in which power is given to those believed to be best qualified
Aristocrat: A member of an aristocracy
Presidential veto: Power granted to the President to prevent passage of legislation
“Spoils System”: A practice of using public offices to benefit members of the victorious party
Panic of 1837: The economic situation that resulted from reckless speculation that led to
bank failures and dissatisfaction with the use of state banks as depositories for public funds
Expansion of democracy
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The number of eligible voters increased as previous property qualifications were eliminated.
Prior to the election of 1828, the majority of the American people had been satisfied to have
“aristocrats” select their President.
By 1828, Americans began to see Americans as equals and were more eager to participate in
the electoral process. Delegates from states chose candidates for President at nominating
conventions. Once elected, President Andrew Jackson employed the spoils system
(rewarding supporters with government jobs).
Bank of the United States
 Distrusting the bank as an undemocratic tool of the Eastern elite, Jackson vetoed the
rechartering of the bank in 1832. Jackson’s bank veto became the central issue in the
election of 1832, as Henry Clay, the National Republican candidate, supported the bank.
Jackson’s re-election brought an end to the bank, as Jackson withdrew government money
and deposited it in state banks. His actions caused a major economic depression, resulting in
the Panic of 1837.
The Abolitionist Movement
 The abolitionist movement grew in the North, led by William Lloyd Garrison, publisher of
The Liberator, an antislavery newspaper, and many New England religious leaders, who saw
slavery as a violation of Christian principles.
 Harriet Beecher Stowe, wife of a New England clergyman, wrote Uncle Tom’s Cabin, a bestselling novel that inflamed Northern abolitionist sentiment. Southerners were frightened by
the growing strength of Northern abolitionism
The women’s suffrage movement
At the same time the abolitionist movement grew, another reform movement took root, to give
equal rights to women.
 Seneca Falls Declaration
 Roles of Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony, who became involved in women’s
suffrage before the Civil War, but continued with the movement after the war
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Generating Specific Factual Information
Directions: Your group should generate as much specific factual information as possible that
would offer major support for each of the following statements. All members of your group
MUST know what each bit of SFI. If they don’t, it is the group’s responsibility to teach them.
Government land policy, economic opportunity, and improved transportation
encouraged westward movement.
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Economic development, political changes and reform movements all contributed
to the characterization of the Jacksonian Period (1824-1848) as the era of the
“common man.”
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Between 1800 and 1850, territorial expansion had a negative impact on national
unity
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Between 1800 and 1850, territorial expansion had a positive impact on national
unity
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PRACTICE MULTIPLE CHOICE
Go to http://www.historyteacher.net/USQuizMainPage.htm and complete the practice questions for
“The Age of Jackson,” “Reform Movements”, “Westward Expansion & Manifest Destiny”
and “American Society: 1800 – 1860”
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