Download HCC 1301 Unit II Study Guide The Growth of Democratic Culture

HCC 1301 Unit II Study Guide
The Growth of Democratic Culture and the Jacksonian America (1800-1840)
the policies of the Jefferson administration
the growth of nationalism and the War of 1812
the primary characteristics of the democratic culture developing in the early 19th century—demographics, migration, religion, politics,
& the frontier
the development of the market, transportation, and industrial revolutions and the capitalist system
significant events during the Monroe administrations
the significance of egalitarianism, individualism, and paternalism
the development of the Democratic and Whig parties and the second party system and the presidential elections during the period
the politics of the Jacksonian Democrats and the major issues of Jackson’s presidency
the significance of Andrew Jackson’s presidency
the Monroe Doctrine
the Missouri Compromise
the “corrupt bargain”
the Second Great Awakening
the Virginia Dynasty
the Era of Good Feelings
the American System
the Tallmadge Amendment
Worcester v. Georgia, 1832
Trail of Tears
preemption rights
the National Republicans
the nullification crisis
the specie circular
the War Hawks
the Battle of New Orleans
standard for treason
the right of judicial review
the American Colonization Society
the Panics of 1819 & 1837
limited liability
Old Hickory
democratic rhetoric
the spoils system
the Tariff of Abominations
the doctrine of “free will”
the “peculiar institution”
squatters
the Erie Canal
the Democrats
the Bank War
pet banks
the “revolution of 1800
the Burr-Hamilton duel
Marbury v. Madison, 1803
the Republican Party
Meriwether Lewis
James Monroe
Andrew Jackson
John Quincy Adams
William Clark
Alexis de Tocqueville
Peggy & John Eaton
Nicholas Biddle
“a firebell in the night”
“An unchecked majority is a despotism.”
“Our Union, it must be preserved.”
“a ward to his guardian”
“throw the rascals out.”
“The Star Spangled Banner”
the Second Bank of the U.S. (SBUS)
the 5 Civilized Tribes
the elections of 1824, 1828, 1832, 1836, & 1840
Adams-Onis Treaty
the Whigs
the Peggy Eaton affair
the Kitchen Cabinet
Cherokee Nation v. Georgia, 1831
the Great Compromiser
the Land Act of 1820
the Industrial Revolution
the Whigs
the force bill
the South Carolina Exposition
the War of 1812
the Louisiana Purchase
the Lewis and Clark expedition
Sam Houston
Martin van Buren
John C. Calhoun
Henry Clay
Tecumseh
William Henry Harrison
Margaret Bayard Smith
Francis Scott Key
“The bank is trying to kill me . . . but I will kill it.”
“tweaking the lion’s tail”
the “tyranny of the majority”
“boom or bust”
“hang out his shingle
“the People’s Day and the People’s President”
“Burr loves nothing but himself; thinks of nothing but his own aggrandizement, and will be content with nothing, short of permanent
power in his own hands.”
“We are all republicans, we are all federalists”
“Millions for defense, but not a cent for tribute.”
“the revolution of 1800 . . . not effected indeed by the sword, as that, but by the rational and peaceable instrument of reform, the
suffrage of the people ”
"We must not let our rulers load us with perpetual debt. . . . I sincerely believe. . . that the principle of spending money to be paid by
posterity under the name of funding is but swindling futurity on a large scale. . . . The conclusion then, is, that neither the
representatives of a nation, nor the whole nation itself assembled, can validly engage debts beyond what they may pay in their own
time."
“we should have such an empire for liberty as . . . the world has never surveyed since the creation”
“The day France takes possession of N.Orleans . . . we must marry ourselves to the British fleet and nation.”
“little clearings detached from each other by intervening forest, through which footpaths, and narrow wagon roads obstructed by
stumps, wound their way”
“a rough frontier town with streets full of hogs wallowing in mudholes, barrooms, drunkard lying in and outdoors, scarlet wo men,
bloody fights, shootings, and killings, gambling games going on day and night.”
“To a man of refined sensibilities it cannot be stood so I am going to Huntsville, Alabama.”
“the Judas of the West has closed the contract and will receive the thirty pieces of silver.”
“His looks spoke out that he would not fear the devil should he meet him face to face.”
“An unchecked majority is a despotism.”
“Our Union, it must be preserved.”
“Please give my compliments to my friends in your state, and say to them, that if a single drop of blood shall be shed there in
opposition to the laws of the United States, I will hang the first man I can lay my hands on engaged in such treasonable conduct, upon
the first tree I can reach.”
“the preservation of the rights of the several states and the integrity of the Union.”
“a ward to his guardian”
“distinct political communities, having territorial boundaries”
“The bank . . . is trying to kill me, but I will kill it.”
“Tippecanoe and Tyler Too”
“the tyranny of the majority.”
“Log Cabin and Hard Cider”
“King Andrew I, the most absolute despot now at the head of any representative government.”
Antebellum America & Manifest Destiny and Expansion (1830-1850)
the distinct characteristics of the North and South that distinguished them as individual sections of the country
the appearance of distinct socio-economic classes and changing gender roles, and the democratic family
characteristics of the American middle class
the reform movements of the mid-19th century
Sam Houston’s views on Texas and its connection to the U.S.
the purpose, findings, and recommendations of Teran’s Commission
the settlement of Texas by Anglos, their cultural and political conflicts with Mexicans, and the Texas Revolution
Sam Houston’s conduct of the Texas Revolution
the significance of Manifest Destiny
the foreign policy of the Polk administration
industrial capitalism
interchangeable parts
division of labor
assembly line
mass production
Young Hickory
popular sovereignty
the Gadsden Purchase
cult of domesticity
the century of the child
empresarios
the Tejanos
the Constitution of 1824
the forty-niners
the fugitive slave law
the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
James K. Polk
John O’Sullivan
Stephen F. Austin
Zachary Taylor
Winfield Scott
Sam Houston
“Cotton is King.”
“a decent laboring class”
Coahuila y Texas `
the law of April 6
the runaway scrape
battle of San Jacinto
the Comanches and Apaches
the Gold Rush
the Compromise of 1850
the Alamo
Horace Mann
Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna
Moses Austin
Zacatecas
the Republic of Texas
the 49th parallel
the Oregon Trail
the Mexican War
the Wilmot Proviso
Juan Sequin
Manuel de Mier y Teran
“Go west young man, go west”
“The department of Texas is contiguous to the most avid nation in the world. . . . . The North Americans have conquered whatever
territory adjoins them.”