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Industrial Revolution
a. Define urbanization.
The growing of population in cities due to industrialization
b. What was the economic effect of Erie Canal and Transcontinental
Railroad?
Able to transport goods faster
Andrew Jackson
a. What group of people did Jackson represent?
common people
b. What impact did the election of 1824 have on the election of 1828?
Jackson held most popular vote and won election civilians didn't trust J.
Q.adams
c. How did Andrew Jackson use the spoil system?
Replaced officials with his own supporters
d. Define the Tariff of Abominations and describe how the South and
North felt about it. Describe the Nullification Act and explain why John
C Calhoun felt it was necessary.
The Nullification act was supported by those who felt (mostly the
South) the government had unfairly passed a law. The nullification act
allowed states to veto federal laws. The north appreciated the tariffs
because they took away european competition and South disliked the
Higher tariffs because it made products more expensive. Calhoun
supported it, he was from South Carolina
e. Put these events in order​”1.South Carolina suspends Nullification act,
2.congress raises tariffs 3.Jackson threatens force 4. South Carolina
votes to Nullify Federal laws:
Congress raises Tariffs, South Carolina votes to nullify federal laws,
Jackson threatens force, Suspends Nullification act
f. Explain Cherokee Nation vs Georgia court case.
Jackson tried to push the indian removal act through congress, but the
ruling was that they could stay on their land. Jackson ignored the ruling
and kicked them out anyway.
Manifest Destiny
a. What territory is the slogan Fifty-four or fight used for?
Oregon Territory
b. What are examples of Manifest Destiny?
Mexican Cession, Gadsden Purchase, Louisiana Purchase
c. What was the economic reason given for the Gadsden Purchase?
Transcontinental Railroad - use for trade and shipping goods faster and
easier
d. Where was the Gadsden Purchase located?
Arizona, New Mexico, (Southwest USA)
e. What pushed the Irish out of Ireland?
Potato famine
f. Why did a large number of Chinese migrate to the U.S. in the
mid-1800s?
The gold rush and economic opportunities
g. What pull factor brought young men to California?
The gold rush
War with Mexico
a. What were the causes for the War with Mexico?
They disagreed about where the border of Texas should be and when
President Polk sent troops down to the Rio Grande to claim the border,
Mexico attacked them and this gave Polk the excuse to declare war on
Mexico for "[invading] our territory and [shedding] American blood upon
the American soil."
b. What does the War of 1812 and War with Mexico have in common?
They both had America trying to claim land.
c. Which country owned California prior to the territory being ceded to the
U.S.?
Mexico
American Culture
a. Which movement did Ralph Waldo Emerson support?
Transcendentalism
b. Which author wrote about the treatment of sinners in the Puritan
society and love, guilt and revenge?
Nathaniel Hawthorne
c. What form of art did the Hudson River School contribute to society?
Nature and landscape paintings that focused on nature and made
human’s seem insignificant by comparison.
d. What are the characteristics of the ​2nd
​ ​ Great Awakening​?
Religious and cultural revival that brought new art and literature
and ideas about morals and society.
e. Who is John James Audubon?
He painted many different birds and animals and his ​Birds of
America was the most important work on birds ever done.
Reformers
a. Describe the purpose of the Seneca Falls Convention. Name the
important historical figures involved in the convention.
It was a huge event for women’s rights and declared women and
men to be equal and wanted the right to vote. Elizabeth Cady
Stanton and Lucretia Mott were important figures in the
convention. Created the Declaration of Sentiments which states all
men and women are created equal.
b. What was the purpose of the Temperance Movement.
American’s blamed alcohol for many of the world’s problems and so
they wanted to ban or moderate the use of it.
c. Identify the ​movement​ that each reformer was part of and their
role​ in reform;
i. William Lloyd Garrison
Abolitionism; he wrote the newspaper ​the Liberator and
called for no more slavery
ii. Frederick Douglas
Abolitionism; he edited an antislavery newspaper called the
North Star and he gave lectures and spoke out against slavery
as well as debating/discussing the issue with the president.
iii. Harriet Beecher Stowe
Abolitionism: She wrote uncle Tom’s Cabin to prove the
wrong that slavery was doing, President Lincoln Called her the
little old lady that started the war.
iv. Horace Mann
Education; he helped create the first Board of Education, have
teachers trained, worked to get children educated and to
better schools