Expansion and Reform

2. A. Nationalism:
-Pride in one’s country.
-Three ways to show
pride:
-Art, Literature, and
Architecture.

3. B. Alexis De Tocqueville:
-Frenchman who
traveled to America and
coined the term
“individualism” to
describe Americans’
independence and selfreliance.

4. C. Hudson River School
of Artists:
-Drew pictures of the
beauty of the American
landscape.

5. D. Noah Webster:
-Writes the first American dictionary
which clarified American spellings
and meanings.
E. Transcendentalism:
-Style of writing that promotes selfreliance and individualism.
-Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry
David Thoreau.
F. Early American Writers
-Washington Irving
-James Fenmore Cooper
-Nathaniel Hawthorne
-Edgar Allen Poe

6. G. Neoclassical
Architecture:
-Buildings designed in
this style to look like
Roman buildings
because of strong Roman
democracy.
-Represented elite rich.

7. H. Sectionalism:
-Looking after the
interests of one section of
the country over another.

8. I. Industrial Revolution:
-Reorganizing of society and
economy.
-Machines replace hand tools
and decreases costs.
J. Interchangeable Parts:
-Parts of machinery and goods
that can be freely exchanged
for others.
-Increased production of
goods.
-Increased production of goods
in Factory Systems.

9. K. Steel Plow:
-Increased farm efficiency.
-Invented by John Deere.
L. Telegraph:
-Improved communication.
-Invented by Samuel B.
Morse.
M. Steamboat:
-Reduced travel time.
-Invented by Robert Fulton.

10. O. Henry Clay:
-Nicknamed “The Great
Compromiser.”
-Tried to settle the
differences between the
North and the South.

11. P. Clay’s American
System:
-Program that included
tariffs, stabilize national
bank, and improve
transportation.

12. Q. Election of 1824:
-Those who supported
Clay voted John Quincy
Adams.
-When Adams beats
Andrew Jackson, Adams
makes Clay his Secretary
of State.

13. R. Corrupt Bargain:
-Andrew
Jackson’s calls
it the corrupt bargain
because it was a secret
deal for Adams to get the
presidency.

14. S. Election of 1828:
-Andrew Jackson become
to president.
-Changed laws so all
adult white men can
vote.
-Wanted to clear the
government of elite and
wealthy class people.
Replaced officials with
friends.
"May God
Almighty
forgive her
murderers as I
know she
forgave them. I
never can.“
- Jackson

15. T. Spoils System:
-Process of replacing
government officials with
political allies regardless of
qualifications.
-Pendleton Civil Service
Act ends spoil system in
1883. Requires
government officials to
pass an exam.

16. U. Tariff of
Abominations:
-Jackson places extremely
high tariff on the South
which damages
economy.

17. V. South Carolina
Nullification Crisis:
-South Carolina claims
they have the right to
nullify the law.
-Jackson threatens to use
military force.
-Jackson ends up
lowering the tariff.

18. W. McCullough vs.
Maryland:
-Supreme Court ruled
the federal government
can do whatever it needs
to fulfill responsibilities.
-IMPLIED POWERS.

19. X. Pet Banks:
-Jackson selected smaller
private banks to hold the
government’s money.
-Disaster for economy.

20. Y. Indian Removal Act:
-Jackson moves Native
Americans to
undesirable lands in
what is now Oklahoma.

21. Z. Worcester v. Georgia:
-Cherokee sue and
Supreme Court rules they
have rights to their lands.
1a. Trail of Tears: The
Cherokee are forced to
march to new territory.
4,000 die along the way.
Sequoyah: Cherokee leader
who created Cherokee
alphabet so they could
communicate on trail.

22. 2b. Whig Party:
-Forms in opposition to
Jackson’s policies.

23. Reading Like A Historian:
-Separate into 2 groups.
-Pick group leader, reader, and writer.
-Group 1: Read A
-Group 2: Read B
-Leader – keep group on task.
-Reader – read the chunk out loud to the group.
-Writer answer questions for document

24. Mini BIO - Andrew Jackson.mp4
Andrew Jackson Song.mp4

25. Election of 2013:
King Jackson v.
Champion of Common
Man
Cast you vote:
Yes or No?

26. 3c. Reformers:
- People who work for
change in education,
institutions, and society.

27. 4d. Susan B. Anthony:
-Known for fighting for
women’s rights.
5e. Temperance Movement:
-Campaign to abolish alcohol
by women.
-Led by Susan B. Anthony.
6e. Elizabeth Cady Stanton
and Lucretia Mott:
- Organized and led Seneca
Falls Convention.

28. 7f. Dorothea Dix:
-Fought for improved
conditions for mentally
ill and for prison reform.
8g. Horace Mann:
-Worked for changes in
education.

29. 9h. Utopia:
-Perfect society free from
crime and poverty.
-Brook
Farm
-New Harmony
-Oneida

30. 10i. Second Great
Awakening:
- Religious revival.
-Helps Christians see the
evils of slavery.

31. 11j.. Grimke Sisters:
-Daughters of wealthy slave
owners who used their own
experiences to convince people it
was wrong.
12k. William Lloyd Garrison:
-African American who had
influential newspaper Liberator
that informed on slavery.
13l. Frederick Douglass:
-Escaped slave who joined
William Lloyd Garrison.
-Had own newspaper North
Star.
-Great speaker.

32. 
What was the only
thing that Thomas
Jefferson did that
went against his belief
of strict construction?
Louisiana Purchase
14m. Lewis and Clark
Led expedition to
explore Louisiana
Territory.

33. 15n. Oregon Trail:
-Path that settlers
followed from Missouri
to Oregon.

34. 16o. Forty-Niners:
-Rush of settlers from
around the world moved
to California to look for
gold.
-Increased the population
of California.
-Southerners wanted to
bring their slaves.

35. 17p. Missouri
Compromise:
-Unsuccessful attempt to
settle the issue of slavery in
the new territory.
-Missouri came in as slave
state, Maine as free.
-Attempt to balance the
number of slave and free
states.

36. 18q. Manifest Destiny:
-Idea that it was God’s
will to settle from
Atlantic to Pacific Ocean.

37. 19r. Mexican army attacks
Spanish mission protected
by Texans and kills the
defenders.
-Afterward cry was
“Remember the Alamo!”
20s. Texas Annexation:
-America adds territory of
Texas under president Polk
(expansionist).

38. 21t. Mexican American
War:
-War between United
States and Mexico over
the annexation of Texas.

39. 22u. Treaty of
Guadalupe Hidalgo:
-California and New
Mexico added to the U.S.
-Mexican Cession
completes Manifest
Destiny.

40. 23v. Gadsden Purchase:
-United States buys land
that includes parts of New
Mexico and Arizona.
24w. “Fifty-Four Forty or
Fight!”:
-Cry for those who wanted
to go to war with Britain
over Oregon’s border.
-Treaty sets border at the
49th Parallel.

41. Adams – Onis Treaty:
- Gave American Florida.

42. -
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Era of Good Feelings:
Time when political
parties and
government got along.
Monroe Doctrine:
Europe should stay out
of affairs in the
Western Hemisphere.
Really a show of
nationalism.