Chapter Five Flashcards
(17 cards)
Constitution of 1835
valleys of NE TN and Cumberland Basin did not want to endorse
Middle/West TN did endorse
previous black men who could vote could no longer vote
revision of taxation clause was primary focus
state SC with three justices
legislative branch - representation based on qualified voters
debated emancipation
states permanent capital
Sen. Hugh Lawson White
supported by anti-Jackson people, pushed him as a candidate rather than going right after Jackson
presidential candidate
for 1836 swept the state
james k polk
rivalry between him and John Bell for speaker of national HOR
defeated Bell in 1835
after 1837, rescued the Jacksonian party from ruin —-> Polk won presidency
netwon cannon
hostile towards Andrew Jackson
pro- candidacy for pro-White (Hugh Lawson) platform
against William Carroll
Cannon won election but did not receive majority
sought reelection in 1837, so in 1838, and ran against Robert Armstrong so Cannon won
whig party
anti Jacksonian forces
Hugh Lawson White
presidential victory in 1840 with James K Polk
Lean “Jimmy” Jones
James C Jones ran against Polk and was chosen by Whig Party in 1841
Jones won
would go against Polk again in 1843: endorsed Henry Clay
so was elected 2nd term in 1843
Texas annexation V
Van Buren opposed
Baltimore convention swung from Buren to Polk
Henry Clay also opposed but Whigs stuck with him, but state was in favor of annexation
Whigs did not favor and though that it was Unconst
Wilmot Provoso - denied right of fed govt to interfere with slavery –> state citizen/property rights
Nashville convention (1850)
met while Compromise of 1850 was being debated
convention adopted moderate resolutions upholding southern rights - specifically with states yet to be admitted
address crisis that followed the Mexican War
also to consider secession
avoided/criticized by Whigs
favored by Democrats
also during this time the Kansas-Nebraska line was debated
andrew johnson
Democrat leader in 1850s
ran the 1853/55 campaigns
lost 1853, but won in 1855 against Know Nothing party
established State Agriculture Bureau
“father of public education”
“Know Nothing Party”
the Whig Party reconstituted in 1855
vanished after 1857
gave Democrats strong competition
Opposition party
came about 1859
anti-jacksonian
gave Democrats strong competition
cotton
came about with Agriculture increase
important cash crop
in the southern counties
railroads
railroad fever ran highest in East TN
because no canal
RailRoad Advocate newspaper
issued bonds to be turned over to company in exchange for stock
but did not unify the state economically
Sam Houston
key role in creation of Texas
failed to complete his role as governor in 1829
Nashoba
Fanny Wright - Scottish
idea of colony where slaves could be educated and prepared for freedom (1825)
William “Parson” Brownlow
temperance movement
minister and newspaper editor
crusaded to end slavery
hated alcohol
Tennessee Manumission Society
1815
a local antislavery society in East TN
