Exam 2 Flashcards
(74 cards)
____________ took money from national banks and added them to “pet banks” so that he could kill the national bank per Jackson’s request
Roger B. Taney
_____________was always going rouge and vetoed the bank bill. He also didn’t listen to his advisors
Jackson
___________ was the 8th president, but when he came into office the economy was dying due to the national bank dying
Martin Van Buren
the ____________ was the party that opposed the Democrats; they believed that Andrew Jackson acted like a tyrannical king. They opposed the monarch, which is why they didn’t like Jackson and his party.
Whigs
As the Whigs gained more power, ____________ was one of the founders and wanted to run. However, the Whigs didn’t want him and they chose William Henry Harrison
Henry Clay
The campaign strategy for the 9th election was ____________. However, Harrison caught pneumonia during inauguration and died a month into office. The Vice president, John Tyler became president
to give people booze
There were many ________ in the US after 1820, which were mental health, prison, temperance, education, women’s rights, and abolitionist
reforms
the ___________ reform was the movement to try to get people from drinking alcohol. They linked alcohol consumption to abuse and poverty
temperance
the _____________ started in Massachusetts. This was when common schools began to surface. These were founded by Horace Mann. Property taxes fund public schools. Other states in the north adopted this model. Literacy rates rose to 94%
common school movement
the first Women’s Rights Convention in the US was called _____________
Seneca Falls, NY Convention
at the Seneca Falls, NY, Convention, the _____________ was made. This document Altered the Declaration of Independence to make it more inclusive. DSR
Declaration of Sentiments and Resolutions
The Abolitionist movement was the movement to abolish slavery. It was more of an organized movement, led by ________________.
William Lloyd Garrison
William Lloyd Garrison started his own newspaper in 1831, called the _____________.
Liberator
In the Liberator, William Lloyd Garrison demanded the _________________, ______________, and ________________ end of slavery.Other people wanted slave owners to get compensation but Garrison thought that this was ridiculous (IUU)
immediate, unconditional, and universal
______________hated Garrison. The governor of SC put a bounty on his head.
Southerners
Southerners blamed Garrison for _____________. This called Garrison to get lots of national publicity, which allowed him to create the ________________.
Nat Turner’s rebellion, American Anti-Slavery Society
_____________Escaped slavery in 1838 and moved from MD to MA. He met up with Garrison and became a major figure in the anti-slavery movement
Fredrick Douglass
Americans started to move into ____________ with their enslaved people to grow cotton
Texas
_________ was illegal in Mexico, and Texas was owned by Mexico. White Americans in Texas rebelled against the Mexican government
Slavery
In the battle of _______________, Texans won, which led to Texas becoming independent. Texas wanted to come into the US as a slave state and they were rejected because then the balance would be unequal
San Jacinto
Texas was an ___________________ from 1836-1845
independent union
the______________ occurred when there was unclaimed territory that the Mexicans and the US thought was theirs
border dispute
the US wanted California because of the ports. _____________ sent Americans into the undisputed territory
James K Polk
Mexicans thought this was an invasion. Mexicans were doomed regardless. They decide to attack the US, which starts the _______________
Mexican-American War
