American Studies Sem. 1 review.txt

Abolitionist seen as a murderer to the South and a hero in the North. Tried to start a slave uprising.

African american Regiment

Believed in rights for all races (Abraham Lincoln's party)

Religious freedom, desire fo rland, poverty in homeland, provide England with raw materials

Colonists who Wanted to be separate form England

Tax on tea. Colonists boycotted and destroyed entire shipments of tea

Only they could tax themselves...Not England

Critical in changing public opinion in Rev.

Caused England to increase taxes due by the Colonists

Rights are given by the governed. When the people don't agree with teh government they can abolish it, natural rights

Failed becasue national government was too weak

guarantee basic individual rights

Established by Washington to help the new nation

Cannot speak out against the government and limited foreigners from entering the US

Favored national bank and a strong central government that favored the wealthy, Thomas Jefferson

Wanted limited central government, favored strict interpretation of teh Constitution, and primarily focused on agriculture

Formed because of the differeing beliefs of Hamilton and Jefferson

2 terms, federal power (Whiskey Rebellion), cabinet

Established Judicial Review

Bought for $15 million from France, Jefferson expanded the power of the President to purchase, Doubled U.S. in size

Exlected officials give supporters government jobs

Assimilate into U.S. culture or Move West

Modeled after the Decalarion of Independence. Wanted equal rights for women.

Ban the manufacture and sale of alcohol

Helped the mentally ill

Unconstitutional, however Jackson continued to enforce the act

Elected John Q. Adams to president in 1824

California. Brought a diverse population to the area looking for riches

Election of warhawks, impressement of american seamen, protect Native land

U.S. Nataionalism increased, relations with Britain improved, US stayed independent

Increased opportunities for a better life

Expansion of the United States from ocean to ocean

Monroe Doctrine, National Road, American system all show nationalism

Prevented European interference in the Western Hemisphere

Make the government more responsible to the common man

People deside the rules of the state

Increased the need for slave work in the South, made slave labor more profitable

gained territory

possible war with Mexico, more slave states, more Southern power in COngress

Temporary solution to the problem of slavery

NOrthern part of the country was more industrial while the Southern part was more agricultural

Caused a new stronger Fugative Slave Law (upset Abolitionists)

Upset Southerners becasue they thought it was inaccurate

Did not peacefully and immediately end slavery

Repealed the Missouri Compromise line

Slavers were property

Want State's Rights

Added freeing the slaves a main purpose of the war

South upset that Lincoln won the presidency without any Southern electoral votes

Fight to get rid of slavery

cannot be jailed without reason. Suspended during Civil War. Balance of individual liberyt and national needs

Removed troops from the South, End of Reconstruction

Kept African Americans in the South in a cycle of poverty and debt

Seperate but equal

Segregated the South. Failure of Reconstruction

Poll taxes, literacy tests, property requirements

Hurt tribal life on the Great Plains

People who exposed problems in society in order to get reform

Women's Suffrage (19), Direct Election of Senators (17), and Ban on the production of alcohol (18)

Survival of the Fittest, weak businesses should not get help

Angel Island (East) and Ellis Island (West), needed money, literacy, and jobs

Workers joined to improve their employment situations

Increases the population of cities

Helps consumer protections, corrupt government, and monopolies

Regulating the money supply by setting interest rates