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Henry Clay
a man that contributed to american many great compromises. for example, the missouri compromise that solved the issue with missouri coming into the union.
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Indian Removal Act
andrew jackson ignored the court. he forced natives to move to reservations in oklahoma.
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henry david thoreau
leading transcendentalist, a group that supported speaking your mind against the government.
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horace mann
the leader for increasing public education. he believed that american needed more educated people.
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jacksonian democracy
the political movement toward greater government influence by the common man.
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John C Calhoun
the leader of South Carolina who spoke strongly against the tarriff of abominations
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know-nothings
an american political faction in the south characterized by political xenophobia, anti-catholics sentiments, and random violence against german and irish catholice immigrants.
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lowell system
textile mills in massachusetts where women were a primary sourse of labor.
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lucretia mott
an american quaker women's rights activist, abolitionist, and social reformer.
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nullification crisis
jackson claims that nothing in the constitution says that states can nullify a law, and the states say no. this is struggle with state power v. federal rights.
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panics of 1819, 1837, 1857
the banks closed and people feard that the economy was instable.
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declaration of sentiments
a document signed at the women's rights convention begging that women get rights.
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2nd great awakening
a period in time when people started awakening to the call of christianity
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seneca falls convention
the first women's rights convention. they met here and wrote the declaration of sentiments.
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sojourner truth
an african american abolitionist and women's rights activist.
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spoils system
jackson handed out federal jobs and appointments to his friends and family.
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susan b. anthony
civil rights leader who played in important role in the women suffrage movement.
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tarriff of abominations
taxes on foreign goods trying to get americans to buy american goods.
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temperance
a group trying to get people to stop or moderate drinking habits because excessive alchohol consumption was leading to domestic violence and many other bad things.
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trial of tears
a trip to reservations where thousands of native americans died.
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transcendentalism
the belief that one should speak his or her mind against the government.
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whigs
a political party created for the sole purpose of getting andrew jackson out of office
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william lloyd garrison
an abolitionalist along with frederick douglass
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utopian communities
communities created that tried to have the perfect society.
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dorothea dix
a humanitarian reformer who wanted for there to be public institutions to cure mentally ill americans.
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ralph waldo emerson
a author for transcendentalism (the belief that one should speak his or her mind against the government.
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bleeding kansas
a conflict for 2 years that resulted in 200 people dying.
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harper's ferry raid
a plan to steal armory and start a slave rebellion
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compromise of 1850
claimed that california was a freestate, stricter fugutive slave laws, end of slave trade in d.c., and popular soveriengty would decide slavery
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stephen douglas
a democratic candidate for president who loss to abraham lincoln
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dred scott v sanford
took away citizenship from african americans
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free-soil party
a short-lived party that plans was to stop the expansion of slavery.
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fugitive slave act
mandated that if a northerner knew of a slave, they had to trun them in of race a fine
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kansas-nebraska act
slavery is determined by the 36 30 line
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popular soveriegnty
the people having the right to vote on whether they want slavery or not.
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uncle tom's cabin
a book exposing how horrific slavery was
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antietam
first battle won by the union. lincoln uses it to pass the emancipation proclamation freeing slaves
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appomattox
the court house where the final engagement of the conferderate army took place.
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border states
states that had slavery but were still a part of the union
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confederate states of america
states that broke away from the union when abraham lincoln became president of the united states
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jefferson davis
president of the confederacy
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emancipation proclamation
a document that was suppose to free slaves, but it didn't. instead it changed the reason that the union was fight: to abolish slavery.
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fort sumter
fort where the first shots of the civil war was shot
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gettysburg
a place decided to be a memorial for soldiers. lincoln also gave his gettysburg address here, which addressed freeing slaves.
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gettysburg address
lincoln's speech in gettysburg addressing slavery
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ulysses s grant
former union general who later became a horrible president
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robert e lee
former union general who later became a horrible president
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new york city draft riots
violent disturbances in new york protesting the draft of americans into the civil war
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sherman's march to the sea
from atlanta to savannah. 80 mile wide path of destruction because of total warfare
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vicksburg
fort near the mississippi river that sealed the deal for the anaconda plan because the confederacy was officially split up.
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13th amendment
amendment that abolished slavery
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14th amendment
amendment that claimed that everyone born in the united states was a citizen
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15th amendment
amendment that stated that voting rights cannot be denied
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carpetbaggers
northerners that came down to the south to take advantage of reconstruction
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civil rights act of 1877
law that enforced the 15th amendment which gave voting rights to african americans
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compromise of 1877
hayes would become president, northern troops removed from the south, construction of another railroad, and industrialization of the south
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freedman's bureau
helped newly freed men by relocating them, providing them food, education, shelter, etc.
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jim crow laws
began seperating blacks and whites in public places
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ku klux klan
a terrorist group that attacked african americans and thier supporters in the south
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plessy v ferguson
upheld the constitutionality of state laws requiring segregation of blacks and whites in public spaces.
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black codes
bagan seperating blacks and whites in public places
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radical republicans
believed that african americans should have civil rights
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scalawags
southerners that supported union activities in the south
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sharecroppers
a way for former slaves to have a job. they farmed on their former owner's land but they had to turn over 3/4 of thier crops. sharecropping kept them in debt slavery.
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