Early American History

In the 1820s how did President Andrew Jackson expand the American electorate? Why did the French government send Alexis De Tocqueville to the United States? Which groups were excluded from Andrew Jackson’s democratic process? What was Andrew Jackson’s view of American Indians (Native Americans)? By 1828 how were presidential electors chosen? Which party is the oldest political party in the United States today? How did Andrew Jackson expand the voting groups? Explain Andrew Jackson’s theory of democracy. What was the “spoils system”? As president what was the view of Andrew Jackson regarding the power of the federal government? Define John Calhoun’s doctrine of “nullification”? What was America’s primary goal of its policy toward the Indians (Native Americans)? What was the Black Hawk War notable for? The “Trail of Tears” led the Cherokee Indians to the area that was to become which state? Define “soft money advocates” and “hard money advocates”. Who were the “Locofocos” of the 1830s? What was the philosophy of the Whigs regarding the power of the federal government? What was Alexis de Tocqueville’s original mission to America? Name three factors that accounted for the rapid growth of the American population between 1820-1840. Between 1840 and 1860 the overwhelming majority of immigrants to the United States came from which countries? What was the main cause of the hostility towards immigrants by those native born Americans? The “Know Nothing” movement was directed at reducingthe influence of which organization? What was the new political party created by the “Know Nothings”? Was the Erie Canal a financial success or a financial disaster? Why? Define the “limited liability” laws developed in the 1830s in the United States. By 1860 where was the large concentration of factories in America? By 1860 what was the major source of energy in the industrialization of America? Who made up the large factory workforce of the textile mill workers in the early 19th century? Why was the small free African American community in the North worse off than even the destitute immigrants? How was the absence of class conflict in America explained? What did the Massachusetts court case of Commonwealth v. Hunt (1842) declare? Prior to 1860 which was the fastest-growing segment in American society? What was the “cult of domesticity”? In the 1840s what was P.T. Barnum’s American museum in New York showcasing? How did the rise of the factory system change American lives? Who invented the telegraph? Who invented the automatic reaper? What conditions helped in the rise of the American middle- class in the first half of the 19th century? Define the Lowell or Waltham system. What is meant by the term “cotton kingdom”. By the time of the Civil War how much of the total trade export of the United States did cotton constitute? Why did the South fail to develop a large industrial economy? List three reasons why the South remained different from the North. What percent of White Southerners were slave owners? To what extent were Southern gentlemen willing to go to defend their honor? Prior to 1860 how did Southern white women differ from Northern white women? What was social theorist George Fitzhugh’s view of women? How common was the sexual relationship between White southern men and female slaves? Who were the “plain folk” of the South? Did Southern whites who did not own slaves benefit from the plantations? How? “The single strongest unifying factor for White Southerners was their perception of racial superiority”. Explain. What challenges did the poorest class of white southerners face? What does the term “peculiar institution” refer to? Other than the United States where did slavery exist in the Western Hemisphere in 1850? How did the institution of slavery encourage slaves to develop their own society and culture? Give some examples of the slave codes. What was the “one drop rule”? What year was the slave trade and importation of Africans to the United States made illegal? What did the slaves depend on for their medical needs? What was the mortality rate among slave infants? Why was slavery in the Caribbean more harsh than the slavery in the United States? What does the term “manumit” mean? Name some benefits as well as challenges of being a house servant. Why did Southern white women resent the Black females in the plantation? Name three slave rebels and the outcome of their rebellion. What story does slide 122 from the PowerPoint tell? What was the Underground Railroad? How likely was a slave from the South would successfully escape to the North? Though converted to Christianity how did the slaves maintain African elements in their worship? Did the slave family have legal recognition in the South? What was the main cause of the breakup of the slave families? What role did the extended family play in the slave families? What was the status of the children born to white masters and slave women? In the antebellum South’s society which group was at the top of the social ? In comparison to their northern counterparts did southern women have less or more access to education? In the mid- 19th century what was the general European attitude towards American art and literature? According to the transcendentalists what was the most important human faculty? What was the core principle of the Oneida community? What was the most distinctive feature of Shakerism? Why did the Mormons become target of persecution? What was the Temperance Crusade about? Define “Phrenology”. Prior to 1860 what were American prisons like? What was the purpose of putting American Indians in reservations? What did the feminist movements in the 1820s and 1830s challenge? Prior to the Civil War which religious denomination was most active in the feminist movement? To which African country did the American Colonization Society send freed African slaves from the United States? Name the black abolitionist who called for the violent overthrow of the institution of slavery in America. Who was the most militant and outspoken white abolitionist? What caused divisions among the abolitionists? What effect did the book Uncle Tom’s Cabin have in the United States? How did the Southerners react to the abolitionists? What risk did the “free” Blacks in the North have to live with?