Trigger Words
-American Colonization Society: a Society formed to aid freed slaves in their return of Africa by setting up colonies for them.
-Corrupt Bargain: John Quincy Adams made Henry Clay the secretary of state after Clay convinced Congress to elect Adams as president over Andrew Jackson
-Eli Whitney: invented the cotton gin, which increased the profitability of growing cotton tremendously
-Great Western Frontiers (3)
-Grimke Sisters: Two female abolitionists who left their Quaker community to become active in the abolition movement
-Henry Clay: a prominent politician who was a "war hawk", favored taxes, tariffs a strong national bank, and later became involved in the "Corrupt Bargain" of 1824
-Indian Removal Act: The forced migration of millions of Indians along the Trail of Tears from their homelands east of the Mississippi to Oklahoma and Nebraska
-Manifest Destiny: The belief that the United States was destined from its beginning to span from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean
-Mexican American War: A brief war from 1846-1848 which resulted in the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo which granted the U.S. California, Nevada, Colorado, New Mexico, and extended the border of Texas to the Rio Grande river.
-Republican Motherhood: The thought that mothers influenced their children by instilling basic American values in them during their youth so that they could become able citizens
-Seneca Falls: The first Women's rights convention to be held in the West, organized by Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Four Worlds
Political (Kelly B)
•The government during this time was republican. • Slaves were not treated fairly by white people • The leadership still had the Congress, House of Rep, and the President • Order was maintained usually fairly through the country, but not for the African Americans. |
Cultural (Dion K)
•In terms of religion, non-Christians were still being persecuted, such as the Mormons.Mormons were forced to leave Utah after this •Men still had more rights than women, however, women were beginning to fight for their rights, like at the Seneca Falls convention •Slavery continued to grow especially with the demand in the cotton industry. •Gold Rush started, with the first gold pieces found outside Sutter’s mill. •Sale and consumption of liquor was banned. |
Social (Dion K)
• Europeans started to immigrate over to the United States, even though residents of the US didn’t like them. • People started to realize that they needed public education funded by taxes. •Different reforms started, such as Dorothy Dix and her attempts to reform prisons and asylums •A lot of people started to be more vocal about what they wanted, such as the slaves starting to rebel, the Seneca Falls convention, and Caitlin and his avocation for the preservation of nature. |
Economic (Kelly B)
•The rich white planters have slaves to work on their plantations in the South. •North did not like the slavery happening in the South. They tried to abolition it. •The South and North both benefitted because without the slaves, the cotton and crops growing would not have been planted and grown properly. |
Primary Source Documents
Postmaster General Amos Kendall's Report on the delivery of Abolition Materials in the Southern States
http://www.samuelbrenner.com/URIHI141/Documents/abolitionmailings.htm
Postmaster Kendall's report is concerned about whether or not radical and exaggerated abolitionist propaganda should be confiscated in order to keep the peace in the South and prevent a Slave revolt or anger the whites who are not slave owners. This is significant because the Postmaster General does not know whether or not he has the authority to decide if the materials should be confiscated, but he believes that the materials should be confiscated as states have no right to interfere with the internal affairs of other states.
A.K.
Davy Crockett on Andrew Jackson
http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=FA0911F83F5E137B93C0A81788D85F428784F9
Davy Crockett says that Andrew Jackson is a good guy, but he's surrounded by people who care only for power. He believes they have led him to believe that he is very popular and powerful, so they can ride the wave of his victories and get what they want. Davy Crockett says he will not promote any candidate, but he appears to be fond of Andrew Jackson. He says that as soon as congress adjourns he will visit him, which betrays a kind of fondness. This King of the wild frontier appears to be fond of Jackson and rightly so.
Davy Crockett? More like closet supporter of Andrew Jackson
J.H.
http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=FA0911F83F5E137B93C0A81788D85F428784F9
Davy Crockett says that Andrew Jackson is a good guy, but he's surrounded by people who care only for power. He believes they have led him to believe that he is very popular and powerful, so they can ride the wave of his victories and get what they want. Davy Crockett says he will not promote any candidate, but he appears to be fond of Andrew Jackson. He says that as soon as congress adjourns he will visit him, which betrays a kind of fondness. This King of the wild frontier appears to be fond of Jackson and rightly so.
Davy Crockett? More like closet supporter of Andrew Jackson
J.H.
Life as Black Hawk
http://wadsworth.com/history_d/special_features/ilrn_legacy/waah1c01c/content/amh1/readings/blackhawk.html
This talks about the horrors the Indians hear about the Americans coming to take over and are in fear. But when the Americans come up to them to make a deal, they aren't fearful anymore. They become friends quickly and the Indians make way for the Americans as they leave. But, when one of the Indians kills another American, all the Indians can think about is how they are going to show the Americans they are sorry and make sure that it never happens again. They want to remain peaceful, but can't if some of the tribe disrespects the Americans.
K. B.
http://wadsworth.com/history_d/special_features/ilrn_legacy/waah1c01c/content/amh1/readings/blackhawk.html
This talks about the horrors the Indians hear about the Americans coming to take over and are in fear. But when the Americans come up to them to make a deal, they aren't fearful anymore. They become friends quickly and the Indians make way for the Americans as they leave. But, when one of the Indians kills another American, all the Indians can think about is how they are going to show the Americans they are sorry and make sure that it never happens again. They want to remain peaceful, but can't if some of the tribe disrespects the Americans.
K. B.
The Declaration of Sentiments, Seneca Falls Conference, 1848
http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/senecafalls.asp
In 1848, a group of women, led by Elizabeth Stanton and Lucretia Mott rallied together at Seneca Falls, New York to fight for their rights and push for equality among the sexes. It was signed by men and women alike, which signified a form of unification among the American people. It was, however, very dangerous for the men to sign, because what followed could have been disastrous. Nevertheless, this document was a prime example of the beginnings of the many movements that pushed towards the equality among the residents of the United States of America.