Semester 1 Review - Key Terms and Concepts

Peculiar Institution

Southern reference for the institution of slavery

Federalism

Strong national government with significant power over the states and control over the direction and development of the economy

Spoils System

System brought to Washington under Jackson which replaced entrenched bureaucrats with supporters in the hopes of making government more simple and democratic.

Sectionalism

Doing and advocaying what is in the best interest of a secfion or region of the nation. Putting sectional interests above national interests i.e. slavery expansion, tariffs, etc.

Colonialsim

Economic theory practice by colonial powers in the 1600 and 1700s whereby a nation's economy can be strengthened by establishing colonies and exploiting them to maximize exports and minimize imports for the mother country.

Puritans

Religious faith that believed in original sin and that man is inherently evil and that only a select few will achieve salvation

Presbyterian

Religious faith that held the following values: work, thrift, education, property

Abolition

Individuals and movement that wished to abolish all slavery

Idealism

Intellectual and philosophical movement of the mid 1800s asserting that the nature of reality can be learned only be intuition rather than through experience