unit 4

Members of the American (Know-Nothing) Party of the 1850s typically supported

restrictions on Catholics' holding public office

List the reasons that Andrew Jackson was so popular and helped him win the 1828 election.

People then saw him as a common man who represented the people. Since most of the people were common people they obviously liked Jackson and felt that he could really help them if he were in office.

Explain the nullification crisis of 1832.

South Carolina adopted the ordinance to nullify the tariff acts and label them unconstitutional

What is the significance of the Seneca Falls Convention and the Declaration of Sentiments?

The Seneca Falls convention was important because it was the first women's rights convention held in the United States and was where the Declaration of Sentiments was created. The Declaration of Sentiments, which was based on the Declaration of Independence, listed 18 grievances and 11 resolutions for women.

What are the beliefs of the transcendentalist?

Transcendentalists believed that society and social institutions such as organized religion and political parties corrupt the purity of individuals. (self-reliance and independence)

Andrew Jackson vetoed the recharter of the Bank of the United States partly because he believed that the bank

concentrated too much power in the hands of a few people

Explain the impact of the market revolution on American society and families

population increase and more focus on city life

One distinguishing feature of the new middle class that emerged in the 1830s and 1840s was

the separation of economic production from the home and family life

During the 1800s the most common form of resistance to slavery by slaves themselves was

working slowly and breaking tools

The method of mass production that developed during the nineteenth century was a process that

relied on the use of power-driven machinery

What are the main goals of the American Colonization Society?

remove both free and enslaved African Americans from the United States and transport them to Africa