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missouri compromise
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missouri would enter union as a slave state if maine entered union as a free state (to maintain slave/free state balance)
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national republicans
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represented by federalist adams (remants of federalist party), supported bus, had lots of money, campaigned for henry clay in election of 1832 but lost to democratic republicans (jackson0
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formation of whig party
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anti-jacksonian party (roots in discontent with the dictatorial jackson), first pres nomination=harrison (to compete w/ jackson)
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panic/depression of 1837
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caused by rampant speculation (get rich quick intentions), failures of wheat crops hurt farmers, banks collapsed w/ the life savings of the middle and lower classes (jackson's pet banks w/ government $ also went bust)
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texas revolution
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texas's independence from spain (well mexico's indpendence) gave steven austin the opportunity to bring in american immigrants that would supposedly assimilate into mexican culture
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log cabins and hard cider election
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in which harrison's "log cabin campaign" (the common man) earned him the whig party nomination, took john tyler as his vp to gain votes from the south
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caroline incident
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1837, in which american ship (caroline) was bringing supplies to canadian rebels and britain burned the ship down, used as propaganda against britain (shows tense relations)
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creole incident
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british pissed off america by offering support to 130 slaves that espcaped via american ship to the west indies
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webster-ashburton treaty
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patched up caroline incident, compromise made over the border of maine, america would get most of disputed land, but britain would get to build the halifax road
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early 1800s immigration
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irish and german!! came through new york, forced to work menial jobs, tension between both races
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nativism
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belief that the interests of the first to settle an area of land took precedent over the interest of all immigrants, opposition to immigration (imms will destroy existing culture)
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wage slaves
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when someone has to work in order to survive (relationship likened to that of slave/master), mostly prevalent in factories w/ unmarried women LOWELL GIRLS
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cult of domesticity
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goal of woman's life is to embody the submissive, domestic, nurturing housewife (idealized trait)
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cult of feminsim
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in which women should have an OPINION! their rights should be advocated, women shouldn't be satisfied with their disenfranchised, domestic existence
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seneca falls convention
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convention held by lucrietta mott advocating womens rights, constituion of womens rights (including suffrage) was set forth--known as declaration of sentiments
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election of 1816
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at end of monroes presidency, james madison won, federalist party on its way to die out, beginning of the era of good feelings
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election of 1820
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monroe won, big issues w/ economy (panic of 1819), debate over the legitimate statehood of missouri
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election of 1824
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john quincy adams, corrupt bargain, jqa screwed jackson over when he offered sec of state to clay (clay was also a protege of hamilton and therefore felt closer to jqa than jackson) clay swayed house vote b/c he was speaker of the house
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election of 1828
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rev. of 1828, huge voter turnout b/c of the "common" man jackson, power tranfered from east to west (snobs to mobs)
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election of 1832
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saw introduction of anti-masonic party (implementation of nomination conventions and party platforms)
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e of 1836
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whigs (leftover anti-masonic) ran 4 candidates vs. republican van buren (protge of jackson), van buren won, major issues: nullification crisis
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e of 1840
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van buren vs. tippecanoe and tyler too, major issue is over the economy/slavery/westward expansion, henry harrison wins
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john calhoun
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jackson's vp, openly split w/ jackson over the tariff of abominations/t of 1832, helped found the whig party
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e of 1844
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major issue=texas and the economy, polk vs. clay, polk wins, clay loses ny b/c of liberty party
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e of 1848
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zachary taylor (coming off of mexam war accomplishments) easily wins the election, zt=a whig, issue of popular soveriegnty (state should choose if its free/slave),
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compromise of 1850
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dealt with issues over slave/free states after mexican american war, made by henry clay, failed to pass however did postpone civil war
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gag resolution of 1836
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congress would not debate over issue of slavery (despite first amendment)
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james monroe
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presidency was marked as the era of good feelings, was a jeffersonian
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polk's 4 point plan
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1. reduce tariffs
2. independent treasury (no business sponsors/influence) 3. settle oregon dispute 4. acquire california |
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ralph waldo emmerson
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transcendentalist, wrote many essays against the pressure of society and advocating nature, gave "the american scholar" speech (intellectual d of i)
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henry david thoreau
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transcendentalist, wrote "civil disobedience" and "walden"
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