Transcript Antebellum Period

Antebellum Period
Sarah Quintanilla
Tanner Day
JACKSONIAN DEMOCRACY
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Belief in Common Man
Expanded Suffrage
Patronage
Opposition to Privileged Elites
Belief in Common Man
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Andrew Jackson was an average man
Little education
Was like the common American
Expanded Suffrage
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Suffrage- The right to vote
Jackson expanded suffrage to those white
males who did not own land as well as those
who did.
Patronage
The Jacksonians supported patronage the
policy of placing supporters in office
Jacksonians wanted to reward supporters and
punish the opponents.
Opposition to privileged elites
Jacksonians preferred the working man over
the privileged man.
Hard workers were better than those who had
everything handed to them.
THE TARIFF OF ABOMINATIONS
The tariff of Abominations, the tariff of 1828,
was a tax on the British imports. South
Carolina was against the tariff, calling it the
tariff of abominations.
The Nullification Crisis
The crisis evolved from the tariffs of 1828 and
1832. South Carolina reacted angrily and so
did Jackson. Violence almost erupted.
The Doctrine of Nullification
This doctrine came from a state congressional
meeting where the previously stated tariffs
were nullified.
THE BANK WAR
In the election of 1832 Jackson and Henry
Clay fought heavily over the Second Bank of
America. The bank quickly became the main
political tool in the campaign that followed.
Jackson’s Veto
Jackson vetoed the Second Bank of America’s
charter shutting down the bank after 20
years. This earned him the name King
Andrew I because he overrode both the
legislative and judicial branches.
Consequences
When the bank finally departed other small
banks began the vicious cycle of boom-andbust economic conditions again. Jackson
made the Specie Circular, which resulted in a
recession in 1837
JACKSON AND THE FORCED
REMOVAL OF AMERICAN SLAVES
The Indian Removal Act was a way for the US
to remove autonomous Indian nations out of
states. The rising tensions between states
and Natives were at a breaking point at the
time of this Act, which was brought before the
Supreme court in Cherokee Nation V.
Georgia.
Worcester VS. Georgia 1831
Worcester was one of two missionaries who
were arrested on Cherokee land by Georgian
law because they did not have Georgi’s
permission to be there. The supreme court
ruled in favor of Worcester.
Jackson and the Cherokees
Jackson was responding to ever increasing
political pressure from white settlers wanting
the Cherokee land’s. He also wanted to limit
the federal power because of his belief in the
states.
The trail of tears
The Trail of Tears was the name given to the
journey the Natives made where many died.
PLANTERS AND SLAVES IN THE
ANTEBELLUM SOUTH 1816-1860
Slaves in this time period were worth
approximately $1,800 (individually). So most
slaves were kept in fields and cheaper labor
did more dangerous tasks. Families tended to
stay together more, and marriage would be
allowed by some landowners.
King cotton
Eli Whitney, a Yale graduate, spent some
years on a cotton plantation to pay off his
debts. While there he invited the cotton gin
that made cotton boom and become a major
cash crop in the south.
Slave society
Some slave owners would allow marriage.
The separation rate of families severely
dropped due to the lower rate of slave
auctions.
THE TRANSPORTATION
REVOLUTION
The steam engine boomed transportation,
boats and trains could be used. Boats were
used more than trains because of the
smoothness of travel.
New developments
first railroad 1828
steam boats 1820-1830s
SOCIAL AND CULTURAL MOVEMENTS IN
ANTEBELLUM AMERICA
The class structure of America changed due
to industrialization. The three classes all
shifted up slightly, the middle class becoming
closer to the upper class leaving the lower
class further from the other two.
Role of Women
Women could not vote.
Textile industry (factories) mainly worked by
young, unmarried women.
Mother was to worry about family and religion.
Some thought women should be educated, for
the sake of the children.
Changing Women’s role
Still couldn’t vote
Women rights similar to antislavery
Conventions held everywhere except the
south.
THE SENECA FALLS CONVENTION
1848
Organized and led by Elizabeth Cady Stanton
and Lucretius Mott.
Demanded greater rights for women, all men
and women are created equal.
Right to property, divorce, custody, education.
Dorthea Dix worked to reform the treatment of
people with mental disabilities.
Abolition and Abolitionists
The Second Great Awakening brought the
moral issues of slavery into view. The
awakening was started by preachers Charles
Finney and Lyman Beecher.
American Colonization Society began sending
freed slaves back to Africa, this was led by
middle class citizens.
William Lloyd Garrison
Garrison was extremely outspoken on slavery.
He wrote the first antislavery newspaper
called the Liberator. He started the American
Antislavery Society. The society soon
splintered because of Garrison’s support of
women’s rights.
Frederick Douglas
Douglas was one of, if not the, most
outspoken african american about abolition.
He was also in support of women’s rights and
the rights of the Native Americans.
Transcendentalism
- A philosophical and literary movement from
the 19th century centering around a simplistic
life while enjoying the truth in nature.
Henry David Thoreau and Ralph Waldo
Emerson were the leading writers.
Utopian Societies
Utopians believed that humans could
constantly achieve better through conscious
acts of will.
Brook Farm, New Harmony, and the Oneida
Community where the best known societies
Cultural Advances -Education
Mcgruffey Readers became widely used in
schools.
More teacher training schools opened.
Newspapers flourished
Taxes began to pay for public education.
Cultural Advances -Hudson River School
Thomas Cole led a group of artist who painted
the natural beauty of America.
This became the first coherent school of art in
America.
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