believed in a strong central government‚ supported the BUS‚ and were willing to compromise on the issue of slavery. Ultimately‚ the Whig party was just another name for the previous
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controversy dominated administration- basically ignored heads of govt. depts. of cabinet (except MVB) consulted instead w/ “Kitchen Cabinet”- informal group‚ made up of MVB and western friends didn’t include Calhoun‚ Clay (never forgave for role in “corrupt bargain” of 1825)‚ or Webster (rep of favorite political target- privileged elite) used social distance to separate himself from other politicians- defended Peggy Eaton (wife of sec. of war‚ flamboyant reputation‚ shunned by respectable ladies
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01/06/2011 The Road to War 1. Sectional Armistice of 1850 President Taylor adopted a form of popular sovereignty when dealing with the issue of slavery. He essentially made California a free state. a. Proposal (clay) i. Henry Clay was very weary of this crisis. He created a new compromise that challenged Taylor’s leadership of the Whig party. ii. In January of 1850‚ Clay got Daniel Webster to support him in creating a new comprehensive settlement to all
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AP US HISTORY Colonial History (1600-1763) 1. Separatist vs. non-Separatist Puritans – Radical Calvinists againstthe Church of England; Separatists (Pilgrims) argued for a break from the Church of England‚ led the Mayflower‚ and establishedthe settlement at Plymouth 2. Northwest Passage – believed to provide shortcut from Atlantic toPacific‚ searched for by Giovanni de Verrazano for Francis I in therace to Asian wealth 3. Conversion Experience – required of members of the PuritanChurch;
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35. Daniel Webster’s famed Seventh of March speech in 1850 resulted in [A] a shift toward compromise in the North. [B] Senate rejection of a fugitive-slave law. [C] a movement to draft him for the presidency. [D] condemnation by northern commercial interests. [E] charges of accepting bribes. 36. In the debates of 1850‚ Senator William H. Seward‚ as a representative of the northern Young Guard‚ argued that [A] John C. Calhoun’s compromise plan must be adopted to preserve the Union. [B] Christian
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Chapter 7 People 1. Tecumseh Tecumseh was a Shawnee chief known to be a great warrior. He traveled from Wisconsin to Florida persuading all sorts of tribes to join against the whites. Tecumseh’s brother‚ Tenskwatawa (the Prophet)‚ said that the Indians had to revolt against the whites to reinvigorate their own culture. After General Harrison defeated the Indians‚ the people lost their belief in the Prophet and Tecumseh. 2. Andrew Jackson Andrew Jackson was the 7th president of the United States
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Missouri Compromise: - Missouri admitted as slave state - Maine created as free state - Line of 1820 (36 .30 ) 1828-1833 - South Carolina tariff nullification crisis 1831-1860 – antislavery activism (1831: William Lloyd Garrison - The Liberator) 1831 slave rebellion led by Nat Turner in Southampton County‚ Virginia 1845 annexation of Texas 1846-1848 Mexican War 1848 U.S. victory over Mexico; territorial expansion (California‚ Utah and New Mexico territories) 1850 Compromise of 1850: -
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Unit 4: ID Terms Ch.13-15 1. National-Republicans: They became the Whig party during Jackson’s second term. John Quincy Adams and Henry Clay guided this party in the 1830s. They were the Jeffersonian Republicans‚ along with numerous former Federalists who believed that the national government should advocate economic development. They were united by their opposition of Jackson’s policies‚ committed to Clay’s American System and believed in active intervention by the government to change society
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peace.Lord Aberdeen sent a special representative‚ Lord Ashburton‚ to the United States. Lord Ashburton had an American wife. And he was a friend of Daniel Webster. He arrived in Washington in the spring of 1842 with the power to settle all disputes with the United States.Webster proposed a compromise border line. Lord Ashburton accepted the compromise. The agreement gave almost 18‚000 square kilometers of the disputed area to
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Andrew Jackson won but was haunted by the charges that he had reached an agreement for southern votes. d. Jackson defeated JQA in an election characterized by integrity and a dispassionate examination of the issues. e. Jackson defeated John C. Calhoun‚ thus opening the rift between the western politician
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