Why did “new” immigrants generally favor the Democrats over the Whigs? 5. What economic and political forces encouraged westward expansion during the 1840s? “California Bank Notes”: Santa Fe Trail: American settlement of Texas and the Texas Revolution (Tejanos‚ Stephen F. Austin‚ and Sam Houston): Overland Trails to Oregon (beaver trade) and California (the Donner Party): 6. How did John Tyler sabotage the Whig political agenda (a new national bank and a revenue tariff)?
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Financial panic of 1837 The Election of 1836 • Martin Van Buren was with Jackson • General William Henry Harrison was a Whig Depression Doldrums and the Independent Treasury • Divorce Bill • Independent Treasury Bill The Lone Star Rebellion • Sam Houston • Battle of San Jacinto Log Cabins and Hard Cider of 1840 The Whig William Henry Harrison defeats Van Buren on
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killed with his veto in 1832 Bank of America 9. Ritualistic secret societies that became the target of a momentarily powerful third part in 1832 Masons 10. Religious believers‚ originally attracted to the Anti-Masonic party and then to the Whigs‚ who sought to use political power for moral and religious reform Evangelical Protestants 11. Any 2 of the southeastern Indian peoples who were removed to Oklahoma Cherokee/Creek/Chikasaw/Seminoles 12. The sorrowful
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CHAPTERS 10‚ 12‚ 14 1. What did Sam Patch represent? In a market economy where skilled “arts” were being replaced by machine labor‚ Sam Patch’s acts were a defiant protest against the changing times. 2. What intellectual movement influenced Transcendentalism? The Transcendentalists found inspiration for their philosophy in a variety of diverse sources such as: Vedic thought‚ various religions‚ and German idealism. 3. What did Transcendentalists believe in? The transcendentalists desired
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very large‚ made from felt or straw‚ covered in fabrics‚ trimmed with lace. Face patches were seen as symbols of political loyalty‚ depending on which side a patch was worn. Whigs on the right and Tories on the left. A patch that was worn on the corner of the eye indicated passion‚ the centre of the cheek was gay‚ the nose was saucy‚ a patch on the upper lip suggested kisses and the forehead was
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"Nullies" in the South • The state legislature of South Carolina called for the Columbia Convention. The delegates of the convention called for the tariff to be void within South Carolina. The convention threatened to take South Carolina out of the Union if the government attempted to collect the customs duties by force. • Henry Clay introduced the Tariff of 1833. It called for the gradual reduction of the Tariff of 1832 by about 10% over 8 years. By 1842‚ the rates would be back at the level
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Van Buren was supported by the Jacksonites without wild enthusiasm 5. The schemes of the Whigs availed nothing a. Van Buren won the close popular vote of 765‚483 to 739‚795; an electoral college vote of 170 to 73 b. Jackson could now step down 6. In retrospect‚ the Jackson years were yeasty ones a. Jackson left a lasting imprint on the presidency
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Director has chosen to unfold the perspectives in a linear timeline in contrast to SFOC with an emphasis placed on the lighting and change of tonal background = to contrast each character within the eyes of the law and morale justice Irony of Sam seen as the ‘unfit’ father due to disability with a loving relationship to daughter: “people worry you’re not smart... no one doubts you love your daughter” - Contrasting with Rita accepted as the ‘normal’ mother yet with dysfunctional family:
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Deyon Keaton Sotnick Chapter 13: Immigration‚ Expansion‚ and Sectional Conflict‚ 1840-1848 I. Introduction: After the murder of Joseph Smith‚ Brigham Young led the main body of Mormons from Illinois to a new homeland in the Great Salt Lake valley. In part‚ Young’s aim was to flee persecution by Gentiles (non-Mormons). Reasons for Mormons to head west: (1) Deseret lay outside the United States; and Smith’s murder had led many Mormons to conclude that they could no longer live along
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am an English politician‚ spokesman‚ and journalist of radical discontent. I am pro-Americanism and pro-separation from England. I firmly believe and support religious tolerance‚ freedom of the press‚ and Parliamentary reform. I inspire American Whigs and other colonists with my attacks on King George III and the British government and by defending the liberties of Englishmen. Some call me the champion of the powerless against the privileged. Once the American colonists declared their independence
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