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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Railroads are the third key element of the transportation revolution in the United States as they were widely used from late 19th century up until the 1850s. People found many uses for them whether to move throughout the country‚ to commute to work or moved goods. Prior to the introduction of railroads‚ people in the States would use sail boats‚ horses‚ or even by foot to travel long distances from one point to another but everything changed in the late 19th century‚ when there were rapid series
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US History Section 6: Slavery and Sectionalism Prompt: From 1775 to 1850 the institution of slavery expanded in America. Discuss the experiences of slaves in the American south and analyze the ways enslaved African Americans responded to the challenges confronting them. Task: Close watch the film 12 Years a Slave (2013) and respond to the following discussion questions. "I believe empathy is the most essential quality of civilization." -Roger Ebert Discussion Questions Pleas write short responses
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compromises. While most may say that slavery was the main cause to the Civil War‚ there were also many causes that led to slavery. The very start of the Civil War could have all started with the Three-Fifths Compromise of 1787 as it led to increasing sectionalism. Eli Whitney’s invention of the cotton gin revolutionized the cotton industry in the states. His invention led to a greater demand for slaves in the South – causing slavery to expand. With the Louisiana Purchase in 1803‚ the United States doubled
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history. The most common misconception is that the American civil war started solely over the issue of slavery. There were many other issues that lead the United States to divide such as the importance of state rights‚ the failure to compromise‚ sectionalism and finally the election of Abraham Lincoln without any southern votes. Slavery was essential for the southern economy‚ since the invention of the cotton gin there was a massive increase of cotton production and slavery was the most effective
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1854 by Stephen Douglas. He was a democrat senator from Illinois. He was trying to help the country spread westward to place himself for national power. to figure out a way to overcome the sectional disputes that were remaining in the aftermath of 1850‚ trying to do so to organize the territories between Mississippian river and the pacific coast. His main goal was to overcome all the debates about the future of slavery. His solution was Popular sovereignty‚ this meant that the citizens of each new
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almost everywhere. The nation’s founders believed that “democracy” contained dangerous impulses because democracy means the majority rules‚ even if they select something unconstitutional‚ but by 1830 the term had become more acceptable and applicable to American way of life. Americans in the 1820s and 1830s gradually lost their fear that democracy would lead to anarchy or dictatorship and each individual was to be given an equal start in life‚ but equality of opportunity did not mean equality of result
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Chapter 13 The Rise of a Mass Democracy Chapter 13 The Rise of Mass Democracy Chapter summary Beginning in the 1820s‚ a powerful movement celebrating the common person and promoting the “New Democracy” transformed the earlier elitist character of American politics. The controversial election of the Yankee sophisticate John Quincy Adams in 1824 angered the followers of Andrew Jackson. Jackson’s sweeping presidential victory in 1828 represented the political triumph of the New Democracy‚ including
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– What do you understand by the term‚ industrial revolution? How do you account for its varying pace in Britain‚ France and Germany? 2006 – Highlight the variation in the pattern and pace of industrialization in Britain France and Germany between 1830-1914. 2009 – Describe the various factors which determined the divergent pace and pattern of industrialization in the 19th century. 2010 – In what ways was the experience of industrialization different for European countries which industrialized
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the Second Party system consisting of the Whigs and Democrats played from Andrew Jackson’s presidency to the early 1850s. The expansion of slavery into new territories and states was the most contentious issue of the day. The Northern and Southern wings of both the Democrats and the Whigs adopted particular positions on such controversies as the Wilmot Proviso and the Compromise of 1850 that kept the public looking to the political realm for solutions. But that political status quo fell apart as
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