Andrew Jackson
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Terms | Definitions |
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 Henry Clay | distinguished senator from kentucky, who ran for president five times until his death in 1852. he was a strong supporter of the american system, a war hawk for the war of 1812, speaker of the house of representatives, and known as "the great compromiser." outlined the compromise of 1850 with five main points. died before it was passed however. |
| Spoils System | "rotation in office" system in which incoming political parties throw out former government workers and replace them with their own supporters |
| Secon Bank of the U.S. | new national bank created to stabilize the economy and distribute scarce money across the country. president jackson believed the bank had too much power, and he vetoed the rechartering of the bank in 1836. |
| Whig Party | an american political party formed in the 1830s to oppose president andrew jackson and the democrats, stood for protective tariffs, national banking, and federal aid for internal improvements |
| Jedidiah Smith | mountain man, trapper, and trader known for exploring the rockies. he opened up the west with his discovery of the south pass, which was wider and less steep than previous passes and which allowed wagon trails to run through it. |
| James Fenimore Cooper | United States novelist noted for his stories of indians and the frontier life (1789-1851) |
| Maysville Road Veto | 1830 - The Maysville Road Bill proposed building a road in Kentucky (Clay's state) at federal expense. Jackson vetoed it because he didn't like Clay, and Martin Van Buren pointed out that New York and Pennsylvania paid for their transportation improvements with state money. Applied strict interpretation of the Constitution by saying that the federal government could not pay for internal improvements. |
| Indian Removal Act | Passed in 1830, authorized Andrew Jackson to negotiate land-exchange treaties with tribes living east of the Mississippi. The treaties enacted under this act's provisions paved the way for the reluctant—and often forcible—emigration of tens of thousands of American Indians to the West. |
| P.T. Barnum | the famous and unscrupulous showman, opened the American Museum in New York in 1842, not a showcase for art or nature, but a great freak show populated by midgets, Siamese twins, magicians, and ventriloquists, eventually launching his famous circus |
| Margaret Fuller | Social reformer, leader in women's movement and a transcendentalist. Edited "The Dial" which was the publication of the transcendentalists. It appealed to people who wanted "perfect freedom" "progress in philosophy and theology and hope that the future will not always be as the past". |
| Herman Melville & Moby Dick | Wrote Moby Dick (1851) about a Captain Ahab who seeks revenge on the white whale that crippled him but ends up losing his life, his ship, and his crew. Wasn't popular at the time but now highly regarded. Melville rejected the optimism of the transcendentalists and felt that man faced a tragic destiny. His views were not popular at the time, but were accepted by later generations. |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson | American transcendentalist who was against slavery and stressed self-reliance, optimism, self-improvement, self-confidence, and freedom. He was a prime example of a transcendentalist and helped further the movement. |
| Hudson River School | Founded by Thomas Cole, first native school of landscape painting in the U.S.; attracted artists rebelling against the neoclassical tradition, painted many scenes of New York's Hudson River |
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