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What were the era of good feelings concepts
Nationalism, isolationism, democratic republican beliefs, and manifest destiny
What was nationalism
Believed our country and culture was superior to others
List 3 examples of culture
Arts, religion, political beliefs
Explain how the idea of manifest destiny fueled expansion
We had a belief that the US had the right to expand across North America because it was our divine destiny
What did manifest destiny lead to
Border disputes with other countries and people (native Americans)
What is isolationism
Policy of remaining apart from affairs of other nations
What does isolationism involve
Involves devoting all effort to a country's own advancements by avoiding alliances, international agreements
What were the democratic republican beliefs
stood for states rights in opposition to the powerful central government, Democratic-Republican Party policies represented the interests of common free men, particularly U.S. farmers, craftsmen, and laborers. Its economic policies reflected the needs of small businesses and individuals rather than of wealthy merchants and large commercial ventures
Explain the election of 1824
4 democratic republican candidates for president, Jackson won popular vote but not the majority of the electoral vote, John Quincy Adams won majority of electoral vote
Explain the "corrupt bargain" in 1824
Jackson alleges that Henry clay (speaker of house) struck a corrupt bargain w JQA
Election of 1828
Jackson ended up winning popular vote and electoral vote, it bashed Jackson's wife so she ended up killing herself
Oregon Treaty (1846)
The US gained Oregon territory and resolved border disputes with British Canada, negotiated during James K Polk presidency
Annexation of Texas
1845, added Texas, Texas won its independence from Mexico in 1836 and its citizens asked to be "annexed" by the US
What did Mexico warn us about if we annexed texas
That it would cause a war, President John Tyler still supported it regardless
Mexican American War
1846-1848, treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo ends this war, happens during James K Polk's presidency,
What did the treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo give us and do
It ended the Mexican American war, and Mexico gave us southwest territory called the Mexican cession, gave Cali to us, reinforced Americans belief in manifest
Gadsden Purchase
purchase of land from mexico in 1853 that established the present U.S.-mexico boundary, for 10 million dollars, under pres franklin pierce
What is industrial revolution
Rapid development of industry
What were the 3 characteristics of the industrial revolution
Technological advances, mass production of goods in factories, growth cities
What were the 3 key advancements of the industrial revolution
Canals + steam locomotives, the telegraph, the colt revolvers
What did the canals and steam locomotives improve (also what year did it start)
Improves travel and transport of good to west (early 1800s)
What did the Telegraph improve (when was it created)
Improved communication across the US (1830s+1840s)
What did the colt revolvers improve (what year did they start)
Improved safety out west, (1836)
What are the 3 pull factors that made people want to move out west
Plenty of fertile + free land offered by the gov, discovery of gold, perception that more opportunities were available out west (American dream)
What were pull factors
Reasons why people wanted to go west
What were push factors
Reasons why people left their original homes
What where the 3 push factors
Economic crisis (panic of 1837), religious + racial persecution (African Americans and Mormons), some were criminals escaping religion
What was the Oregon trail
1841-84, 2200 miles in 4-6 months, it was across the Great Plains and multiple mountain ranges
How many people traveled on the Oregon trail
500,000
Who were the first people to settle an area
Pioneers
What was the percent that died and how
10%, from accidents, cholera, poor nutrition and fatigue
Transcontinental railroad
Got rid of Oregon trail, created at the end of the trail, a railroad that went across the US
Boom towns
Towns that sprung up as miners flooded the west
What's an example of a boom town
San Francisco
Ghost town
When the mining dries up and people abandon their homes in that town in search of new work
2 examples of ghost towns
Virginia City, Nevada
What were the era of good feelings concepts
Nationalism, isolationism, democratic republican beliefs, and manifest destiny
What was nationalism
Believed our country and culture was superior to others
List 3 examples of culture
Arts, religion, political beliefs
Explain how the idea of manifest destiny fueled expansion
We had a belief that the US had the right to expand across North America because it was our divine destiny
What did manifest destiny lead to
Border disputes with other countries and people (native Americans)
What is isolationism
Policy of remaining apart from affairs of other nations
What does isolationism involve
Involves devoting all effort to a country's own advancements by avoiding alliances, international agreements
What were the democratic republican beliefs
stood for states rights in opposition to the powerful central government, Democratic-Republican Party policies represented the interests of common free men, particularly U.S. farmers, craftsmen, and laborers. Its economic policies reflected the needs of small businesses and individuals rather than of wealthy merchants and large commercial ventures
Explain the election of 1824
4 democratic republican candidates for president, Jackson won popular vote but not the majority of the electoral vote, John Quincy Adams won majority of electoral vote
Explain the "corrupt bargain" in 1824
Jackson alleges that Henry clay (speaker of house) struck a corrupt bargain w JQA
Election of 1828
Jackson ended up winning popular vote and electoral vote, it bashed Jackson's wife so she ended up killing herself
Oregon Treaty (1846)
The US gained Oregon territory and resolved border disputes with British Canada, negotiated during James K Polk presidency
Annexation of Texas
1845, added Texas, Texas won its independence from Mexico in 1836 and its citizens asked to be "annexed" by the US
What did Mexico warn us about if we annexed texas
That it would cause a war, President John Tyler still supported it regardless
Mexican American War
1846-1848, treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo ends this war, happens during James K Polk's presidency,
What did the treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo give us and do
It ended the Mexican American war, and Mexico gave us southwest territory called the Mexican cession
Gadsden Purchase
purchase of land from mexico in 1853 that established the present U.S.-mexico boundary, for 10 million dollars, under pres franklin pierce
What is industrial revolution
Rapid development of industry
What were the 3 characteristics of the industrial revolution
Technological advances, mass production of goods in factories, growth cities
What were the 3 key advancements of the industrial revolution
Canals + steam locomotives, the telegraph, the colt revolvers
What did the canals and steam locomotives improve (also what year did it start)
Improves travel and transport of good to west (early 1800s)
What did the Telegraph improve (when was it created)
Improved communication across the US (1830s+1840s)
What did the colt revolvers improve (what year did they start)
Improved safety out west, (1836)
What are the 3 pull factors that made people want to move out west
Plenty of fertile + free land offered by the gov, discovery of gold, perception that more opportunities were available out west (American dream)
What were pull factors
Reasons why people wanted to go west
What were push factors
Reasons why people left their original homes
What where the 3 push factors
Economic crisis (panic of 1837), religious + racial persecution (African Americans and Mormons), some were criminals escaping religion
What was the Oregon trail
1841-84, 2200 miles in 4-6 months, it was across the Great Plains and multiple mountain ranges
How many people traveled on the Oregon trail
500,000
Who were the first people to settle an area
Pioneers
What was the percent that died and how
10%, from accidents, cholera, poor nutrition and fatigue
Transcontinental railroad
Got rid of Oregon trail, created at the end of the trail, a railroad that went across the US
Boom towns
Towns that sprung up as miners flooded the west
What's an example of a boom town
San Francisco
Ghost town
When the mining dries up and people abandon their homes in that town in search of new work
2 examples of ghost towns
Virginia City, Nevada
Frontier
Furthest part of a country's settled territory, a part of the pull factor
Donner Party
A group of pioneers who went west and tried to take a "shortcut" but it actually made it 100 miles or a month of the trip longer
What happened to the donner party
They're supplies ran low, and there axel broke, then that night it snowed about 5-6 feet causing them to be trapped there for about 5 months, some survived some didn't, had to resort to cannablism and most people died of starvation
Gold fever
People who were obsessed with finding and searching for gold, would to anything to get gold, exploded across the US
49ers
People who rushed to california in 1849 for gold, largest mass migration in US history, 92% men and majority in their twenties
Prospectors
People who searched for gold, oil, or other valuable substances
How did the prospectors travel
Steam engine, covered wagon, and boat
Wild west
A place with no laws, had high rates of criminals, gambling, and prostitution,
When was the California gold rush
1848-60
How did the California gold rush begin
January 24,1848, James Marshall (a carpenter form NJ) found flakes of gold in the American river in California
Economic impact of California gold rush
Gold, silver and copper found all over the west, triggers rushes of prospectors to an area
What were the failures of the cali gold rush
Mining challenges, mainly merchants and entrepreneurs made it rich not miners,
What were the mining challenges
Difficult + dangerous work, skill + luck required, intense competition for a limited resource
What could the merchants do to the miners
They charged the miners crazy prices because the miners were dependent for products they needed
What did the entrepreneurs do to the miners
Made it rich by creating products the miners needed, ex: Levi jeans
What was the republican/Whig party
Created in 1825, mostly northerners and led by John Quincy Adams, named after British liberal party who wanted reform
What was the Democrat party
Mostly southerners led by Andrew Jackson, earliest version of the modern Democratic Party but very different views from one today
What was the free soil party
1845-54, a third political party that opposed expansion of slavery into new territories
Who did the free soil party attract
People who didn't want competition from black laborers in the territories
Foreign Miners Tax
1852, 20 dollars a month to mine for gold, anyone who was different race
Abolitionists
Activists who wanted to end slavery in the entire US
Compromise of 1850
By Henry clay, California became a free state, Utah and New Mexico territories were allowed to decide for themselves whether to allow slavery, fugitive slave law
Popular Sovereignty
People allowed to decide for themselves
Fugitive Slave Law
Enforces harsher punishments for people who helped runaway slaves
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