Expansion, Reform, and Sectionalism Free Online FlashCards

What was the market revolution?

The market revolution shifted the United States from local subsistence production toward an integrated national market linked by transportation, communication, credit, and commercial institutions.

How did the Erie Canal transform commerce?

The Erie Canal, completed in 1825, lowered shipping costs between the Great Lakes and New York City, encouraging migration, commercial farming, and regional integration.

Who gained and who remained excluded under Jacksonian democracy?

Jacksonian democracy expanded voting rights for most white men without substantial property, but excluded women, enslaved people, most free Black people, and Native Americans.

What actions defined Jackson’s Bank War?

Jackson vetoed the Second Bank’s recharter in 1832, removed federal deposits, and placed them in selected state banks, arguing that the bank concentrated excessive financial power.

What did Worcester v. Georgia establish?

In Worcester v. Georgia (1832), the Supreme Court recognized Cherokee political sovereignty and rejected Georgia’s attempt to impose state authority over Cherokee territory.

What did the Indian Removal Act of 1830 authorize?

The Indian Removal Act of 1830 authorized the president to negotiate removal treaties with Native nations east of the Mississippi, facilitating their forced relocation westward.

What was the Cotton Kingdom?

The Cotton Kingdom was the plantation region whose expansion made cotton the leading U.S. export and tied slavery to national and international capitalism.

What did the Seneca Falls Convention demand?

The Seneca Falls Convention of 1848 issued a Declaration of Sentiments demanding civil, social, political, and religious rights for women.

How did the Missouri Compromise regulate slavery?

The Missouri Compromise admitted Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a free state, while prohibiting slavery north of latitude 36°30′ in the remaining Louisiana Purchase territory.

What were the main provisions of the Compromise of 1850?

The Compromise of 1850 admitted California as a free state, used popular sovereignty in Utah and New Mexico, ended the slave trade in Washington, D.C., and strengthened the Fugitive Slave Act.

What changed under the Kansas-Nebraska Act?

The Kansas-Nebraska Act repealed the Missouri Compromise and let settlers decide whether to permit slavery through popular sovereignty.

What caused Bleeding Kansas?

Bleeding Kansas was armed violence caused by proslavery and antislavery settlers competing through election fraud and rival territorial governments.