ECONOMIC GROWTH & REPSONSE
VOCABULARY & KEY TERMS INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION ELI WHITNEY’S COTTON GIN ELI WHITNEY’S INTERCHANGEABLE PARTS MANIFEST DESTINY TEMPERANCE ABOLITIONISM PUBLIC SCHOOLS WOMEN’S SUFFRAGE ELIZABETH CADY STATON SENECA FALLS CONFERENCE JACKSONIAN DEMOCRACY POPULAR POLITICAL CULTURE AMERICAN NATIONALISM
INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION 19th century Power-driven machines operated by semiskilled or unskilled workers replaced hand tools operated by skilled laborers
ELI WHITNEY: INVENTOR 1793 Cotton Gin: rapidly removed seeds from cotton fiber reduced the cost and time Increased need for slave laborers
INTERCHANGEABLE PARTS BEFORE: replace entire musket by a skilled worker AFTER INTERCHANGEABLE PARTS: replace broken piece and not the entire musket Made it possible for semiskilled workers to mass-produce mechanical parts Manufactured identical parts for replacement
Westward Growth and Manifest Destiny 1800-1860: US doubled in size 16 to 33 states Motives for westward growth The desire of most Americans to own their own land The discovery of gold and other valuable resources The belief that the US was destined to stretch across North America: Manifest Destiny LAND, RICHES, DESTINY
REFORM MOVEMENTS TEMPERANCE Drink less or outlaw alcohol consumption all together Led by religious women and Protestant church Greatly influenced and led by women Laid the foundation for the women’s movement
REFORM MOVEMENTS ABOLITION Slavery should be abolished and prohibited in new states Made the issue of slavery an important political issue Fredrick Douglass William Lloyd Garrison Grimke Sisters
STATES RIGHTS AND THE ABOLITIONIST MOVEMENT
Trained and qualified teachers REFORM MOVEMENTS PUBLIC SCHOOLS All children should be required to attend free schools supported by taxpayers Trained and qualified teachers Education should be a right not privilege for all children
REFORM MOVEMENTS: women’s suffrage No voting/parental rights ELIZABETH CADY STATON: 3 things rights she fought for: voting, citizenship, parental custody Suffrage: State by state, court by court, Const. Amendment 1848 SENECA FALLS CONFERENCE: 1st women’s rights convention Seneca Falls, NY & event marks the beginning of the women’s rights movement Adopted: DECLARATION OF SENTIMENTS based on Dec. of Independence
Investigated various insane asylums and found them to be atrocious MENTALLY ILL Dorthea Dix Investigated various insane asylums and found them to be atrocious Crusader for mental insane/mental health issues
Elizabeth Cady Stanton Lucretia Mott
QUIZ How did the Industrial Revolution affect unskilled workers? Explain how the cotton gin impacted slavery? What impact did interchangeable parts have on skilled workers? What are interchangeable parts? What were the 3 motives for westward growth? What movement eventually led to Prohibition? What were the 3 components of the Public School Movement? What were 3 rights Elizabeth Cady Staton was fighting for? Seneca Falls Conference: When, where, what was adopted Who were the organizers of the Seneca Falls Conference?
QUIZ ANSWERS Increased job opportunities Increased the need for slaves Made jobs more efficient/faster but also many lost jobs to unskilled workers Standardized parts that can be used in place of another Land, riches, destiny Temperance Free supported by taxes, trained/qualified educators, right not privilege Voting, citizenship, parental custody 1848, Seneca Falls NY, Declaration of Sentiments Elizabeth Cady Staton, Lucretia Mott
JACKSONIAN DEMOCRACY Battle of New Orleans: War of 1812 won victory over British Stronger Executive Branch- Weaker Congress Respect for the common man WHITE MALE SUFFRAGE: expanded voting rights to include all white males and not just landowners SPOILS SYSTEM: appoint followers to government jobs in order to limit power of elite and ensure regular turnover Supported MANIFEST DESTINY and westward expansion: PROPENT OF INDIAN REMOVAL & Pro-Slavery YET protector of popular Democracy PET BANKS: against National Bank and supported loyal state banks
POPULAR POLITICAL CULTURE & DEVELOPMENT OF AMERICAN NATIONALISM JACKSONIAN DEMOCRACY: more participants, first ever campaign rallies, massive mud slinging AMERICAN NATIONALISM: SUPERERIOR COUNTRY COMMONALITIES: LANGUAGE CULTURE, ANCESTRY RELIGION: PROTESTANT MANIFEST DESTINY: Expand commonalities all the way to the Pacific ERA OF GOOD FEELING
MARBURY VS. MADISON Marbury sued Madison (SOS) for appointment 1st time Supreme Court declared “something” unconstitutional: Judiciary Act of 1789 Set the precedent for JUDICIAL REVIEW and helped define checks and balances Marbury sued Madison (SOS) for appointment BACKGROUND: MIDNIGHT JUDGES Adams Jefferson