1. USH (2:3) ● Sectionalism ● Sections of the country at odds with each other ● The Missouri Compromise ● “Slave “State” or “Free State”? ● The answer: admit Maine as a “Free State” and admit Missouri as a “Slave State” – Temporarily settled the dispute over the westward expansion of slavery

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3. ● The 6 th President: John Quincy Adams (1825- 1829) ● More White Males able to vote – Able voters in 1824: 335,000 – Able voters in 1828: 1,130,000

4. (2:3) ● The 7 th President: Andrew Jackson (1829- 1837) ● Spoils System – Giving people government jobs if they are loyal to your party ● Democracy “For the People” – Changed how we pick presidential nominees

5. (2:3) ● The Nullification Crisis ● South Carolina rebels against high tariffs (taxes) ● Threaten to “secede” (leave the Union) ● Would not recognize the new tariff law as a legitimate law (“nullify” the law)

6. (2:3) ● Native American Removal ● Indian Removal Act (1830) – Re-settled Native Americans west of the Mississippi River ● Trail of Tears (under Pres. Van Buren) – Death and disease during removal

7. (2:3) ● The 8 th President: Martin Van Buren (1837-1841) ● Economic Crisis – Panic of 1837 – Left Van Buren unpopular and vulnerable in next election ● New Party: The Whigs

8. (2:3) ● The 9 th President: William Henry Harrison (1841) ● Died from pneumonia one month into office ● The 10 th President: John Tyler (1841-1845) ● Webster-Ashburton Treaty – Established permanent boundary between Canada and U.S.

9. (2:3) ● The Second Great Awakening ● Religious revival among Protestants ● Social Reform ● Get rid of society's ills – Women more involved than men ● “Temperance”: moderation in alcohol consumption

10. (2:3) ● The Women's Movement ● Lucretia Mott, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Susan B. Anthony ● Seneca Falls Convention – Beginning of the Women's Rights Movement – Seneca Falls Declaration ● Women and men are equal ● Women should have the right to vote

11. (2:3) ● The Abolitionist Movement ● The abolition (end) of slavery ● William Lloyd Garrison – Called for “emancipation” (freeing) of slaves – Newspaper editor – Created anti-slavery societies (groups)

12. (2:3) ● African -American Abolitionists ● Frederick Douglass ● Sojourner Truth