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2nd Great Awakening
Temperance
Prison Reform
Mental Health Reform
Education Reform
Women's Suffrage
Major authors include Ralph Waldo Emerson, Henry David Thoreau, Louis May Alcott, Nathaniel Hawthorne, and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
you should believe in yourself and your own power and abilities
society corrupts a person's inner goodwill and resisting will bring inner peace
you should take pride in your own individuality and never be afraid to express your ideas
A strong connection with nature helps release the soul and live a successful life
you shouldn't base your opinions on authority or tradition
Looking for land and a better life
Took a long time and was very dangerous
Disease and peril - Donner Party
2,000 mile journey
This was how many settlers moved West
Many people were drawn to the West to convert Native Americans and fur traders to Christianity
He really wanted the same currency nation wide to be sure trade could happen freely.
Henry Clay's American System was really about trying to bring together the various economic interests of Americans to unite the country.
This was a belief that it was God's intention for Americans to move West - it was our divine right.
This was an attempt to force people to "buy local".
He wanted to build infrastructure (roads, canals, waterways, etc to tie the country together
While cotton was easy to produce it was not easy to refine
Most farmers grew other agricultural products
The invention of the Cotton Gin allowed it to be refined more efficiently and cotton became number one
He won a contested election in 1828 so his presidency was somewhat controversial.
The legacy of his presidency is also controversial.
Jackson supported this act that moved Native Americans living east of the Mississippi west of the river
Native Americans initially resisted, but federal troops forced them out.
1/4 of those on the journey died so it is known as the Trail of Tears
When Jackson ran the first time, he, Clay, and John Quincy Adams tied for the electoral vote.
The House decided and Clay threw his support behind Adams in exchange for a guarantee at VP.
Jackson and his supporters called this a corrupt bargain.
He felt like anyone in power becomes complacent so he fired almost all government officials in Washington.
He gave prominent positions to his friends and supporters
"To the victor goes the spoils"
He was considered a "common person's" president
Compared to other presidents, he was "underprivledged" and was not a friend of the wealthy or elite
He was against a national bank (federal overreaching)
He put a supporter in charge of the bank and began moving money to private banks
Without money, the bank dissolved and was destroyed.
South Carolina didn't like a law about taxes and passed a resolution that they didn't have to follow it.
This really left the question - how strong is our union?
David Wilmot an amendment to an appropriations bill that said none of the territory from Mexico could become slave states.
This further increased North-South tensions.
He is considered a "dark horse" nomination because he was only put forth from the Democrats because they couldn't agree on anyone else.
Texas fought a war to gain independence from Mexico and they won.
Polk presided over Texas being added to the United States
Texas War of Independence
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