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APUSH Review: Key Concept 4.1

Everything You Need To Know About Key Concept 4.1 To Succeed In APUSH

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Period 4: 1800 – 1848 Slide2

The New Curriculum

Key Concept 4.1 “The United States developed the world’s first modern mass democracy and celebrated a new national culture, while Americans sought to define the nation’s democratic ideals and to reform its institutions to match them.”Page 38 of the Curriculum FrameworkBig ideas:

How did the relationship between the federal and state governments change during this time?How did various reform movements change society?How did slaves adapt to their circumstances and create a new culture?Slide3

Key Concept 4.1 I

“The nation’s transformation to a more participatory democracy was accompanied by continued debates over federal power, the relationship between the federal government and the states, the authority of different branches of the federal government, and the rights and responsibilities of individual citizens.” – page 38 of the curriculum frameworkDevelopment of the 1st and 2

nd Political Party System:Federalists: favored stronger central government, supported by upper-class, merchants and bankers, and Pro-British, loose interpretation of the ConstitutionDemocratic-Republicans: states-rights, supporter by lower and middle classes, farmers, Pro-French, strict interpretation of the ConstitutionBoth parties developed out of Hamilton’s Financial Plan and the French Revolution2

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Political Party System:

Democrats: Led by Andrew Jackson, the “Common Man”: against BUS and other “Elite” organizations

Whigs: Anti-Andrew Jackson; favored stronger federal government, internal improvements, BUS

The Supreme Court strengthened the power of the federal government, often at the expense of state governments:Marbury v. Madison – established the principle of judicial reviewMcCulloch v. Maryland – upheld constitutionality of 2nd BUS, federal government given more power of statesGibbons v. Ogden – Congress, NOT states can control interstate commerceSlide4

Key Concept 4.1 I Cont.

With a growing economy, Americans debated the role of government in the economy:Hartford Convention – New England delegates were upset with embargos and War of 1812 (cut off trade to Britain – major trading partner); proposed several amendments including tougher restrictions for declaring war and passing embargos Internal improvements – debates over the role of federal government in intrastate improvements –

Mayesville Road veto (1830) – Jackson vetoed a bill for the road which would only be in KYRegional political and economic loyalties overshadowed national concerns:Nullification Crisis (1833)– South Carolina and other southern states opposed the Tariffs of 1828 and 1832; South Carolina even nullified those

tariffs

South Carolina threatened to secede if Jackson collected the tariff by force

Webster’s 2

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Reply to Hayne – Webster promoted nationalism over sectionalismWhy did many whites in the South associate their regional identity through pride in slavery?Wealthy whites saw themselves as “aristocrats;” owning slaves was a symbol of wealthMany poor whites favored slavery since they (poor whites) were higher on the social order in societySlide5

Key Concept 4.1 II

“Concurrent with an increasing international exchange of goods and ideas, larger numbers of Americans began struggling with how to match democratic political ideals to political institutions and social realities.” – page 39 of the curriculum frameworkThe 2nd G.A. and social ideas from abroad h

elped inspire humans to achieve perfection:Charles G. Finney – massive sermons to convert individualsSeneca Falls (1848) – women’s rights convention in NY - Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia MottUtopian Societies – social experiments that hoped to achieve perfection in communities – Oneidas, Brooke Farm, etc. African Americans’ citizenship possibilities continued to be restricted even though:

International slave trade was outlawed in 1808

An increasing number of free African Americans in the North AND the South:

Eventually, many states made it illegal for slave owner to manumit (free) their slaves

Discussions of emancipation plans:

William Lloyd Garrison, The Liberator – called for the immediate and uncompensated end to slaveryAmerican Colonization Society – advocated free slaves be sent to AfricaSlide6

Key Concept 4.1 II Cont.

Resistance to initiatives for democracy:Proslavery arguments: increased drastically after Nat Turner’s Rebellion (1831)John C. Calhoun’s Slavery as a Positive Good – argued that slaves worked under better conditions than industrial workers in the North

Some advocates used the bible to justify slavery George Fitzhugh used similar argumentsXenophobia:Fear of foreigners (Nativism – pro Native-born Americans and hostility to foreign-born individuals)Immigrants were accused of “stealing” jobs by working for less moneyIrish were heavily discriminated against – belief that they “stole” elections

“Know-Nothing Party” (American Party) – hoped to pass immigration restriction laws; became a powerful political party in the 1850s

Similar to the American Protective Association of late 19

th

century

Anti-black sentiments in political and popular culture:Minstrel Shows – variety shows using “blackface” Restrictive anti-Indian policies:Indian Removal Act (1830) – required Native tribes in Georgia to move west of the Mississippi River, Jackson ignored the Supreme Court’s ruling in Worcester v. Georgia and Native Americans were forced to move -> Trail of TearsSlide7

Key Concept 4.1 III

“While Americans celebrated their nation’s progress toward a unified new national culture that blended Old World forms with New World ideas, various groups of the nation’s inhabitants developed distinctive cultures of their own.” – page 39 of the curriculum frameworkThe emergence of a new national cultureWas a combination of European and local cultureNew American Art, literature, and architectural ideas emerged

Examples: John James Audubon – made significant contributions to the study of birds – prints of birdsThe Hudson River School – focused on landscape paintings; believed nature was a great source of wisdom and inspirationCultures developed based on interests and experiences of specific groupsAmerican Indians: throughout most of the early 19th century, Indians were relocated further and further west – Indian Removal Act

In the 1840s, the reservation developed as a way living for Indians

Women: more women began to attend higher education

“Cult of Domesticity”

Seneca Falls Convention – 1848

Declaration of SentimentsSlide8

Key Concept 4.1 III Cont.

Cultures developed based on interests and experiences of specific groups (Continued)Religious followers: Shakers and MormonsShakers: practiced celibacy,; believed in sexual equalityMormons: after years of turbulence, they moved to Utah where they could freely practice their religion

Urban middle class: more and more Americans were owning shops and businesses, and became professionalsLived in large houses that they ownedBought new inventions – cast-iron stoveEnslaved African Americans created communities and sought to protect their family structures and dignityAfrican Americans developed “surrogate” familiesWhen families were separated via slavery, others would look after family members

Slave music – used to help pass the time while working

Instrumental part of religious services

Others played important roles in the abolitionist and reform movements and sought to change their status:

Example: David Walker –

An Appeal to Colored Citizens of the World (1829)Sought for African Americans to openly resist their oppression Two years later, Nat Turner’s Rebellion occurred (1831), which helped strengthen the desire to silence abolitionism in the SouthSlide9

Test Tips

Multiple-Choice and Short Answer Questions:Native American interactions under the New NationReasons for the development of political partiesRepublican Motherhood – how were women viewed?

Essay Questions:Issues that led to the creation of political partiesImpact of the 2nd Great Awakening on American societySlide10

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