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AP US History Alan Brinkley Chapter 7 Jeffersonian Era Flashcards

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8633674288Patterns of Education-Jefferson called for "crusade against ignorance" -republicans believed in public schools -Public School Law of 1789, little enforcement=all other states ignored except MA -private schools established -higher education highly wanted by R's0
8633674289Private Schools-religious groups -secular ones in NE, -aristocratic, trained kids to be elites -tiny amount accepted poor, mostly men1
8633674290Republican motherhood-idea that women played an important role in teaching children to be good citizens -because of this=women had to be educated! -1770s network of female academics created -1789 MA schools required to accept women -still no need for advanced education or training2
8633674291Judith Sargent Murray-Argued for equal educational opportunities for women -published essay defending female education -women and men equal in intellect, should have the same opportunities3
8633674292Indian Education-Jeff and R's regarded them as noble savages, not completely inferior like they viewed the Africans -should be educated in white culture to tame and uplift the tribes -Africans, on the other hand, were viewed as not even worthy as getting education= not that many were4
8633674293Medicine and SciencePenn first medical school Limited understanding of anatomy, epidemics common Scientific method scorned -Benjamin Rush, philly physician warned about sanitation problems, advocate of bleeding and purging -MIDWIVES DECLINED, replaced by physicians, many women lost jobs5
8633674294Nationalism-aspired towards national culture -literary and artistic life reflected this -America's own geography textbooks to free it from aristocratic ideas of England -Noah Webster educate students with nationalistic ideals -insisted on simplified spelling -Joel Barlow, Charles Brockden Brown, Washington Irving, Mercy Otis Warren, Mason Weems6
8633674295Religious Skepticism-revolution weakened traditional religious practice -ideas of individual liberty and reason -Deism considered God remote being who had no further involvement with human race -Universalism and Unitarianism in NE Congregational Church, rejected predestination7
8633674296Second Great Awakening-efforts started to fight spread of religious rationalism -by 1800 awakening had started -called individuals to readmit God and Christ into daily life, reject skeptical rationalism -women particularly drawn to revivalism -native dislocation created sense of crisis to them -led to native religious fervor and missionaries active in south led to conversion8
8633674297Industrialism-imported technological advances from England -Eli Whitney's cotton gin -Oliver Evans's automated flower mill9
8633674298Cotton Gin-Eli Whitney 1793 -growth of textile industry created great demand for cotton -allowed for easy separation of cotton seed from cotton allowed -intended to lessen slave demand, actually led to slavery being needed even more -cotton supply led to NE businessmen to create textile industry in 1820s and 1830s -North becoming more industrial, South firmly agricultural10
8633674299Transportation Innovations-industrialization required transporting raw materials to factories and finished goods to created large domestic market for mass production -US didn't have -1789 Congress passed tariff bills that favored American ships in American ports, stimulated growth of domestic shipping -river transport=improvement in interstate and interior transport -Oliver Evans's steam engine for boats and machinery -Fulton and Livingston perfected steamboat -Turnpike Era11
8633674300Thomas Jefferson-"People's president" -political genius -1802 abolished all internal taxes, leaving only land sales and customs duties, cut gov't spending -halved the debt -scaled down armed forces -conflict with the judiciary because of Adams' midnight appointments of Federalist -Marbury v. Madison12
8633674301Jefferson and Napoleon-napoleon wanted power in the new world, regain lands of Mississippi (SPaniard) and Louisiana Territory -Jefferson unaware of his imperial agenda -Toussaint L'Ouveture led revolt in Santo Domingo -Napoleon sends army to West Indies -New Orleans, American ships sailing the M River had deposited their cargoes and intendant now forbade -French ambassador negotiated purchase of New Orleans -Napoleon agrees13
8633674302Louisiana Purchase-territory in western United States purchased from France in 1803 for $15 million -Livingston and Monroe confirm treaty, Congress and Jefferson too -Jeff unsure if he had authority to accept offer and expand bc it wasn't specifically stated in COnstitution14
8633674303Lewis and ClarkTwo explorers sent by the president to explore the Louisiana Purchase, across the entire modern US to Pacific OCean and gather geographical fats and investigate trade with Indians 1804 set out from Mississippi River w Sacajawea15
8633674304Burr Conspiracy1804 Essex Junto felt expansion weakened power of Federalists, wanted Northern Confederacy -turned to Burr for help bc he was Federalist, became federalist candidate for NY governor -Hamilton accuses Burr of treason and negative remarks about character, when Burr lost election he blamed defeat on Hamilton -dueled Hamilton=Hamilton ded conspiracy in which Aaron Burr tried to start his own empire out of US territory, planned to capture Mexico from Spanish16
8633674305ImpressmentBrit Navy had terrible conditions, many deserted and joined Americans -stop loss Britain claimed right to stop and search American merchant ships and reimpress deserters -Chesapeake Leonard incident17
8633674306Chesapeake Leonard Incident-Brit fired on ship that refused search -US minister James Monroe protested -GB refused to renounce impressments18
8633674307Embargo Act of 1807Act passed by congress and Jeff in 1807 prohibiting American ships from leaving for any foreign port -created national depression -Madison won election of 1808 but fierce opposition—led Jefferson to end Embargo -he reopened trade with all nations except GB and France19
8633674308Macon's Bill No. 2-opened trade with GB and France BUT president has power to cease trade with any foreign country that violated American neutrality20
8633674309Indian Problem-after dislocation by Americans—>looked to Brits for help -WHH promoter of western expansion -offered Indians ultimatum-become farmers+assimilate or move to the West of Mississippi -Indians and Brits start collaborating more and more21
8633674310Tecumseh and the Prophet-The Prophet-Indian leader that inspired religious revival, rejection of white culture -1809 started uniting tribes of Mississippi valley and Tippecanoe Creek -1811 Battle of Tippecanoe, Harrison defeated Prophet's followers and destroyed tribal confederacy22
8633674311Florida and War Fever-"Frontiersmen" in North wanted Canada, South wanted Spanish Florida -1810 Florida captured Spanish fort at Baton Rouge, Madison agrees to annex territory -"war hawks" elected during 1810 elections eager for war23
8633674312War of 1812Battles with the Tribes -Andrew Jackson a general -defeats in Great Lakes, Creek Indians Battles with the British -England lands armada in Chesapeake -writing of Star Spangled War Revolt of NE -US failures of 1812-1815 lead to increased government opposition -NE opposition to war and Republican government -Dan Webster and Feds led Congressional opposition -dreamed of separate nation to escape tyranny of slaveholders -1814 Hartford convention hears of Jackson's "smashing success"24
8633674313Peace Settlement of War of 1812-Aug 1814 ADams, Clay, Gallatin meet in Belgium with British diplomats -Final treaty did little but end fighting -no more impressments -British accepts out of exhaustion25
8633674314Treaty of GentAgreement, singed in 1814, that ended the war of 181226

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