US I Major Topics & Themes of the Course

The expansion of liberty & reform

Age of Jackson (Ch. 7) Democratic-Republican Party

Modern day Democratic party Age of the Common Man

Voting requirements have eased Jackson’s Legacy

Spoils system Union is supreme – no nullification, no secession, Force Act

(tariff collection) End of Indian Power – Removal Act, Trail of Tears SBUS – killed it (rich making $ without working)– pet banks

(end up corrupt) 1830s financial crisis makes US learn value of a National Bank

Reform Movement (Ch. 8) Abolition Mov’t Women’s Mov’t Religious Mov’t Temperance Mov’t Education Mov’t

Manifest Destiny (Ch. 9) Western Trails Texas Revolution

Settlement Strife over rules – slavery, religion Desire for autonomy – revolution, Alamo1836, San

Jacinto Republic of Texas Mexican-American War (Polk 1844)

US wants to purchase land from Mexico, annex TX Treaty of Guadelupe-Hidalgo –land!! See map page 296 5 years later Gadsden purchase

Antebellum Period (Ch. 10) Debate over Slavery & State Rights

California Statehood debate Compromise of 1850- Cali free, UT,NM – pop, slave trade

banned in DC, Fugitive Slave Law Kansas Nebraska- pop. Sovereignty – negates Comp of

1820 HB Stowe, J. Brown, D. Scott

Republican Party – Lincoln – “house divided cannot stand”, contain Douglass – pop. sovereignty

Lincoln’s Election – minority of popular vote (not 50%)

Secession – 12/20/1860 first?

Civil War (Ch. 11) Fort Sumter to Appomattox Court House

Advantages? Industry, railroad, population, desire, military leaders, home field?

Strategy? Get aid from Britain, Strangle economically Key Battles –Bull Run, Shiloh, Antietam,

Gettysburg/Vicksburg, March to Sea Lincoln & Davis/Lee & Grant Emancipation Proclamation – what? when? Why?

So what? Legacy of the War – Union Supreme, Total War,

N & S Economies, Lincoln Shot 13th Amendment – free slaves 14th Amendment – citizenship 15th Amendment - vote

Reconstruction (Ch. 12) Congressional Reconstruction

Lincoln – “malice toward none” Freedman’s Bureau Civil Rights Act 1866 Amnesty Act

Shortfalls – Southern perception that rules were too harsh Inability to stop black codes, Jim Crow, KKK Political Fighting – within Republican, Congress v. Johnson- Tenure of

Office Act Panic – lack of $

Legacy of Reconstruction Groundwork for civil rights and Black Self-Reliance Infrastructure improvements Ongoing resentment

Populist Mov’t (13-3) Farmers’ Alliances

The Grange – Kelley - laws to benefit Farmers Alliance – pool resources, methods to ensure

better rates Gold V Silver Debate – more currency will raise

prices and make loans easier to pay William Jennings Bryan – populist party – “Cross

of Gold”- killing the US, graduated income tax, popular vote for Congress, 1 term president, secret ballot, 8 hour day

2nd Industrial Revolution (Ch. 14) Inventions – Bessemer, electricity, etc. Expansion of Railroads

workers Big Business

Horizontal, vertical integration Labor Movement

AFL - Gompers– skilled workers

Gilded Age (Ch. 15) Social Darwinism – laissez-faire Immigration Urbanization Political Machines Reform in Gov’t – Pendleton Act, Sherman

Anti-Trust Act