For Kim Woods

Roark, Chapter 11: The Expanding Republic, 1815-1840

How did Sarah and Angelina Grimké gain widespread attention for the abolitionist movement?

What was the Market Revolution? What forces were shaping the economy in the early to mid 1800?

What was so remarkable about the Erie Canal? Who paid for it? How did it transform the economy?

Describe the textile factories known as the Lowell mills. Why were these jobs attractive to women?

Describe the political rivalry that developed between the Democrats and the Whigs? Where did these two parties come from? What did they represent?

In what ways did Andrew Jackson and his policies define the Democratic Party in the 1830s?

Describe the arguments over the Indian Removal Act of 1830. How did the act represent a major shift in Indian policy?

Describe the tragedy known as the Trail of Tears. What did Jackson say about it?

Why was South Carolina upset about tariff legislation? What was the idea of nullification?

How did the Bank of the United States become an issue in the 1932 election? How did Jackson turn public opinion against the bank?

How did family relationships evolve in the early1800s. What did people mean by “separate spheres”?

How did the market economy promote greater interest in education?

Describe the Second Great Awakening. How did evangelical religious movements contribute to social reform in the early to mid 1800s?

What do you find most remarkable about the movements for temperance and moral reform?

Explain how slavery emerged as a national political issue in the 1830s. How were the people known as abolitionists different from other people who opposed slavery?

Explain some of the economic factors leading to the Panic of 1837. In what way did people at the time see the crisis very differently than historians and economists see it today?

Looking at the era of 1815-1840, do you see it as the “Age of Jackson” or as the “Era of Reform”?

Sarah and Angelina Grimké. They left a life of comfort in a slave owning family to become speakers for the abolitionist movement.

“Factory girls” at work in Lowell, Massachusetts, 1830s

Literary magazine produced by Lowell women workes, 1845

Jackson vs. Clay, 1832 (results below)

Voting results by state, 1832:

Alabama	Andrew Jackson	14,286	100.0	Henry Clay	5
Connecticut	Andrew Jackson	11,269	34.3	Henry Clay	18,155	55.3
Delaware	Andrew Jackson	4,110	49.0	Henry Clay	4,276	51.0
Georgia	Andrew Jackson	20,750	100.0	Henry Clay	-
Illinois	Andrew Jackson	14,609	68.0	Henry Clay	6,745	31.4
Indiana	Andrew Jackson	31,652	55.4	Henry Clay	25,473	44.6
Kentucky	Andrew Jackson	36,292	45.5	Henry Clay	43,449	54.5
Louisiana	Andrew Jackson	3,908	61.7	Henry Clay	2,429	38.3
Maine	Andrew Jackson	33,978	54.7	Henry Clay	27,331	44.0
Maryland	Andrew Jackson	19,156	50.0	Henry Clay	19,160	50.0
Massachusetts	Andrew Jackson	13,933	20.6	Henry Clay	31,963	47.3
Mississippi	Andrew Jackson	5,750	100.0	Henry Clay	-
Missouri	Andrew Jackson	5,192	100.0	Henry Clay	-
New Hampshire	Andrew Jackson	24,855	56.8	Henry Clay	18,938	43.2
Now Jersey	Andrew Jackson	23,826	49.9	Henry Clay	23,466	49.1
New York	Andrew Jackson	168,497	52.1	Henry Clay	154,896	47.9
North Carolina	Andrew Jackson	25,261	84.8	Henry Clay	4,538	15.2
Ohio	Andrew Jackson	81,246	51.3	Henry Clay	76,566	48.4
Pennsylvania	Andrew Jackson	90,973	57.7	Henry Clay	-
Rhode Island	Andrew Jackson	2,051	35.7	Henry Clay	2,871	50.0
Tennessee	Andrew Jackson	28,078	95.4	Henry Clay	1,347	4.6
Vermont	Andrew Jackson	7,865	24.3	Henry Clay	11,161	34.5
Virginia	Andrew Jackson	34,243	75.0	Henry Clay	11,436	25.0

“King Andrew the First” as portrayed by the Whigs in 1832. Notice he is stepping on the Constitution.