Thomas Jefferson & His Democracy: Crash Course US History #10
1. What were 3 significances of the 1800 election?
First election where both parties ran candidates actually campaigned
First large scale slave uprisings
There was a tie
2. Contrast Washington and Jefferson’s treatment of their slaves.
George washington freed his slaves sorta they were
supposed to be freed upon his wife's death but they
never were
Jefferson was racist and he wrote black people's
inherent inferiority to whites and native
americans
3. Describe Gabriel’s (Prosser’s) rebellion AND its outcomes.
Richmond virginia blacksmith organized it who hoped to seize the capital,
kill some of the inhabitants and hold the rest hostage until his demands for
abolishment were met
The plot was discovered and
gabriel along with 25 other
slaves were hung
4. What is the context of the Tucker quote AND its significance?
Was a description of gabriel’s rebellion that
He argued that we should set up a colony for them in indian
suggested a solution to the inherent problem territory in georgia also wouldn’t have worked because we
of rebellious slaves
were soon to steal that territory
5. What were Jefferson’s 4 goals AND to what extent was he successful with each?
Reduce size of government
Lower taxes
Got rid of all taxes except the tariff
Shrink the military
Lasted 60 years
Enable agrarian utopia
6. What were the significances of John Marshall’s ruling in Marbury v. Madison AND Fletcher v. Peck?
The decision gave the supreme court itself power of judicial review
7. What were the specifics of the Louisiana Purchase, the holdup for TJ, and TJ’s rationalization for the deal?
It was to
double the
size of the us
He was a strict constructionist there was so
mention in the constitution so he didn’t want
to work for it
He could ensure that there would be
enough land for every white man to have
his own small farm
8. What were the reasons for the embargo, how was it to work, and to what extent was it successful?
Punish GB for
impressment of soldiers,
blockade of france
Free trade among the nations cut off trade then
forced to trade primary products for british
industrial goods
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Spurred americans
manufacturing of goods
again agrarian ideals
9. What were 4 paradoxes of Jefferson as author and president?
Declaration of independence talked about how everyone was equal
But they didn’t treat black people
equal
Champion small government
Emerged office at president
Agrarian republic
Led to increased manufacturing
Foster freedom
He owned slaves from indian land
The War of 1812 - Crash Course US History #11
1. List and explain 4 causes of the War of 1812.
2. What was the point of Tecumseh’s quote?
3. Contrast The Prophet’s and Tecumseh’s words and actions.
4. In what 2 ways was the War of 1812 similar to the 7 Years War and the Revolutionary War?
5. What regions of the country were for and against the war and why?
6. Describe the U.S. and British military at the beginning of the war.
7. Describe 3 U.S. military successes of the war.
8. What was the result of the Treaty of Ghent?
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9. List and explain the impact of the War of 1812.
Slavery - Crash Course US History #13
1. In what ways was the South’s slave based economy intertwined with the Market Revolution?
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Without southern cotton the north wouldn't be able to industrialize.
¾ of the world's cotton came from america.
Northern merchants became rich from all of the exportanting
Banking, insurance agencies, to ensure slaves if they ran away.
2. What were economic “costs”/effects of a reliance on King Cotton in the South?
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Their main product was cotton so they stayed rural and agricultural.
All of the money is being put into the buying and selling of slaves, not much funds were put into
industrialization
New Orleans was 1st (only) industrial city in the south
10% of manufacturing goods were from the south, the rest from the north
No money was put into railroads of infrastructure, this meant that they couldn't move troops around
too much during the civil war.
⅓ of south's population is slaves.- this will influence how people act around each other.
3. Describe the yeoman farmer AND his support of slavery when most didn’t own any slaves
They were self sufficient, had very little to do with the
market economy. They grew all of their own food. If
anything they rented slaves.
They didnt rent them because they were smaller
farms and it gave them something to aspire to be.
The plantations were their main goal and that is what
they wanted to be. And on another view if that they
weren't the lowest class. There was still slaves.
4. Contrast the paternalist slave owners with the North AND list 2 other justifications for slavery.
Some thought that they were doing good for the
slaves. They thought that the slaves benefited from
slavery. Food, clothing, shelter, and so on was
provided. It was good for the social order.
Necessary evil- Holding wolf by the ear.
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5. Contrast the rice and cotton plantation slaves and their work.
Rice working conditions was very bad and laborious.
Task system- once they completed their daily allotted
amount of work they were done.
On cotton plantations slaves worked in gangs.
Back breaking work that was done in the southern
sun.
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6. How did owners dehumanize slaves AND what was their idea in doing so?
They whipped them and abused them
It would keep them from doing bad things.
7. In what ways did slaves resist the dehumanizing?
Forming families
Religion
Education
8. What is the significance of the Mystery document?
It talks about slaves resisting their oppressions by running away.
9. How many slaves, rather than resist, ran away AND who assisted in their flight?
About 1,000 a year.
¨Conductors¨
10. Describe Vesey and Turner rebellions and their effects.
A former slave who purchased his freedom organized A preacher named turner and about 80 other slaves
a plot to destroy charleston. Not too much success
marched farm to farm in virginia killing plantation
owners.
11. What are the more common forms of resistance AND why is this important?
Work slowdowns
Acting to not understand how to do things
Sabotaging equipment
It made them feel powerful, it gave them something
to do.
Age of Jackson: Crash Course US History #14
1. How was the U.S. undemocratic, how was this Jeffersonian, AND why move away from land as a
requirement to vote?
Almost all voters were white male
landowners
The idea of owning land as a
prerequisite for voting
It excluded the non farm/plantation
owning class.
2. What were the 3 parts of the American system, who were its supporters, AND how was this not
Jeffersonian?
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1. Federally financed internal
improvements
2. Tariffs to protect new
factories and industries
3. A national bank
John C. Calhoun and Henry Clay
The american system had nothing
to do with the Jeffersonian thing
3. What were the 3 main issues of disagreement during the Era of Good Feelings?
Many people thought that the main government should not invest in infrastructure
Problems with the Second Bank of the United states
slavery
4. What were the parts of the Missouri Compromise AND explain Jefferson’s quote on MO COMP?
Missouri wanted to become a state but the north
didn't want that bc they add more than 10,000
slaves. In the end they decided that missouri was
allowed
America was becoming more democratic
5. Who were the Democrats, Whigs, AND their beliefs/concerns/agenda?
Democrats- lower to middle class men
Democrats- how are the bankers and political people
Whigs- people who thought that Andrews was turning getting so rich without actually doing anything?
himself into a King.
Whigs- Will Andrews turn this into a monarchy?
Supported the government system.
6. Why did the North favor the Tariff of Abominations, the South oppose it, and how was the crisis resolved?
It was full of businessmen and
bankers who benefitted from the
tariffs.
The south was the ones paying it
and they didn't get anything in
return.
Tariff of 1833, it lowered the
duties.
7. How does AJ look tyrannical or monarchical with both the tariff/nullification crisis and Indian removal?
He was using force to collect taxes
He supported the southern states want to move the
indians. He killed many.
8. How are pet banks an example of the spoil system?
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They were a way of rewarding political supporters. It gave government offices to big supporters.
19th Century Reforms: Crash Course US History #15
1. How were Utopian communities a response to changes in America?
2. Contrast the religious utopian communities with the secular ones.
3. What “caused” the reform movements & cite evidence to support the contention that America was a religious
nation?
4. What did the Awakening stress or preach AND how was the Awakening influenced by the Market
Revolution?
5. List the three points about the religious nature of all these nineteenth-century reform movements.
6. How much of a problem was alcohol AND why was a ban so controversial?
7. Why were some opposed to common schools AND where were/weren’t common schools a success?
8. Contrast the goals of the Am. Colonization Society w/ Garrison’s Am. Anti-Slavery Society.
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9. What is the significance of "Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, An American Slave." & Uncle Tom’s
Cabin?
10. How were Frederick Douglass, Henry Highland Garnet, and apparently David Walker the strongest
arguments for abolition?
Women in the 19th Century: Crash Course US History #16
1. Define the law of coverture and explain how it played a part in denying women suffrage.
2. What is Republican Motherhood, and the good and bad that went along with it?
3. How did the Market Revolution affect women AND explain the Cult of Domesticity?
4. How did the temperance movement help to bring about suffrage for women?
5. What was controversial about women working in abolitionist societies?
6. Describe the 3 things about the 19th-century movement for women's rights.
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8. What did women accomplish by taking leading roles in the reform movements of the 19th century?
War & Expansion: Crash Course US History #17
1. Explain Manifest Destiny AND the costs.
Man's god given right to take over sea to sea
(Atlantic and Pacific) regardless of who was living
there.
We kicked out many people, animal species were
depleted.
2. Why did Mexico encourage settlement in Texas AND what were some causes of the Texas Revolution.
To encourage economic development
Then annulled the land contracts making the legally
void and they banned further immigration to texas
3. Why the delay in annexing the Lone Star Republic into the U.S. AND why did the U.S. annex Texas?
Texas wanted to be a slave state and that would
disrupt the balance in the senate.
Democrats supported it and they wanted to do it
before clay took office
4. Describe the 2 dissenters and their reasons for opposing the war with Mexico.
Henry David Thoreau: A man whom was thrown in
jail in bc he didnt want to pay taxes to support the
war
Lincoln: The president can't just invade a lend
whenever they want to.
I wrote it next to their names
5. Who became Americans as a result of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo AND why is this a problem now?
Hyspaniards were now American
The Mexicans were discriminated against. Nativism.
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6. What effect did the discovery of gold had on California?
It made it a desirable place to be. Everyone wanted in. There weren't enough Americans in it to count for a
state but when the gold rush hit, everyone wanted to come.
7. What’s the significance of the Mystery document?
It was written by a chinese man named norman Ossining.
8. What were some effects of the California constitution?
The indian population dropped. They didn't know wether or not to admit california as a slave state or a free
state because of this.
9. What did the Free Soil party hope to achieve AND how were they not “racist”?
It limited the slavery expansion in the west so it could be open for the white and all of the people that work
there. And they were racist.
10. What are the 4 points of the Compromise of 1850?
California would be admitted as a free state
Slave trade (not slavery) would be outlawed in Washington D.C.
New harsh fugitive slave law would be enacted
Popular Sovereignty
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