American Studies 10 Chapters 6 Review (2013) Name_____________________

I. TERMS
“corrupt bargain” Daniel Webster Maine Law
“Old Hickory” Nativism Catherine Beecher
spoils system Eli Whitney Emma Willard
assimilation Cotton Gin Mary Lyon
removal & relocation Gabriel Prosser Horace Mann
Cherokees Denmark Vesey Oberlin College
Trail of Tears Nat Turner Dorothea Dix
Indian Removal Act Underground Railroad Abolitionism
Cherokee Nation v. Georgia Harriet Tubman American Colonization Society
Worcester v. Georgia Fugitive Slaves David Walker
John Marshall Second Great Awakening William Lloyd Garrison
Tariff of Abominations Utopias The Liberator
South Carolina Exposition Shakers American Anti-Slavery Society
Force Bill Mormons Frederick Douglass
Tariff of 1833 Joseph Smith Sojourner Truth
Nullification Brigham Young Grimke Sisters
Nicholas Biddle Transcendentalism Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Pet banks Ralph Waldo Emerson Lucretia Mott
Specie Circular Henry David Thoreau Seneca Falls Convention
Whigs Temperance Susan B. Anthony
William Henry Harrison Lyman Beecher Married Women’s Property Act
“Tippecanoe & Tyler, Too” Prohibition
John Tyler
II. SHORT ANSWER/ESSAY
1) Explain the wave of immigration that entered the United States between 1830-1860. Where did most of
the immigrants come from? Why did they come to America? What effects did they have on the
society?
2) Explain the American society’s reaction to the wave of immigration that hit the United States between
1830-1860.
3) Identify and explain four reasons for the reform movements that occurred between 1830-1860.

4) Explain the role that religion played in the reform movements that occurred between 1830-1860. Why
did people turn to religion to assist in the reform? Be sure to explain the concept of transcendentalism
and the effects that Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry David Thoreau had on societal change?
5) Explain the changes that occurred in education in America during this time period. Who was influential
in the change? Why did the reform in education occur? Explain.

6) Identify and explain the abolitionism movement that emerged between 1820-1840. What effects did
this movement have on society? Explain.
7) Identify and explain the reform movement that pushed for greater women’s rights in America during
this time period. What were the results of this movement on the American society?
8) Explain the Nullification crisis that emerged in the early 1830s and its effects on the presidency and the
nation.
9) Explain Jackson’s war on the Bank of the United States. What events precipitated the destruction of the
Bank? What effects did it have on the nation’s economy and political system?
10) Explain the rise of Jacksonian Democracy. Discuss the beliefs or attitudes of Jacksonianism. Describe
the changes that Jacksonian Democracy led to in both the American government and the American
society.