Monday, December 4, 2023

Friday, December 1, 2023

Andrew Jackson Continued

 



“The mischief springs from the power which the monied interest derives from a paper currency which they are able to control, from the multitude of corporations with exclusive privileges which they have succeeded in obtaining...and unless you become more watchful in your states and check this spirit of monopoly and thirst for exclusive privileges you will in the end find that the most important powers of government have been given or bartered away….”
― Andrew Jackson



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Sunday, November 26, 2023

The American System


1. To what extent did political parties contribute to the development of national unity in the United States between 1790 and 1840?


2.  Evaluate the extent to which the emergence of regional identities shaped the political development of the United States from 1800 to 1848. 


3.  To what extent did the War of 1812 constitute a “second American revolution”? In your answer be sure to address EACH of the following.

Foreign relations

Economic development

Limit your answer to the period through the 1820s.


What is the Market Revolution?

What then is the Industrial Revolution?

Name some of the new inventions of the time.

Define Henry Clay's "American System"? What was funded and where in particular?

What were 2 "precipitous" changes that occurred at this time?

What was happening for women at this time?