Jackson’s Victory
(1828): Jackson’s
common and raw
lifestyle helped build the
public consensus that
ordinary people could
take part in public office.
His victory was
representative of the
New Democracy and in
all a political triumph for
the common American
people.
Increased voting: Due
to new strategies of
politicking and
presentation of
candidates, voter
turnout rose
significantly from 24%
in 1824 to 78% in 1840.
The Liberator: A
magazine in which
William Lloyd Garrison
expressed his
abolitionist ideas
calling for the freedom
of slaves and equality
of all people.
The New Democracy: New Forms of
An era of politics that Politicking: Increased
more directly benefited drive to, "get out the
all citizens of the U.S. vote", resulted in a
sparking more appeal more enthusiastic and
towards democracy and involved approach of
increased involvement. gaining support
through means such as
utilizing banners,
badges, and parades.
John J. Audubon (1785- Abolitionism: A
1851): An artist with a movement seeking to
specialization in abolish the
painting wild birds. His enslavement of blacks
publications such as lead primarily by people
“Birds of America” lead in Northern parts of the
to a better U.S.
understanding of
wildlife in the west,
leading to greater
numbers taking part in
the westward
expansion.
The Underground Seneca Falls
Railroad: A network Convention: A
created and worked by convention in which
abolitionists that many feminists
presented slaves hiding gathered and presented
places and safer routes the Declaration of
to freedom in the North. Rights and Sentiments,
a petition modeled after
the Declaration of
Independence
demanding that the
equality promised
within it be given.
Frederick Douglass: Education Reform: As a Horace Mann: A leading
Creator of the North growing consensus advocate of a tax-
Star, an abolitionist formed about all funded public school
paper as well as an classes needing an system to allow
autobiography. These education to participate education for everyone
works documented his as members of society,
time in slavery in a focus on creating free
Maryland and brought public schools began
more enthusiasm to as well.
abolition movements.

Temperance Movement: Oneida Community: A Brook Farm: The first

A movement that radical utopian purely secular utopian
encouraged a barr on community in New York community in which
and an eventual end to in which complex members farmed the
alcohol consumption in marriage, male land together and
order to allow men to consistence (birth shared all crops due to
be more family oriented control), and controlled the belief that this
and a better influence breeding were allowed would allow more time
for the future to create a new to pursue literary and
generations of America. “superior” generation. scientific interests
which would then
benefit the rest of
humankind.

The Shakers: A utopian Second Great The Asylum Movement:

group that practiced Awakening: A movement A movement in which
celibacy and communal lead by speakers at individuals protested
ownership of goods, revivals in churches and the inhumane prison
along with a strict frontier camp meetings in system which held both
which the concept of
separation of the sexes the mentally ill and
salvation was spread.
in both work and life. criminals in one
Many new denominations
of Christianity grew out institution. Lead to new
of the conversations and form of discipline of
attitudes of individuals penitentiaries to stop
created by this abuse.
movement.
Elijah Lovejoy: An National American Immigrant Cultures:
Illinoisan newspaper Woman's Suffrage Immigrant cultures
editor and a victim of Association: developed to be a
reoccuring mob Established by fusion of cultural
violence who spoke out Elizabeth Cady Stanton norms that allowed
for equal rights despite and Susan B. Anthony newly immigrated
harsh persecution. His as an American members to have a
work was destroyed women's rights community in which
four times by for- organization that people could consult
slavery people before advocated for the with and relate to one
his house was burned nineteenth amendment. another.
and he was
assassinated.

The Hudson River Thomas Paine: An 18th Thoreau: An 18th

School: The first century author who century author who
specialized genre art advocated for rational advocated for the
school which thought and societal abolishment of slavery
developed a distinct change whose and reforming
manner of painting concepts were nearly government often
landscapes that were all rooted in stating that it corrupted
said to capture the Enlightenment ideals. humans’ natural
beauty and wisdom in goodness.
nature.

Walt Whitman: Famous Ralph Waldo Emerson:

for his works of A key transcendental
literature such as the author who stressed
book “Leaves of Grass” the importance of
and poem Song For individual expression
Myself, Whitman and influence as being
spread praise for the keys to a
people and nature’s preeminent society.
inherent beauty.
“Can there not be a
government in which
minorities do not virtually
decide right and wrong,
but conscience?- in which
minorities decide only
those questions to which
the rule of expediency is
applicable? Must the
citizen ever for a moment
resign his conscience to
the legislation?” Henry
David Thoreau (Civil
Disobedience)
“There is a certain
enthusiasm in liberty,
that makes human
nature rise above itself,
in acts of bravery and
heroism.” Alexander
Hamilton
A prime example of
separation from society
allowing for man’s
inherent goodness to
thrive can be seen in
___________.
“The moral duty of man “Men do what is called a
consists of imitating good action, as some piece
of courage or charity, much
the moral goodness
as they would pay a fine in
and beneficence of expiation of daily non-
God, manifested in the appearance on parade.
creation, toward all His Their works are done as an
creatures.” Thomas apology or extenuation of
Paine their living in the world. I do
not wish to expiate, but to
live. My life is not an
apology, but a life.” Ralph
Waldo Emerson (Self-
Reliance)
“Repeal the Missouri “Though the wide
Compromise - repeal all universe is full of good,
compromises - repeal the no kernel of nourishing
Declaration of
corn can come to him
Independence - repeal all
past history, you still
but through his toil
cannot repeal human bestowed on that plot
nature. It will be the of ground which is
abundance of man's heart given to him to till.”
that slavery extension is Raplh Waldo Emerson
wrong; and out of the (Self-Reliance)
abundance of his heart,
his mouth will continue to
speak.” Abraham Lincoln
A time in which the Give an example of a
goodness of man benevolent
helped U.S. politics development or policy
strengthen can be seen that stemmed from the
in __________. good nature and
curiosity of man.