HIST 2300 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: American Temperance Society, American Colonization Society, Spoils System
14 Mar 2016
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Expansion of voting rights to all white men and support for southern slavery and a small government vs. jacksonian spoils system; a pyramid structure controlling the democratic party politics and power at local state and federal level). Democratic party was highly prevalent especially in cities with growing immigrant populations (non-property owning white men). Encouraged believers to have a personal experience with god and interpret the bible in their own way. An increased appeal of democratic participation/decision making. Helped people cope with social and economic change. This brought women into the public in new ways, which made people nervous. Communication infrastructure grew (postal act of 1787 and new reproduction technologies as well as the telegraph brought handbills, more newspapers, cheap books, and mass produced illustrations). Growing supply of energy: human labour (slave and free labour). American white men internalize and are conflicted about the pressure to define personal identity to accumulate money in laissez-faire capitalist system.
