HST 202 Lecture Notes - Lecture 18: Political Philosophy, Nullification Crisis, Spoils System
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Manifest destiny and the expansion of the american population: Diversity of reasons to leave the east and go west: Religious: christian missions to native americans (ex. Cayuse- a chief killed marcus because he believed he was spreading white man"s disease to kill off the indians. Narcissa died being seen as a martyr back east for caring for the sager kids and fighting the indians. : persecution (ex. Regions became political sections (called the era of sectionalism : south and west: democratic, north: federalist. Precedent set by vermont in 1791 and connecticut in 1817. By 1819 all states had universal white male suffrage. Excluded african americans and women: local governments included more common men and fit with democratic ideas which helped jackson"s campaign. Jackson and the seminole: good image and nicknamed old hickory for being tough and the symbol of. Stormed into spanish florida in 1819 after driving the seminole out of.
