HIUS 130 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Missouri Compromise, National Republican Party, Misogyny
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Hius 130 lecture 13 white man"s democracy: northern working men and the. Compare/contrast the accounts of stowe and jacobs in relation to lectures and other readings. Founding the democratic party: before jackson took office, there was really only one political party, people called themselves republicans, americans believed that one-party government was the way that things needed to be. Saw division as selfish and evil: new party brought together southern planters who remained democrats into the civil war, midwestern farmers, wealthy northern men who had business interests in the south. John quincy adams and the national republicans: by the time that he took office, the republic was fracturing due to the alienation of the southerners. Started calling themselves national republicans to distinguish themselves from other republicans. Federal aid to internal improvements, development of national government. Wanted to quiet the clamor against slavery: wanted to mute the beginnings of northern opposition to slavery, keep the planters on board and happy.
