PSY 202 Chapter Notes - Chapter 10: Jacksonian Democracy, Monroe Doctrine, Information Revolution
12 Jul 2016
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What were the limits of democracy: excluded: women, african americans, underaged males, immigrants (depended on the state), american indians. Perceived as biologically, innately inferior: race becomes a more prominent factor, class becomes a less prominent factor. Voting rights act of 1965 finally eliminated voting restrictions on african americans. 2 economic panics occurred in 1819 and 1837. The economic bubbles affected farmers and businessmen who could no longer pay their loans reinforced many american"s longstanding distrust of banks, and the economic situation undermined the reputation of the nat"l bank. Missouri compromise (1823: 1819: missouri applies for statehood, proposing that: Free slave children when they reach 25: proposal upset balance between free and slave states, so in 1820 a compromise was reached which allowed missouri to permit slavery and allow maine to become a free state. Showed that divisions over slavery"s westward expansion seriously endangered the union. helped lead the country to civil war.
