HIST 2061 Chapter : Oppostition To Slavery 1800 Pt 2
Document Summary
Slavery & national politics: 1824: john quincy adams elected as president v. andrew jackson- very close race. The votes don"t add up to make adams president. Andrew jackson won the plurality of the popular vote. Jackson and his supporters are engraged: money power conspiracy, jackson claims that a conspiracy of bankers and wealthy capitalist supports. Second great awakening (end of 18th century until 1830s)- new wave of evangelicals to hold religion in government. Revivalist preach that all men and women can be save by. Christianity: benevolent empire, public education, temperance, prison reform, aid to the handicapped, network of church related to create spiritual benefits and material benefits. The organizations included talk about public education, temperance (anti-alcohol), move towards prison reform, and aiding the handicapped: antislavery societies, revitalization from french and haiti evolution. Northern antislavery movement is made up of white and black abolitionist. The north has more white people to lead them.
