APUSH Movements and New Territories: Early - Mid 1800s

- 1841 (rebellion)- Rhode Island had 1663 charter: only property holders + eldest sons could vote (1/2 the adult male pop.)- Dorr led a group of rebels who wrote a new constitution and elected him governor- state militia put down rebellion- EFFECTS: realize need for reform - new constitution in 1843 gave almost all men the right to vote

- 1830's and 1840's- ppl have direct communication w/ God + Nature (no need for organized churches)- individualism, self-reliance, emotions- Brook Farm and Fruitlands-

- 1825- American painters- landscapes - mystical overtones

- 1847 - led Mormons to Great Salt Lake, Utah- founded Mormon republic of Deseret- believe in polygamy + strong social order

- response to growing interest in higher education- associations formed to give lectures, concerts, debates, scientific demonstrations, and entertainment- EFFECTS: responsible for the increase in the number of institutions of higher learning

- treatment of the insane- EFFECTS: improving conditions in jails, poorhouses and insane asylums- persuaded many states to assume responsibility for care of mentally ill

- labor unions become more common- achieve unions' goals thru political actions- reduction in the length of the workday- universal education, free land for settlers- abolition of monopolies- CAUSE: growth of factories

- directed at early labor unions- organized stoppage of work by employees in strike = criminal restraint of trade---- 1842- conspiracy law inapplicable to unions- strikes for a closed shop are legal- unions not responsible for illegal acts of members

Irish: extremely poor peasants - become manpower for canal + railroadsGerman: came b/c of economic distress - shaped US moralsBoth groups: heavy drinkers + supplied labor force for the early industrial era

- anti-foreign feeling (1840's and 1850's)- response to influx of Irish + German Catholics

- 1848- first modern women's right convention- Elizabeth Cady Staton read: Declaration of Sentiment - list discriminations against women - eleven resolutions (one of which call for women's suffrage)

- skirmishes with Mexican soldiers in 1835--> Texas leaders met + organize temporary gov -- initially seized San Antonio- lost it after the Alamo--> Texas issued Declaration of Independ.- Santa Ana try to put down rebellion- Texan soldiers crush his forces + capture him in the Battle of San Jacinto--> force him to sign treaty granting Texan independence (US lent no aid)

- created 1836- try to get sound gov. + develop relations w/ England and France- rapidly rising public debt + internal conflicts + renewed threats from Mexico--> Texas join US in 1845

- after War of 1812: British held land jointly w/ the US- land returned to US w/ Oregon Treaty of 1846, supported by Polk.

- Commander of the Army of Occupation on the Texas border- took Army into the disputed territory b/t Nueces and Rio Grande Rivers + built fort- Mexican Army try to capture fort- engagements that lead to Mexican War- his victories in the war made him national hero