Red Foxes and Bear Flags

Chapter Seven Study Guide

Red Foxes and Bear Flags

1.      The Jacksonian period is associated with a time of great social reform. Explain.

2.      Why did people feel that they especially needed “spiritual sustenance” at this time?

3.      What are the similarities and differences of the First and Second Great Awakenings?

4.      Define communalism, Transcendentalism, Bible Communism, Individualism, Abolitionism

5.      How have the roles of women changed?

Describe the typical education under Horace Mann and other educational reformers.

6.      Artists of the day were most famous for painting what?

7.      Discuss the literary authors of the period. What were the popular topics they wrote about?

8.      As far as the arts are concerned, what seemed to be the recurring theme of the American ways of life?

9.      Describe the economy as Van Buren takes office and the “free market” solutions he proposes to fix it.

10.   How did John Tyler become president? How would you define his presidency?

11.   Describe America’s expansion into Texas. “Remember the Alamo!”

12.   Why was Texas initially denied statehood?

13.   How did Polk incite war against Mexico? Why did he do that?

14.   Describe the “Wilmot Proviso”.

15.   How did the Mormon Battalion play into America’s annexing of California?

16.   Define the provisions of “The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo”. Why was Polk furious about it?

17.   Describe expansion into California and Oregon. What was the “Mormon Trail”?