Nat Turner Revolt: Political And Social Movement

wID Terms for Final 1. Nat Turner Revolt (1831): Slave revolt in the South led by a Virginian slave, Nat Tuner. Tuner said he was guided by God to free his people. The insurrection lasted 48 hours and 60 whites were killed. South’s bloodiest slave insurrection. Significance: fear among white southerners, increased severity of the slave codes, collapse any movement of emancipation in the South

2. Anti-slavery argument (1830s-1860s): America is God’s Promised Land, except for slavery which is sin and must go. Not only must slaves be free, but they must be incorporated into American society.

3. Abolitionists (1830-1863): Political and social movement that called for the emancipation of all slaves. This movement emerged after the
Jeffersonian Republicanism (1801-1809): The Dominant and rival political party after the decline of Hamilton Federalism. They believed in a limited government, accountability of public officials, dispersal of power, and LIBERTY and EDUCATION for the individual (both more important than security). Their political philosophy was one of nature and nurture. The party feared the urban class, they believed cities were corrupted. They praise the yeoman independent farmer and independent citizen. In fact, Jefferson believed that a “good society” was an agrarian society. Moderate nationalism, narrow localism, but a strict constructionist. Jefferson and his Republican party believe that government only had GRANTED (enumerated) powers, NOT implied powers. They imposed a lassie-faire type of government, “Government is best by which governs the least”. Central Political Statement of the Jeffersonian: “The ENDS of government, NOT the means”. Jefferson idealized the independent family farmer as God’s chosen people. Agriculture was the righteous way of life according to Jefferson. The party believed in a populist form of government, where the majority of the people are involved, not just the elite class. They believed that in order to achieve a true democratic state, the people needed to be EDUCATED, “To be free, you must be educated” – T.J. (Disclaimer: Not all, only white man that own land). They passed the Judiciary Act of 1801 to get rid of Federalists in the Judiciary Branch. According to Hofstadter, Jefferson was more a PRACTICAL man, than an ideal who was influenced by the environment. He was raised in an agricultural environment and developed a fear of the urban class and the cities and also feared of slavery. He believed that farmers were moral incorruptible. Jefferson looked at the Constitution for what government COULD do, as opposed to Hamiltonian Federalism who looked at the Constitution to see what government couldn’t do. However, towards the end of his