Unit 5 Review
Jacksonian Democracy
1820-1850
Ch. 13-16 & 18
Themes:
- What caused Jacksonian Democracy to develop?
- Immediate and long range consequences of the split between Jackson and Calhoun.
- Significant elections: 1828, 1832, and 1840.
- An era of the common man?
- Sectional tensions: 1800-1840--what were the issues?
Terms:
- "Corrupt Bargain"
- Tariff of Abomination - 1828
- "Age of the Common Man"
- "King Andrew"
- spoils system
- Peggy Eaton Affair
- Indian Removal Act - 1830
- Cherokee Nation v. Georgia - 1831
- Worcester v. Georgia - 1832
- "Trail of Tears"
- nullification
- Tariff of Abomination
- Webster-Hayne Debate
- Proclamation to the People of SC
- Second Bank of the U.S.
- Nicholas Biddle
- Two-Party System
- "pet banks"
- Roger Taney
- Specie Circular
- "Log Cabin & cider" campaign
- "peculiar institution"
- Nat Turner
- Panic of 1837
Essay Questions
- To what extent were economic and social differences in the North and the South increasing in the first half of the 19th century?
- The Abolitionist Movement did not speed the end of slavery, but simply made it impossible to end it without a destructive civil war? Assess the validity of this statement using your knowledge of United States history 1800-1861.
- “Reform movements in the United States sought to expand democratic ideals.” Assess the validity of this statement in the United States with specific reference to the years 1825-1850. Use your knowledge of the period 1825-1850 in constructing your response.
- By 1836, the abolitionists had radicalized the antislavery movement. Evaluate this statement using your knowledge of United States history from 1776 to 1836.