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

    1. To what extent were economic and social differences in the North and the South increasing in the first half of the 19th century?
    2. 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.
    3. “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.
    4. By 1836, the abolitionists had radicalized the antislavery movement. Evaluate this statement using your knowledge of United States history from 1776 to 1836.