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Question | Answer |
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What year was the Louisiana Purchase? | 1803, from France by Jefferson |
Which Supreme Court case established judicial review? | Marbury v. Madison says that the Supreme Court can decide if a law in constitutional or not |
Which battle inspired the writing of the Star Spangled Banner? | Attack on Ft. McHenry, War of 1812 |
Why were early factories built mostly in the Northeast? | There were many flowing streams in the Northeast and machines in early factories were driven by water power. |
How did an improved transportation system affect westward expansion? | It was easier for goods and people to move westward. Also, it enabled people to travel back and forth more efficiently if they needed to. |
What was the significance of the Missouri Compromise? | It kept the balance of power between slave and free states; also known as the Compromise of 1820. |
Explain the terms of the Monroe Doctrine | Europe cannot colonize in the Americas further. Any attempt at colonization will be seen as a threat against the U.S. The U.S. will stay out of European affairs. |
Put these events in chronological order: Whig Party is established; Era of Good Feelings; Trail of Tears; Jackson elected president; Missouri Compromise | Era of Good Feelings, Missouri Compromise, Jackson elected president, Trail of Tears, Whig Party |
What was Jackson’s main campaign tactic in 1828? | He appealed to the “common man” by insisting that Adams was a person of privilege who did not understand ordinary people. Also, he made a point of going after all of the new voters that were available after voting reform was passed. |
Describe Jacksonian Democracy. | Majority Rule; common people can be trusted with their own government. |
Define: spoils system | Jackson (and many other presidents) fired many government employees and replaced them with his political friends and people who had donated to his campaign. |
nullification | Nullification is when a law is ignored. States, especially South Carolina tried to use this to avoid high tariffs (Tariff of Abomonations). |
Manifest Destiny | The belief that God wanted white settlers to move westward, and that the U.S. was “destined” to spread from the Atlantic to the Pacific. |
What were the reasons that the Cherokees were forced to move west? | Gold was discovered in parts of their land, plantations were spreading westward, and generally, white settlers wanted the land. |
What were Jackson’s views on secession and nullification? | He believed both were treasonous and states he no right to do either. |
What was the significance of the Webster-Hayne Debate? | It was a debate on the Senate floor between Webster from the North and Hayne from the South about states’ rights and nullification. |
How was John C. Calhoun important during the Age of Jackson? | He was Jackson’s vice-president during his first term. He came up with the idea of nullification. |
What was Jackson’s view of the 2nd National Bank? | He believed that the bank only was helpful to wealthy people, that it was corrupt, and that he needed to get rid of it. |
What were the causes of the Panic of 1837? | The banks were printing too much paper money which caused inflation. Also, speculators borrowed huge sums of money from the banks that could not be paid back. |
Why were farmers not impacted as severely during the Panic of 1837? | Farmers could grow their own food. They often bartered for the goods they needed, so they whole money meltdown didn’t hit them as hard. |
Put these presidents in chronological order: Madison, Jackson, John Q. Adams, Van Buren, Monroe. | Madison, Monroe, John Q. Adams, Jackson, Van Buren |
Describe the reasons that Americans moved west. | Land speculation, religious reasons, economic opportunity |