Study Guide Eleven

Jacksonian America 1828-1836

Exam Two

NOTE: If you can answer these questions satisfactorily, you should do well on this section of the second exam. The material below consists of important material from the lecture. Questions on the test will be largely taken from this material.

Terms (definition and significance):

Era of the Common Man

“Reign of King Mob”

spoils system

Anti-Masonic Party

National Nominating Convention

Doctrine of rotation in office

Dorr Rebellion 1842

Daniel Webster

National Republicans

Democratic Republicans

John C. Calhoun

Nullification

State’s Rights

Martin van Buren

Peggy Eaton Affair

Webster-Hayne Debate, 1830

Mayville Road Bill veto

Indian Removal Act of 1830

Indian Intercourse Act of 1834

Blackhawk’s War, 1834

Seminole War and Osceola

Cherokee Indian Removal

Cherokee Nation v. Georgia, 1831

Worcester v. Georgia, 1832

Trail of Tears

Nullification Crisis, 1832

Compact

Henry Clay

Nicholas Biddle

Bank War

Hard Money

Soft Money

Questions to Think About:

In what ways was the presidency of Andrew Jackson an Era of the Common Man?

What were Jackson’s views on democracy and the presidency?

The United States became more democratic during the Jacksonian era. What were some of the ways that democracy expanded?

How were states’ rights and national power in conflict during the Jacksonian era?

What was John C. Calhoun’s theory of nullification?

What were Jackson’s relations with other prominent politicians such as Martin van Buren and John C. Calhoun?

What were the policies of the US government and Andrew Jackson during the 1830s?

How did the Nullification Crisis begin and end?

What was the place of the Bank of the United States in the Jacksonian era? What did Jackson have again the Bank?