Study Guide: The Age of Jackson

Identification Items

1.	Samuel Slater	14.	Force Bill*
2.	Eli Whitney	15.	Daniel Webster and the Webster-Haynes Debate
3.	Robert Fulton	16.	states' rights
4.	Samuel Morse	17.	Alexis de Tocqueville
5.	Francis Cabot Lowell	18.	Sequoya and The Cherokee
6.	Transcontinental Treaty or Adams-Onis Treaty	19.	Worcester v. Georgia
7.	"The Era of Good Feelings"*	20.	Indian Removal Act (1830)
8.	The American System*	21.	Trail of Tears
9.	Spoils System	22.	Seminole War and Chief Osceola*
10.	Kitchen cabinet	23.	Martin Van Buren
11.	Bank of the United States	24.	Panic of 1837*
12.	Tariff of Abominations	25.	William Henry Harrison and the Election of 1840*
13.	John C. Calhoun	26.	John Tyler*

* Not in book

Questions: Answer in sufficient detail or you will NOT receive full credit.

Describe the advances in industrial production and transportation in the American Industrial Revolution
Summarize the Monroe Doctrine.
What were the elements of the Missouri Compromise?
What happened during the Election of 1824?
What happened during the Election of 1828?
Summarize at least three ways that politics changed in this period.
What were the differences between the Whig and Democrat parties.
Give and explain at least six examples of how Jackson extended the power of the presidency.
What was the issue involved in the Nullification Crisis and how was it resolved?
Describe the treatment of Indians under Andrew Jackson and Martin Van Buren.
How did Jackson’s policies affect the nation’s economy?
Make a chart listing the positive and negative aspects of Jackson’s presidency. List as many elements as you can.
Summarize four points that Alexis de Tocqueville made about America

Weds., Jan. 9

1. Read in US book: pp. 158-9, 172-4 (top), 254-260 and 314-316 (top) and in NC book: pp. 242-5

2. Do ID’s 1 – 5

3. Write out detailed answer to questions A-D

4. Do the worksheet on back of this sheet about Making Generalizations

Fri., Jan. 11

1. Read in US book: pp. 174-178

2. Do ID’s 6- 16

3. Write out detailed answers to questions E-H

Weds., Jan. 16

1. Read in US book: pp. 204-7 and 181-183 and in NC book: pp. 245-248

2. Do ID’s 17-26

3. Write out detailed answers to questions I-M

Thurs., Jan. 17

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