Monday, December 7, 2015

Today's Classwork 12/7

Hello, APUSH'ers.

Here is your assignment for class, 12/7 and 12/8/15.  Both assignments are due, BEOP 12/10.  Thanks!

Here is a LINK TO THE FOLDER containing the chapter sections 

1. Carefully read (in the Americans TB), Chapter 7, Section 3.
2. Please answer the guided questions below:
  1. Explain how the election of 1824 signaled the end of the "Era of Good Feelings."  Why was it called the "Corrupt Bargain?"
  2. Describe the personal background of Andrew Jackson.  Which aspects of that background would be most appealing to Americans of the early 19c?
  3. If you were a U. S. citizen voting in the 1828 presidential election, for whom would you cast your ballot--John Quincy Adams or Andrew Jackson?  Explain your choice. 
  4. What was the spoils system?  Why did Jackson initiate it at the beginning of his first term?
  5. Describe the changes that took place in the style of political campaigning during the early 19c.  What connection did these changes have to the democratization of the American political system during the early 19c?
  6. Why did Jackson think that Native Americans should be moved west of the Mississippi?
  7. Describe the legal tensions between Native Americans and the state of Georgia in the 1830s.
  8. What were the provisions of Indian Removal Act of 1830?
  9. Describe the "Trail of Tears" as an example of the Indian removal policy implemented by the United States government during the Jackson administration.
***IF YOU FINISH EARLY, PLEASE START THE ASSIGNMENT FOR TOMORROW!!!***
Chapter 7, Section 4 
  1. Why did South Carolinians refer to the Tariff of 1828 as the "Tariff of Abomination?"
  2. What was John C. Calhoun's nullification theory as set forth in "The South Carolina Exposition"?
  3. What were the views of Senator Daniel Webster of Massachusetts and Senator Robert Hayne of South Carolina and they debated each?
  4. How was the nullification theory an expression of states' rights?
  5. What were Jackson's and Calhoun's differing opinions on states' rights versus federal power?
  6. How did South Carolina, as representative of southern sentiment, react to the 1832 Tariff?  
  7. What was Andrew Jackson's response to South Carolina?
  8. Why did Jackson attack the Second National Bank?
  9. Why was the Whig Party created?  What groups joined it?
  10. What caused the Panic of 1837?
  11. How did Jackson's actions contribute greatly to the Panic of 1837?
  12. How was William Henry Harrison's campaign similar to Jackson's first campaign, even though Harrison was a Whig and Jackson a Democrat?
  13. Why was John Tyler nicknamed "His Accidency?"
  14. In what ways did Jackson influence the political process long after he left the White House?

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