America s History, Chapter 10: A Democratic Revolution, 1800 1844 Key Concept: Innovations in technology, agriculture, and commerce powerfully accelerated the American economy, precipitating profound changes to U.S. society and to national and regional identities. The Rise of Popular Politics, 1810 1828 The Decline of the Notables and the Rise of Parties (p. 316) 1. Give two examples of how states made politics more democratic in the 1810s and 1820s. 2. Use the example of Martin Van Buren in New York to explain the concept of a political machine. The Election of 1824 (p. 318-319) 3. Use the table to compare/contrast the candidates for President in the election of 1824. Candidate John Quincy Adams Base of support (region) Strengths/Basis of popular appeal Henry Clay William Crawford Andrew Jackson 4. Jackson received the highest total of popular and electoral votes, so how did Adams become President?
The Last Notable President: John Quincy Adams (p. 319-321 ) 5. What did the supporters of high tariffs claim would be the benefits of this policy? Why did the tariff s critics oppose it? 6. In what sense was Adams political style out-of-date? The Democracy and the Election of 1828 (p. 321) 7. List 2 examples of how Jackson s 1828 campaign was based on appealing directly to the people. The Jacksonian Presidency, 1829 1837 Jackson s Agenda: Rotation and Decentralization (p. 322-323) 8. What did Jackson s supporters mean by the statement to the victor belong the spoils of the enemy? 9. What was Jackson s attitude toward federal subsidies for transportation and other internal improvements? The Tariff and Nullification (p. 323-325) 10.What was John C. Calhoun s argument for states nullification rights? 11. How did Jackson respond to South Carolina s attempt to nullify the tariff of 1832?
The Bank War (p. 325-326) 12. On what grounds did Jackson veto the rechartering of the Second Bank of the U.S? 13. What were the pet banks? Indian Removal (p. 326-331) 14. List 3 examples of how the Cherokees had tried to integrate into American life. 15. What was the impact of the Indian Removal Act of 1830? 16. The Cherokees won recognition of their rights in the Supreme Court case Worcester v. Georgia. So why were they subjected to the Trail of Tears? The Jacksonian Impact (p. 331-332) 17. How did the new state constitutions written during the Jacksonian Era further democratic principles? How did they embody the principles of laissez-faire capitalism? Class, Culture, and the Second Party System The Whig Worldview (p. 332-334) 18. Why did the new political party that formed in 1834 take the name Whigs?
Labor Politics and the Depression of 1837 1843 (p. 334-335) 19. What were the goals of the Working Men s Party? 20. How was its success limited by its emphasis on proprietorship? By the Panic of 1837? Tippecanoe and Tyler Too! (p. 335-340) 21. In what way did the presidential campaign of 1840 introduce a new style of campaigning? 22. Explain the origin of President John Tyler s nickname, His Accidency.
SUMMARY: Use the chapter summary on p. 340 to fill in the blanks. In this chapter, we examined the causes and the consequences of the political revolution. We saw that the expansion of the weakened the political system run by of high status and encouraged the transfer of power to men like, who were mostly of origin. We also witnessed a revolution in government policy, as and his dismantled the mercantilist economic system of - economic development. On the national level, Jackson destroyed Henry Clay s ; on the state level, wrote new that ended the Commonwealth System of government and to. Jackson s treatment of was equally revolutionary; the of 1830 forcefully resettled eastern Indian peoples of the, opening their ancestral lands to. Finally, we watched the emergence of the. Following the split in the Republican Party during the election of 1824, two the and the developed on the national level and eventually absorbed the members of the - and parties. The new party system established for and a mode of representative government that was responsive to citizens. In their scope and significance, these matched the economic advances of both the and the.