U.S hISTORY
U.S. History
Unit 2 Study Guide
In preparation for your test, please be able to answer these questions and know and understand concepts relating to these topics.
AMERICAN SYSTEM AND NATIONALISM (Pages 219-222)
Identify and describe
Henry Clay and the American System
John Marshall Cases:
Gibbons v. Ogden
Dartmouth v. Woodward
McCullouch v. Maryland
How did these cases boost national power?
Missouri Compromise
James Monroe and the Monroe Doctrine
AGE OF JACKSON (Pages 224-235)
1. Why did Andrew Jackson break away from the Republican Party to form the Democratic-Republican Party?
2. How did Jackson appeal to the “Common Citizen”?
3. Describe the “Corrupt Bargain.”
4. How does the spoils system work?
5. Even though the Cherokee had accepted many ‘white’ ways, why were they still expected to move from areas in Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Alabama, Mississippi, and Tennessee?
6. Describe the Indian Removal Act of 1830:
7. Why was the court case Worchester vs. Georgia in 1832 so important?
8. How did Jackson openly defy the checks and balances system of government after the court decision (Mention the quote – it’s pretty famous, and it sums up the kind of guy Jackson was)?
9. Describe the Trail of Tears for the Cherokee
10. The Tariffs of 1824 and 1828 benefited the North, but it really hurt the South. Why is that true, and how would that lead to Sectionalism?
11. How was John C. Calhoun, Jackson’s vice-president, torn between nationalism and sectionalism?
12. How did South Carolina react in 1832 to the tariffs imposed by the federal government?
13. How did Henry Clay resolve the conflict and avoid a bloody battle?
14. Why didn’t Jackson like banks (who did he think they benefited mostly)?
15. What were his biggest arguments against a National Bank? a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
16. What were ‘pet banks’?
17. How did the
Unit 2 Study Guide
In preparation for your test, please be able to answer these questions and know and understand concepts relating to these topics.
AMERICAN SYSTEM AND NATIONALISM (Pages 219-222)
Identify and describe
Henry Clay and the American System
John Marshall Cases:
Gibbons v. Ogden
Dartmouth v. Woodward
McCullouch v. Maryland
How did these cases boost national power?
Missouri Compromise
James Monroe and the Monroe Doctrine
AGE OF JACKSON (Pages 224-235)
1. Why did Andrew Jackson break away from the Republican Party to form the Democratic-Republican Party?
2. How did Jackson appeal to the “Common Citizen”?
3. Describe the “Corrupt Bargain.”
4. How does the spoils system work?
5. Even though the Cherokee had accepted many ‘white’ ways, why were they still expected to move from areas in Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Alabama, Mississippi, and Tennessee?
6. Describe the Indian Removal Act of 1830:
7. Why was the court case Worchester vs. Georgia in 1832 so important?
8. How did Jackson openly defy the checks and balances system of government after the court decision (Mention the quote – it’s pretty famous, and it sums up the kind of guy Jackson was)?
9. Describe the Trail of Tears for the Cherokee
10. The Tariffs of 1824 and 1828 benefited the North, but it really hurt the South. Why is that true, and how would that lead to Sectionalism?
11. How was John C. Calhoun, Jackson’s vice-president, torn between nationalism and sectionalism?
12. How did South Carolina react in 1832 to the tariffs imposed by the federal government?
13. How did Henry Clay resolve the conflict and avoid a bloody battle?
14. Why didn’t Jackson like banks (who did he think they benefited mostly)?
15. What were his biggest arguments against a National Bank? a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
16. What were ‘pet banks’?
17. How did the