Chapter XIII: The Rise of a Mass Democracy

REVISED

  1. How did the unusual results of the election of 1824 encourage the "Corrupt Bargain"? How corrupt was it? Why did this name endure?
  2. In what ways could J.Q. Adams be considered a president before his time?
  3. How did Jackson's inauguration party symbolize the "ascendancy of the masses"?
  4. Why is Jackson considered to be the real "father of the spoils system"?
  5. Why did the South call the Tariff of 1828 the "Tariff of Abominations"? What was Vice-President Calhoun's famous response to it?
  6. If the Tariff of 1828 was higher than the Tariff of 1832, why did the South complain so much more about the Tariff of 1832? What did South Carolina attempt to do about it? How did Jackson react to South Carolina's action?
  7. What was the Compromise of 1833? Who was primarily resposible for its creation? Who gained the most from it?
  8. How did Jackson's "Indian Policy" help create the famous "Trail of Tears"?
  9. Why did Jackson detest the 2nd BUS?
  10. How did Henry Clay try to use the BUS recharter to his advantage in the election of 1832? How did he miscalculate?
  11. How did Jackson finally kill the 2nd BUS? How did Nicholas Biddle retaliate in a way that was bad for the economic health of the nation?
  12. What was the Independent Treasury System? What were its advantages and disadvantages?
  13. Why did Mexico welcome Stephen Austin and his fellow settlers? How did the situation in Texas rapidly become intolerable for Mexico?
  14. What specific events led to the Texan war for independence? Who were the chief leaders for Texas? For Mexico? What was the outcome of the war?
  15. Why is the campaign of 1840 considered by many historians to be the first modern political campaign in American history?
  16. What is Jacksonian Democracy? To what extent was Andrew Jackson a practitioner of it?
  17. Identify:
    • Davy Crockett
    • "Old Hickory"
    • Kitchen Cabinet
    • Martin Van Buren
    • Nullies
    • the Force Act
    • Cherokee
    • Oklahoma
    • the Lone Star Republic
    • the Alamo
    • Whigs
    • Panic of 1837
    • pet banks
    • Old Kinderhook
    • John Tyler
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