• textbook --> pp. 278 - 289.
• AMSCO --> pp. 184 - 189;  202 - 204 [doc. A: pp. 197 - 198].

1. What were the general characteristics of Jacksonian Democracy?
2. List some examples of Jacksonian democratic reform?
3. How did this growth of democratic change, or not, change the American political system?  Which groups were excluded from this widening of political opportunities?
4. What brought on the Second Great Awakening?  How was it different from the First in the 18c?  How was it the same?
5. What impact did the Second Great Awakening have on religion in America, especially on the growth of the Baptist and Methodist churches?
6. How were early 19c democratic political ideals connected to evangelical Christianity?
7. What was the personal background of Andrew Jackson?  Which aspects of this background would be most appealing to Americans in the early 19c?
8. Why did Andrew Jackson win the 1828 election?  What new political techniques were used by the Democrats in this election that proved so successful?
9. How did the new changes in campaign style connect to the democratization of the American political system during the early 19c?
10. What were the provisions of the Maysville Road Bill?  Why did Jackson veto this bill?
11. Describe the legal tensions between Native Americans and the state of Georgia.  How did these tensions reflect issues regarding state versus federal power?
12. What were the Supreme Court's decisions regarding the Cherokees in Georgia?  What was Jackson's response to their rulings?
13. List the provisions of the Indian Removal Act of 1830.  How did Jackson's action in the matter of the Cherokee removal correspond to his views on the role of the presidency and on the issue of states' rights?

                          ASSIGNMENT 2:

• textbook --> pp. 289 - 297.
• AMSCO --> pp. 190 - 194  [docs. B-D:  pp. 198 - 200].

1. Why did South Carolinians refer to the Tariff of 1828 as the "Tariff of Abominations?"
2. What was John C. Calhoun's theory of nullification as set forth in the South Carolina Exposition and Protest?
3. Why did Calhoun and the South feel threatened by the tariff debate?
4. What was the political significance of the Peggy Eaton Affair?
5. What were the provisions of the Force Bill?  What was South Carolina's response to it?
6. What was Jackson's on the Bank of the United States?  On what did he base his views?
7. How did Jackson respond to the efforts to re-charter the Bank of the United States?  What reasons did he give for his actions?  What effect did the election of 1832 have on his Bank policy?
8. How did the Bank "War" reflect Jackson's commitment to states' rights as well as his commitment to the common man?
9. What was the general condition of the American economy in 1836?
10. What caused the Panic of 1837?  What effect did it have on the Democratic Party?  on the entire nation?
11. How did Martin Van Buren propose to ease this depression?
12. Why to some historians blame Jackson for the Panic of 1837?
13. What is the "gag rule?"  How is it connected to the issue of slavery?

                         ASSIGNMENT 3:

• textbook --> pp. 297 - 303.
• AMSCO --> pp. 221 - 225.

1. Who were some of the original organizers of the Whig Party?
2. What was the special role played by the Anti-Masons in the politics of 1830s?
3. Make a list of the elements of the political philosophy of the Whigs?  How did it differ from the Democrats?
4. What was the Whig strategy in the 1836 election?
5. Why did the Whigs select William Henry Harrison as their presidential candidate in 1840?
6. How did Harrison's campaign set a new patter for presidential contests?
7. What did the selection of John Tyler as Harrison's running mate reveal about the composition of the Whig Party?
8. Why did Tyler prove to be a disaster for the Whigs?  Why did they despise him so?
9. What was the importance of the Texas issue in the 1844 presidential election?  What was the impact of the Pakenham letter on the Texas debate in Congress?
10. How did Polk's campaign catch the spirit of the time?  What effect did Clay's position on Texas have on his campaign in the presidential election?
11. What were the issues surrounding the Oregon question?  How did it help the Democrats win the presidency in 1844?