Chapter 9

Question 1

How did suffrage expand/become limited?

Answer 1

• Dropped property and tax requirement
• Excluded blacks, women, natives

Question 2

What was Democracy in America?

Answer 2

• By Tocqueville
• Spread ideas of American democracy in Europe

Question 3

What was the “Corrupt bargain?”

Answer 3

• Election of 1824
• Jackson won popular vote and electoral vote but not Senate vote
• Adams and Clay were blamed of stealing Jackson’s presidency
• Clay has supported Adams

Question 4

How did Jackson run for president?

Answer 4

• Appealed to the common man
• Resented the British
• Hated the bank
• Wanted to limit federal power

Question 5

What was the Gag Rule?

Answer 5

• Not allowed people to speak up about slavery

Question 6

What was the presidency of John Quincy Adams?

Answer 6

• Fought for Native American freedom
• Jacksonian was too popular

Question 7

What was the Election of 1828 like?

Answer 7

• Jackson supporters treated Adams as an aristocrat
• Jackson had a decisive victory
• Jackson seen in a bad light

Question 8

Why was Jackson seen as bad?

Answer 8

• Overuse of veto
• Going against the Supreme Court
• Dismantling the Bank

Question 9

What was the Spoils system?

Answer 9

• Rewarding loyal supporters with government jobs
• Enforced loyalty over merit

Question 10

Who was Henry Clay and what was his importance?

Answer 10

• Created the Missouri Compromise

Question 11

Who was Daniel Webster and his importance?

Answer 11

• Had debates where he defended the Union

Question 12

What did Hayne argue for in his debates against Webster?

Answer 12

• Against stoping western expansion
• Wanted South and West to unite against North

Question 13

Who was John C Calhoun?

Answer 13

• Supporter for nullification during the Tariff of Abominations
• Defense of slavery as a need

Question 14

What was the Kitchen Cabinet?

Answer 14

• Jackson’s group of advisors from his spoils system
• Did not trust the elite cabinet members

Question 15

What was the Maysville Road Veto?

Answer 15

• Congress approved for a road that was federally funded
• Jackson vetoed it
• Showed more abuse

Question 16

What was the Tariff of Abominations?

Answer 16

• Tax on foreign goods to protect industrialization
• Angered SC who relied on imported materials

Question 17

What was SC’s Ordinance of Nullification?

Answer 17

• Declared tariffs void and threatened secession

Question 18

How did Jackson respond to SC’s Ordinance of Nullification?

Answer 18

• Issued Force Bill, which threatened heavy tariffs
• Led to the Compromise Tariff