APUSH

Which areas were LEAST affected by regional differences in politics?

• Internal Improvements
• Tariff Rates
• Expansion of white male suffrage
• Foreign Affairs

What immigrant group saw a nativist blacklash?

• Scots-Irish
• Irish
• Italians
• Dutch

Which did NOT strengthen economic linkage between North and Midwest?

• growth of canals
• spread of plantation agriculture
• federal attempts at national economy
• shift to market production

Opposition to the American System was a result of

• regional interests overriding national concern
• fears that improved transportation would lead to western migration
• large federal budget deficits
• Supreme Court decisions

War of 1812

• US reasserted their sovereignty over western lands
• Broad popular support for the war eased sectional differences
• US won a decisive victory and gained valuable land
• Federalists support for the war reinvigorated the party

Indian Removal Act 

• was upheld in the Supreme Court
• paid Indian Tribes
• was passed over President Jackson's veto
• led to the infamous Trail of Tears

Increase of slavery in the new Southwest 

• created new tensions over the spread of slavery
• was opposed by both major political parties
• led to the resumption of importing slaves
• decreased the market value of cotton

What "irritations" did Jefferson warned about in regards to the Missouri Compromise

• acquisition of new territory in the West
• growth of violent nativist movements
• movement of African-Americans and Asians to the West
• increased settlement in areas taken from American Indians

Why did the North continue to restrict African American citizenship during the antebellum period?

• Northerners thought the government should support slavery
• North was economically dependent on the South
• a backlash of various emancipation plans
• Anti-black sentiment persisted in popular culture and politics

Which example best describes the Jeffersonian ideals for America's future?

• The National Bank
• The Louisiana Purchase
• The Missouri Compromise
• The American System