Chapter 7

Why did Northeasterners and Southerners disagree over the issue of tariffs?

• Tariffs were designed to move traffic along Northeastern waterways, but few waterways in the South would be affected.

• Southerners agreed that tariffs would work well with their economy, but Northeasterners believed tariffs would only hurt the economy.

• Northeasterners and Southerners both disagreed with Western tariffs.

• Tariffs helped the Northeast’s economy by encouraging industrial development, but it hurt the South’s economy which depended on trade with foreign nations.

Analyze the following quote:

“The Union--next to our liberty, the most dear; may we all remember that it can only be preserved by respecting the rights of the states and distributing equally the benefits and burdens of the Union.”

-John C. Calhoun

What does John C. Calhoun support?

• spoils system

• federal spending

• states’ rights

• sectionalism

How did Calhoun’s doctrine of nullification threaten the nation?

• South Carolina threatened to secede over it.

• Nullification suggested that all slave laws should be ignored.

• Andrew Jackson asked Congress to ignore the South.

• Nullification suggested that states’ rights should never be allowed.

This image represents the Trail of Tears and

• Native Americans conquering white lands.

• Native Americans protesting the national bank.

• clearing land of Native Americans for white settlement.

• All of these

President Andrew Jackson’s Indian Removal Act of 1830:

• was a proposal objected to by most Americans.

• asked Congress to pass a law that would require Native Americans to either move west or submit to state laws.

• proposed that Native Americans were not allowed to protect runaway slaves or they would be removed from U.S. territory.

• None of these

Why was the national bank such a controversial topic?

• People felt that it was a monopoly and favored the wealthy few at the expense of many.

• People felt that it wasn’t directly stated in the Constitution, and therefore shouldn’t be allowed.

• People felt that it was a conflict of interest (Biddle could control lawmakers would he had loaned money to).

• All of these

Andrew Jackson was the first U.S. president who:

• was a slave owner

• founded his own political party

• came from a lower-class background

• gained prominence as a military leader

Which group of voters was NOT part of Andrew Jackson's base of supporters?

• laborers

• small farmers

• plantation owners

• bankers

Andrew Jackson's supporters used the term "Corrupt Bargain" to refer to which of the following?

• the use of the spoils system

• the passage of the Missouri Compromise

• the selection of John Quincy Adams as president in 1824

• the chartering of the Second Bank of the United States

Who won the election of 1828?

• Henry Clay

• John Quincy Adams

• William Crawford

• Andrew Jackson