In the wake of the War of 1812, the passions that emerged regarding the issue of the expansion of slavery were the hardest to resolve.

The Second Bank of the United States was controversial because it would cater to the needs of the southern planter elite.

The Tariff of 18 16 was part of legislation designed to oppose the economic plan known as the American System.

James Monroe was one of the "Virginia dynasty" presidents.

The "Era of Good Feelings" was marked by peace and prosperity.

Langdon Cheves led the opposition in Congress to the creation of the Second Bank of the United States.

The Bank of the United States quickly ended the Panic of 1819 by making credit more easily available.

Missouri was in territory that historically had not allowed slavery under the French and Spanish.

The Missouri Compromise was almost undone when Missouri put into its constitution a provision excluding free blacks and mulattoes.

One way Andrew Jackson's presidency was revolutionary is that he only engaged in diplomacy with Native Americans rather than assaulting their villages.

The Monroe Doctrine was part of President Monroe's annual message to Congress and, to this day, has no official standing in international law.

Four presidential candidates received electoral votes in 1824.

John Quincy Adams's intelligence experience, and worth ethic translated into a productive and successful first term in office.

The Tariff of 1828 dramatically lowered taxes on imported raw materials in an attempt to calm tensions after the Missouri Compromise.

The democratization of politics resulted in free black men in some northern states being eligible to vote.

Andrew Jackson was the most openly partisan and politically involved president up to that point in history.

One argument by opponents of Jackson was that democracy remained more an ideal than a reality for most Americans by the mid-nineteenth century.

Despite his championing of the people and democracy, Jackson was a slaveholder.

Jacksonian democracy involved the extension of voting rights to blacks, Native Americans, and women.

Jackson's vice president was John C. Calhoun.

Osceola led the Seminole resistance to their removal from their lands.

The Cherokee Indians were forced westward on the route that came to be known as the Trail of Tears.

The Bank War demonstrated that Andrew Jackson was exceedingly knowledgeable regarding the national bank's role and policies.

Henry Clay was Andrew Jackson's second vice president and was the man who would be president after Jackson.

President Jackson's response to the nullification crisis was to ask Congress to raise the tariff.

In the midst of the nullification crisis, John C. Calhoun resigned as vice president.

During Jackson's presidency, the national debt grew smaller until it was paid off entirely in 1835.

Most Whigs were states' rights advocates.

The Distribution Act provided for each veteran of the War of 1812 to receive 360 acres of land in the West.

Martin Van Buren opposed the establishment of an independent Treasury.

The two biggest issues that hampered Van Buren's bid for reelection were financial problems and the annexation of Texas.

The second two-party system emerged during the Jacksonian era and included Democrats and Whigs.

The Whig presidential candidate in 1840, William Henry Harrison, was the hero of the Battle of Tippecanoe.