For the essay prompts below, write a detailed outline for Prompts I and III. Just look over prompt
II and think about it. I’ll collect these tomorrow. I’ll give time in class to either finish one of the
essay outlines, or to work on Amsco questions tied to period 5.
Essay Prompt I: Jacksonians
“The Bank, Mr. Van Buren, is trying to kill me, but I will kill it.”
Explain the meaning of this famous 1832 statement by President Andrew Jackson and
evaluate Jackson’s position with regard to “the bank.”
Key Terms, Events, & People to Consider
Andrew Jackson
Martin Van Buren
First Bank & Second
Bank of the U.S.
Election of 1832
Henry Clay
Andrew Hamilton
McCulloch v. Maryland
Daniel Webster
Thomas Jefferson
Loose interpretation
Nicholas Biddle
John Marshall
Strict Interpretation
Specie Circular
War of 1812
“Moneyed Monster”
Bank Recharter Bill of
1832
Constitutionality of the
Bank of the United States
“Wildcat banks”
Essay Prompt II, Antebellum Era
Choose THREE of the following leaders, identify political ideals and actions, and
evaluate their effectiveness as political leaders.
Andrew Jackson
John C. Calhoun
Henry Clay
John Quincy Adams
Daniel Webster
Key Terms, Events, & People to Consider
Andrew Jackson
Daniel Webster
John C. Calhoun
James Monroe
Henry Clay
Invasion of Spanish
Florida
John Quincy Adams
Monroe Doctrine
Adams-Onís Treaty
National Bank
Missouri Compromise
Western Lands
“Firebell in the Night”
Slavery
War Hawk
The Devil and Daniel
Webster
Tallmadge Amendment
Nullification Crises of
1828 and 1832
Spoils system
“Wildcat” banks
Five Civilized Nations
Election of 1824
South Carolina Exposition
and Protest
John Marshall
Peggy Eaton Affair
Cherokee Nation v.
Georgia
King Mob
Creation of Department of
the Interior
“Corrupt Bargain”
Bank War
Nullification
McCulloch v. Maryland
Jefferson’s Birthday Bash
Worcester v. Georgia
The Specie Circular
Cherokee Nation
Trail of Tears
Kitchen Cabinet
Hayne-Webster Debates
American System
“Great Compromiser”
Increase of suffrage
“Tariff of Abominations”
Nicholas Biddle
Essay Prompt III Antebellum
Analyze the effectiveness of political compromise in reducing sectional tensions in the period of
1820-1860.
Be sure to cover the major events, issues, and contributors including:
Transcontinental railroad, Dred Scott decision, Missouri Compromise, Texas- statehood,
Fugitive Slave Act, threats of secession, Kansas-Nebraska Act, Mexican Session and subsequent
statehood, Gold Rush and California statehood, Gadsden Purchase, Wilmot Proviso, Crittenden
Compromise, Compromise of 1850
Henry Clay, Stephen Douglas, John C Calhoun, Roger Taney, Abraham Lincoln,