AP History
Mr. Dunn
Chapter 9 Study Guide
Jacksonian America: 1820s-1840s
Important Terms, People, and Ideas
Alexis de Tocqueville
Democratizing the electorate
2nd Party System
Democrats
Whigs
Spoils System
National Party Convention
John C. Calhoun
Nullification
Henry Clay
Martin Van Buren
Kitchen Cabinet
Peggy Eaton Affair
Webster-Hayne Debate
Nullification Crisis
Black Hawk War
Reasons for Indian Removal
Indian Removal Act
Worchester v. Georgia
Trail of Tears
Maysville Road Bill
Bank War
Nicholas Biddle
Democrat Philosophy
Whig Philosophy
Election of 1836
Independent Treasury
William Henry Harrison
John Tyler
Webster-Ashburton Treaty
1. Describe the feature of American Society that Alexis de Tocqueville viewed as
fundamental to America.
2. Name the book written by Alexis de Tocqueville.
3. How did the age of Jackson impact economic equality?
4. Describe the process of democratizing the electorate.
5. Why did the Dorr rebellion occur and what were the results of the rebellion?
6. Describe the barriers that stood in the way from completing the democratization process.
7. How did the method of choosing electors for the presidential election change?
8. Which two parties formed the Second Party System?
9. What impact did Jackson’s implementation of the spoils system have on American
politics?
10. What is a national party convention and why did its creators believe it to be a
triumph for democracy?
11. Describe the impact of the spoils system and the political conventions.
12. What was the real reason behind the stagnation of the South Carolina economy?
13. What arguments did Calhoun use to support the idea of nullification?
14. What is the “Kitchen Cabinet?”
15. Who benefited from the Peggy-Eaton Affair and why?
16. Describe President Jackson’s response to the Webster-Hayne Debate.
17. How did Jackson respond to the nullification crisis led by South Carolina?
18. In what way did Calhoun and his followers view the nullification crisis as a victory?
19. What lesson was learned by the nullification crisis?
20. Describe the reasons why White westerners favored Indian removal.
21. Describe the impact that the Black Hawk War had on the natives.
22. What did the 1830 Indian Removal Act do?
23. Describe Jackson’s reaction to the Supreme Court decision Worcester v. Georgia.
24. Who was impacted by the Trail of Tears?
25. Describe Jackson’s justification for the removal of the natives.
26. Describe the theoretical alternative to the Indian removal and why it would not work.
27. What was the Maysville Road Bill and why did Jackson veto it?
28. Explain the reasons for Jackson’s opposition to the national bank.
29. Describe the impact of the elimination of the national bank.
30. Describe the perfect example of how the divided leadership of the Whig Party
became a clear problem.
31. Describe the situation that prompted the passing of the specie circular.
32. What was the specie circular?
33. Describe how the independent treasury was designed to work.
34. Describe the new voting techniques used in the 1840 campaign and the reason behind
using these techniques.
35. Describe the relationship between Tyler and the Whig Party.
36. Describe the terms of the Webster-Ashburton Treaty.