Name: _______________________________
USVA History
Chapter 7.4 – States’ Rights and the National Bank
1. _____________________ was the primary person who argued that states had the right to
declare acts of the federal government unconstitutional. He was from South Carolina.
2. The ___________________________ occurred in 1832 and involved the state of South
Carolina arguing that the Tariff of 1832 was invalid and unconstitutional.
3. If the tariff rates were not changed, the state of South Carolina threatened to
_______________, or withdraw, from the Union.
4. President Andrew Jackson was given the authority to invade the state of South Carolina
in order to collect tariff revenues by order of the ________________________.
5. The Nullification Crisis was resolved by ____________________, also known as the
“Great Compromiser.”
6. Andrew Jackson personified the “democratic spirit” of the age by challenging elites, seen
in his veto of the new charter for the _____________________, which he felt only helped
wealthy elites and hurt the common man.
7. Andrew Jackson placed all of the money from the national bank into loyal state banks
called “_______________________.”
8. Andrew Jackson’s killing of the national bank ultimately led to the financial crisis and
depression known as the _____________________________.
9. The changing character of American politics in “the age of the common man” was
characterized by a changing style of campaigning, seen in the Election of ___________,
where slogans were used and the Log Cabin and Hard Cider campaign helped to motivate
adult white males to vote on election day.
10. ____________________________ won the Election of 1840 for the Whig Party using the
slogan, “Tippencanoe and Tyler Too!”.