AP US History Review: Unit 3
Sectionalism 1824-1861
PART 1: Review these following themes of the Sectionalism Era: Specific supporting
event/details are included in each theme. Can you add additional information?
Jacksonian
Democracy
Election of 1828
Spoils System
Nullification
Crisis
South Carolina
Exposition and
Protest
Democratic Party
John C. Calhoun
Common Man
Nullification
Market Revolution
Tariff of
Abomination
Presidential Power
Indian
Removal
Indian
Removal Act
1830
Five
“Civilized”
Tribes
Georgia v.
Cherokee
Nation
Two Party
System
Democratic
Party Ideals
Panic of 1837
Bank Conflict
Age of Reform
Second Great
Awakening
Nicholas Biddle
Formation of
the Whigs
Whig Party
Ideals
Two Party
System
Tariff o 1832
Pet Banks
Utopian
Communities
Wildcat Banks
Dorothea Dix
Specie Circular
Temperance
Movement
Martin Van
Buren
Trial of Tears
Force Act
Women’s
Movement
Panic of 1837
Seneca Falls
Convention
Cult of
Domesticity
Susan B.
Anthony
Elizabeth Cady
Stanton
Transcendentali
sts
How did Jackson
change the
presidency?
Give examples of
argument of state
rights before the
Civil War.
How does
Indian
Removal fit
into the idea
of Jackson as
a democrat?
How did the
reemergence of
the two party
system affect
the Country?
What economic
policies did
Jackson pursue
that helped
cause the panic
of 1837?
How did reform
movement
shaped
America from
1825-1850?
Slavery and
Politics
Missouri
Compromise
Nat Turner
Rebellion
Class Struggle
Nativism
Nat Turner
Rebellion
Slave Codes
Early Industrial
Development
Compromise of
1850
Common Man in
Politics
Mexican
American War
Texas War for
Independence
Sectional
Tension
1850-1860
Missouri
Compromise
Annexation of
Texas
Fugitive Slave
Law
Rio Grande
Boarder
Conflict
Uncle Tom’s
Cabin
Fugitive Slave Law
Winfield Scott
Results of War
Popular
Sovereignty
William Lloyd
Garrison
The Liberator
Elijah Lovejoy
Spot Resolution
Kansas Nebraska
Act
Abolition
Movement
Treaty of
Guadalupe
Hidalgo
Frederick
Douglas
Hinton Helper
“Impending
Uncle Tom’s
Crisis of the
Cabin
South”
Dred Scott
and John
Brown
Dred Scott
Case and its
effect North
and South
John Brown
and Bleeding
Kansas
Harpers
Ferry Raid
John Brown
as a symbol
Kansas
Nebraska Act
John Brown
Bleeding Kansas
Dred Scott
Uncle Tom’s Cabin
Election of
1860
Dred Scott
John Brown Raid
How did Political
Compromise keep
the question of
slavery from being
discussed from
1820 -1860?
Does Jacksonian
Democracy create
more equality in
the United States?
How did the
Mexican
American War
affect Slavery
in America?
Was the Civil
War
Inevitable?
What affect did
the Abolition
Movement have
on the average
American?
How did the
Supreme
Court effect
the Slavery
question
before the
Civil War?
Part 2: Create three time lines that range from 1776 to 1820. The first time line should
include significant political events. The second timeline should include significant events
economic events. The Third timeline should include significant social events.
Sectionalism Era Political Events
1824
1860
Sectionalism Era Economic Events
1824
1860
Sectionalism Era Social Events
1824
1860
Part 3: DBQ’s and Free Response Essays – The following are past DBQ and Free
Response questions that involve the Sectionalism Era as all or part of the question. Create
some of your own essay questions from the Sectionalism Era.
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Jacksonians as guardians of democracy
Reform and Democratic ideals
John Brown’s Raid
Constitution and the 1850’s
To what extent did the debates about the Mexican American war reflect the
sectional interests of Americans from 1845 – 1855
 Describe the pattern of immigration in TWO of the periods (1820 to 1860; 1880 to
1924; 1965 to 2000)
 Why did the compromises of the early 19th century end?
 Analyze the effectiveness of political compromise in reducing sectional tension in
the period 1820 to 1961?
 To what extent did the role of women change in American society between 1790 and
1860 in two of the following areas (Domestic, Economic, Political, Social)
 In what ways did developments in transportation bring about economic and social
change in the Untied States in the period 1820 to 1860
 Identify and analyze the factors that changed the American City in the second half
of the nineteenth century.
 The Jacksaonian Period has been celebrated as the era of the “Common Man.” To
what extent did the period live up to its characterization? Chose TWO (Economic
development, Politics, Reform Movements)
 Assess the moral arguments and political actions of those opposed to the spread of
slavery in the context of Two of the following (Missouri Compromise,
Mexican/American War, Compromise of 1850, Kansas-Nebraska Act)
 How did Two of the following contribute to the reemergence of a two party system
in the period 1820 to 1840? (Major political personalities, states’ rights, economic
issues)
Your Sectionalism Essay Questions:
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