U.S. HISTORY Page 1
Balancing Nationalism and Sectionalism, 1817—1840
Name:
Mrs. Dickinson
STUDY GUIDE, CHAPTER 7
Date/Period:
Chapter 7 Objective:
To identify economic differences among different regions of the United States, analyze Andrew
Jackson’s presidency, and describe the conflict over states’ rights.
You should know the definitions of the following terms, and the answers to the objectives.
This information can be found in the textbook, in class activities, and in homework and in class
assignments.
This study guide must be in your folder and in class every day.
Students can expect daily quizzes on the sections covered in class and on the next day’s sections: check the
posted reading due dates.
Vocabulary you should know: these terms will appear on section quizzes, tests, etc.
appease
forbid
nullify
bankrupt
landslide
promote
currency
legacy
standardized
depression
elite
Section 1: Regional Economies Create Differences
Eli Whitney
interchangeable parts
mass production
Industrial Revolution
Henry Clay
American System
Tariff of 1816
National Road
Erie Canal
Cotton Gin
Objectives:
1. Describe the effects of the Industrial Revolution on the United States.
2. Explain how two different agricultural systems developed in the North and South.
3. Describe the American System, a plan devised to unite the country.
Section 2: Nationalism at Center Stage
John Quincy Adams
nationalism
Monroe Doctrine
Jim Beckwourth
Missouri Compromise
Robert Fulton/ the Clermont
Adams/Onis Treaty
Gibbons v. Odgen
McCulloch v. Maryland
U.S. HISTORY Page 2
Mrs. Dickinson
Name:
Balancing Nationalism and Sectionalism, 1817—1840
STUDY GUIDE, CHAPTER 7
Date/Period:
Objectives:
1. Describe how the federal government asserted its jurisdiction over state governments.
(How does the Supreme Court increase national power over state power?)
2. Explain how foreign affairs were guided by national self-interest.
3. Summarize the issues that divided the country as the United States expanded its borders.
Section 3:The Age of Jackson
Andrew Jackson
Democratic Republican Party
spoils system
Sequoya
Indian Removal Act
Trail of Tears
Objectives:
1. Describe the tension between John Quincy Adams and Andrew Jackson.
2. Explain Jackson’s spoils system Jackson’s appeal to the common citizen.
3. Describe the expansion of suffrage under Jackson.
4. Summarize the effects of the Indian Removal Act of 1830.
Section 4: Jackson, States’ Rights, and the National Bank
John C. Calhoun
Tariff of Abominations
Daniel Webster
Bank of the United States (BUS)
Whig
Martin Van Buren
Panic of 1837
William Henry Harrison
John Tyler
nullification theory
Objectives:
1. Explain how and why the protective tariff laws raised the issue of states’ rights.
2. Explain how and why Jackson destroyed the Bank of the United States.
3. Identify the results of Jackson’s economic policies.