APUSH Chapter 10 Questions
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1. Why did some states, like Maryland, adopt reforms to increase democracy in voting rights?
How did this impact states like Ohio, Indiana, Illinois and Alabama?
2. How did Martin Van Buren change the system of party government? Why did some critics
call this a spoils system?
3. Why did the South reject Clay’s American System?
4. Explain why the Election of 1824 is known as a “Corrupt Bargain?” Why were many policies
of John Quincy Adams not supported in the South?
5. Analyze the Presidency of Andrew Jackson by answering the questions below:
a. What strategies did Jackson and Van Buren use to get Jackson elected in 1828?
b. How did Jackson use the rotation system to support the spoils system?
c. What does nullification mean? Why did South Carolina issue an Ordinance of
Nullification?
d. What arguments did John C. Calhoun give in his writing on nullification?
e. How did Jackson deal with the Nullification Crisis and what was the ultimate
outcome?
f. Why did some people protest the Second Bank of the United States?
g. Why did Jackson veto the Rechartering Bill and what was the ultimate impact of this
“Bank War?”
h. What impact did the Indian Removal Act of 1830 have on Native Americans?
i. Explain the court ruling in Worcester v. Georgia (1832). What ultimately happened
to many Cherokees by 1840 on the Trail of Tears?
j. Explain how the Taney Court limited John Marshall’s court by explaining the
following cases
i. Charles River Bridge Co v. Warren Bridge Co.
ii. Mayor of New York v. Miln
k. What is meant by laissez-faire?
6. What led to the creation of the Whig Party and what did the Whig Party represent and
believe in?
7. What led to the creation of the Working Men’s Parties and what beliefs did they have?
8. What events led to the Panic of 1837? How did the Panic of 1837 impact the American
economy? How did governments deal with the Panic of 1837?
9. What tactics did the Whigs employ in the election of 1840 to overthrow the Democrats?
10. How did the Democrats regroup and ultimately remain the dominant party throughout the
1840s?