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Chapter 10
America’s History, Chapter 10: A Democratic Revolution, 1800–1844
Key Concept: Innovations in technology, agriculture, and commerce powerfully accelerated the
American economy, precipitating profound changes to U.S. society and to national and regional
identities.
The Rise of Popular Politics, 1810–1828
The Decline of the Notables and the Rise of Parties (p. 316)
1. Give two examples of how states made politics more democratic in the 1810s and 1820s.
2. Use the example of Martin Van Buren in New York to explain the concept of a “political machine.”
The Election of 1824 (p. 318-319)
3. Use the table to compare/contrast the candidates for President in the election of 1824.
Candidate
Base of support
(region)
Strengths/Basis of popular appeal
John Quincy Adams
Henry Clay
William Crawford
Andrew Jackson
4. Jackson received the highest total of popular and electoral votes, so how did Adams become President?
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The Last Notable President: John Quincy Adams (p. 319-321 )
5. What did the supporters of high tariffs claim would be the benefits of this policy?
Why did the tariff’s critics oppose it?
6. In what sense was Adams’ political style “out-of-date?”
“The Democracy” and the Election of 1828 (p. 321)
7. List 2 examples of how Jackson’s 1828 campaign was based on appealing directly to the people.
The Jacksonian Presidency, 1829–1837
Jackson’s Agenda: Rotation and Decentralization (p. 322-323)
8. What did Jackson’s supporters mean by the statement “to the victor belong the spoils of the enemy?”
9. What was Jackson’s attitude toward federal subsidies for transportation and other internal improvements?
The Tariff and Nullification (p. 323-325)
10.What was John C. Calhoun’s argument for states’ nullification rights?
11. How did Jackson respond to South Carolina’s attempt to nullify the tariff of 1832?
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The Bank War (p. 325-326)
12. On what grounds did Jackson veto the rechartering of the Second Bank of the U.S?
13. What were the “pet banks?”
Indian Removal (p. 326-331)
14. List 3 examples of how the Cherokees had tried to integrate into American life.
15. What was the impact of the Indian Removal Act of 1830?
16. The Cherokees won recognition of their rights in the Supreme Court case Worcester v. Georgia. So why
were they subjected to the “Trail of Tears?”
The Jacksonian Impact (p. 331-332)
17. How did the new state constitutions written during the “Jacksonian Era” further democratic principles?
How did they embody the principles of “laissez-faire” capitalism?
Class, Culture, and the Second Party System
The Whig Worldview (p. 332-334)
18. Why did the new political party that formed in 1834 take the name “Whigs?”
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Labor Politics and the Depression of 1837–1843 (p. 334-335)
19. What were the goals of the Working Men’s Party?
20. How was its success limited by its emphasis on “proprietorship?”
By the Panic of 1837?
“Tippecanoe and Tyler Too!” (p. 335-340)
21. In what way did the presidential campaign of 1840 introduce a “new style of campaigning?”
22. Explain the origin of President John Tyler’s nickname, “His Accidency.”
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SUMMARY: Use the chapter summary on p. 340 to fill in the blanks.
In this chapter, we examined the causes and the consequences of the ________________ political
revolution. We saw that the expansion of the ___________ weakened the political system run by __________
of high status and encouraged the transfer of power to __________________ ______________ — men like
__________ _____ _________, who were mostly of _________________ origin.
We also witnessed a revolution in government policy, as _______________ ______________ and his
_________________ ____________ dismantled the mercantilist economic system of ______________________________ economic development. On the national level, Jackson destroyed Henry Clay’s ___________
___________; on the state level, ______________ wrote new __________________ that ended the
Commonwealth System of government ____________ and ____________ to ___________ ______________.
Jackson’s treatment of ___________ _______________ was equally revolutionary; the ___________ ______
of 1830 forcefully resettled eastern Indian peoples ______ of the _________________ ___________, opening
their ancestral lands to _________ ___________________.
Finally, we watched the emergence of the ___________ __________ _____________. Following the
split in the Republican Party during the election of 1824, two _____ _________ — the _______________ and
the __________ — developed on the national level and eventually absorbed the members of the _________________ and ___________ ________ parties. The new party system established ________________
_________ for ______ _____ and a mode of representative government that was responsive to ____________
citizens. In their scope and significance, these ___________ _________________ matched the economic
advances of both the _________________ _________________ and the __________ ___________________.