Historical Figures
Who was the vice president under John Calhoun and also wrote the pamphlet titled South Carolina Exposition and Protest?
John Calhoun
Which president was the first to die in office?
William Henry Harrison
Who was the leader of the slave rebellion in Virginia?
Nat Turner
What did the Cherokee call their forced removal to Oklahoma?
Trail of Tears
What term is used to describe a state's ability to cancel a federal law?
Nullification doctrine
7th President of the United States of America, remembered for his nickname "Old Hickory"
Andrew Jackson
John Tyler
William Lloyd Garrison
What did the southerners call the Tariff of 1828?
Tariff of Abominations
What did President Andrew Jackson's critics call his friends who advised him on political strategy?
Kitchen Cabinet
Who was the Senator of South Carolina to debate the issue of states' rights and suggested that the state might secede if the tariff were not repealed?
Robert Hayne
Who was the secretary of state that negotiated with Great Britian over the Caroline incident?
Daniel Webster
Who was the 2nd president of United States?
John Adams
What treaty settled the eastern United States-Canadian boundary?
Webster-Ashburton Treaty
What was the resulting economic depression following the specie circular called?
Panic of 1837
Who was the Massachusetts Senator that spoke of the American flag saying "not a stripe erased or polluted, nor a single star obscured" concluding with "Liberty and Union, now and forever, over and inseparable!"
Daniel Webster
Who was the director of the national bank?
Nicholas Biddle
Who won the election of 1828?
Andrew Jackson
What system did President Andrew Jackson use to replace government positions?
Spoil Systems
What new political party was made up of former National Republicans and those who disliked President Jackson?
Whig Party
Who proposed the Compromise Tariff of 1833 which would lower duties (taxes) on foreign imports over a period of 10 years and who was also the Senator of Kentucky during this time?
Who was the 8th President of the United States who ran against the Whig party and was also the first president to be born a United States citizen after the Declaration of Independence?
Martin Van Buren
What chief of the Sac and Fox Nation led his people in a war to keep their land?
Black Hawk
What statement by President Andrew Jackson required that all public land would be paid for in gold and silver?
Specie Circular
What is a closed meeting of party leaders called?
caucus