Key Terms
What is a tax on goods imported from another country?
Tariff
What President issued the Monroe Doctrine?
James Monroe
Where did Americans gather in large numbers to hear preaching during the Second Great Awakening?
Camp Meetings
What is an article of trade or commerce? In other words, something that is bought and sold.
Commodity
What term means means freeing someone from slavery?
Emancipate
What term is used to describe the Presidency of James Monroe?
Why was Andrew Jackson called the "Slayer of the Bank"? Why did he "slay the bank"?
He shut down the Bank of the United States. He said it favored rich businessmen and hurt the common man.
What is another word for a depression or downturn in the economy, when business and employment are at a low point?
Panic
What is capitalism?
Economic system based on the private ownership of businesses and farms.
Why was the election of Andrew Jackson seen as victory for common people?
He came from humble beginnings and many of his supporters were common people, farmers from the West and South.
What was the main tribe forced out of their land along the Trail of Tears? Who was President during this time?
Cherokee. Andrew Jackson.
Double Histordy
What happened during the Nullification Crisis? How was it resolved?
What is the spoils system?
Practice of giving government jobs to supporters as a reward for their help.
Who won the Presidential Election of 1824? Who did he defeat? Why was this election controversial?
John Quincy Adams. Andrew Jackson. Adams did not win the popular vote. No candidate won a majority of electoral votes so the election was decided by the House of Representatives.
What law was passed in Congress in 1820 regarding slavery? What were 3 effects of this law?
Missouri Compromise.
1) Maintained the balance between “free states” and “slave states” by admitting Maine into the Union as a free state and Missouri as a slave state.
2) Drew a line from Missouri’s southern border west. All new states north of the line (except Missouri) would ban slavery and all new states south could allow slavery.
3) Escaped slaves that reached free territory could be caught and returned.
What law passed by Congress in 1830 resulted in the Trail of Tears?
Indian Removal Act
What term refers to activities relating to the buying and selling of goods and services? How did Congress encourage this during the Era of Good Feeling?
Commerce. Passing laws to build roads and canals.
Who was Andrew Jackson's Vice-President who opposed him during the Nullification Crisis?
John Calhoun
What did the Monroe Doctrine state?
Western Hemisphere (North and South America) was no longer open to European colonization. Europe had to keep out of the Americas.
During the nullification crisis what was really being tested?
Whether or not states could nullify or reject federal laws.