Nullification
This state's fierce opposition to the Tariff of 1828 led to a crisis in 1832 when it adopted an Ordinance of Nullification.
What is South Carolina?
This African American newspaper, first published in 1827, was the first of its kind in the United States.
What is the Freedom's Journal?
This candidate in the 1824 election was the son of a former president and later became Secretary of State under President James Monroe.
Who was John Quincy Adams?
This 1848 gathering in New York is considered the birthplace of the women’s rights movement.
What is the Seneca Falls Convention?
This president vetoed the rechartering of the Second Bank of the United States in 1832, calling it a privileged monopoly.
Who was Andrew Jackson?
This Vice President anonymously wrote The South Carolina Exposition and Protest, which argued for a state's right to nullify federal laws.
Who was John C. Calhoun?
This abolitionist’s 1829 pamphlet, An Appeal . . . to the Colored Citizens of the World, warned of a coming slave revolt if justice was delayed.
Who was David Walker?
This candidate from Georgia, an ideological heir of Thomas Jefferson, opposed Henry Clay’s American System and suffered a stroke during the campaign.
Who was William H. Crawford?
This 1848 New York statute granted married women full legal control over property they brought into marriage.
What is the Married Women’s Property Act?
This president of the Second Bank of the United States was criticized for his arrogance and central authority over the nation's money supply.
Who was Nicholas Biddle?
This U.S. president declared South Carolina's Ordinance of Nullification unconstitutional and passed a military Force Bill to enforce federal laws.
Who was Andrew Jackson?
This Virginia slave led a bloody revolt in 1831, killing at least 55 whites and causing southern states to tighten their slave codes.
Who was Nat Turner?
This amendment to the Constitution requires the House of Representatives to choose the president when no candidate receives an absolute majority of electoral votes.
What is the 12th Amendment?
This abolitionist and author of Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl exposed the sexual abuse suffered by enslaved women.
Who is Harriet Jacobs?
This National Republican candidate was decisively defeated by Andrew Jackson in the 1832 presidential election.
Who was Henry Clay?
The Tariff of 1828 was also known by this derogatory name, given by its southern opponents.
What is the Tariff of Abominations?
This Massachusetts-born printer started The Liberator in 1831 and co-founded the New England Anti-Slavery Society.
Who was William Lloyd Garrison?
This economic program, advocated by Henry Clay, called for strengthening the Second Bank of the United States, raising tariffs, and funding internal improvements.
What is the American System?
This 1834 organization, led by Lydia Finney, sought to curb prostitution and promote chastity for both men and women.
What is the Female Moral Reform Society?
After vetoing the bank charter, Jackson transferred federal funds to these state banks, which critics nicknamed what?
What are pet banks?
This Massachusetts senator presented a nationalist interpretation of the Constitution, arguing against nullification and in favor of Congress securing the "general welfare."
Who was Daniel Webster?
These two sisters, originally from South Carolina, became prominent abolitionists and co-authored American Slavery as It Is: Testimony of a Thousand Witnesses.
Who were Angelina and Sarah Grimké?
The first national women’s rights convention in 1850 took place in this Massachusetts city, calling for expanded legal and voting rights for women.
What is Worcester?
This Treasury Secretary, appointed by Jackson, moved federal funds from the Second Bank to state banks, helping to destroy the national bank.
Who was Roger B. Taney?