The Jackson Era

1. The Tariff of 1828 (Abominations) –

2. John C. Calhoun-

3. Secession-

4. Nullification-

5. Force Bill-

6. Indian Removal Act-

7. “Marshall has made his decision, now let’s see him enforce it!”, Worcester v. Georgia-

8. Trail of Tears-

9. “Tippecanoe and Tyler too”-

10. German immigrants settle where?

11. Why do we get a flood of Irish immigrants during this Era?-

12. 2 nd Bank of the U.S.- (purpose?)

13. McCulloch v. Maryland

14. Pet Banks-

15. Panic of 1837-

16. New improvements of the Jacksonian Era-

a. National Nominating Conventions vs. The Caucus System-(why change?)

b. Property requirement for Voting?-

c. Spoils System-

d. Prison Reform-

e. Dorothea Dix-

f. Horace Mann-

g. Second Great Awakening- (Why was membership in the church declining?)

h. Utopian Movements- Why do people tend to join these groups?

i. Romanticism-

j. The “Whig” Party- Who WERE they? Why “Whig” name? What did they advocate?

k. Temperance Movement-

17. Elizabeth Cady Stanton-

18. Abolitionists- what do they seek?

a. Gradualism-

b. Sectionalism; How does the North, West, and South feel about slavery?

c. Personal Liberty Laws-

d. Fredrick Douglas-

e. William Lloyd Garrison-

19. Presidents during this Era;

a. John Tyler-

b. Martin Van Buren-

c. William Henry Harrison-

d. Andrew Jackson-


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