Chapter 14 Questions

Chapter 14 Questions

1.  Why were South Carolinians so upset with the Tariff of 1828? (P.274)

2.  What did South Carolina’s State Legislature decide to do about it? (P.275)

3.  What small victory did South Carolina take away from the tariff argument? (P.275)

4.  Why was President Andrew Jackson so opposed to the Bank of the U.S? (P.276)

5.  What problems existed with the National Bank? (p.277) More than one

6.  What positive aspects of the National Bank were there? (P.278)

7.  What three “firsts” or innovations were introduced in the Presidential Election of 1832? (P.278-279)

8.  Why did Andrew Jackson defeat Henry Clay so easily in the election of 1832? (P.279)

9.  What two ways did President Jackson severely cripple the National Bank? (P.279)

10.  What were the Governments and the general populations attitude toward Native Americans in the late 18th Century? (P.279-280)

11.  How did the Cherokee Tribe assimilate to American Culture? (P.280)

12.  How did the Georgia State Government and President Jackson respond to the Cherokee in 1828? (280)

13.  What were the provisions of the Indian removal Act of 1830? (P.281 Name 3 of them)

14.  What was the fate of the tribes that resisted the Indian Removal Act? (P.281-282

15.  What were the main sources of Conflict between Mexicans and Americans in Texas? (P.283)

16.  What events lead to Texas declaring independence from Mexico? (P.283)

17.  What were the results of the battle of the Alamo? (P.283)

18.  Why was President Jackson reluctant recognizing Texas as an independent Republic? (P.287

19.  What groups did the Whigs appeal to and why? (P.287)

20.  Why did European economic woes affect the U.S. in 1836 (p.289)

21.  What Party was William Henry Harrison from and why did they nominate him for President in 1840?

22.  What key differences were there in the political ideologies of the Whigs & Democrats? (P.292-293)