AP United States History
Chapter 10
The Years of Andrew Jackson, 1829 - 1836
Objectives
Section 10-1: Andrew Jackson Takes Charge (pgs. 287 – 289)
1. List the 4 biggest changes in American society during the 1830’s.
2. List 4 military threats of American interests during the 1830’s.
3. What were the 5 social institutions that seemed to have lost influence on the general public during the 1830’s?
4. Regarding Jackson’s first administration:
a. Vice-President
b. Secretary of State
c. Secretary of War
d. Describe the Peggy Eaton Affair and its consequences to Jackson’s administration.
e. Describe the general public behavior of inauguration day March 4, 1829.
f. Describe Jackson’s practice of the “spoils system”.
Section 10-2: Struggles Over Slavery (pgs. 289 – 295)
5. Regarding the 1828 Tariff of Abominations:
a. How did the Tariff of 1828 hurt the Southern economy?
b. Why did Southerners fear the growing population of the North?
c. Who emerged during this period as the Southern political spokesman?
d. Describe Calhoun’s ideas on nullification and state’s rights.
e. What 2 ongoing threats to slavery concerned South Carolina?
f. List the 2 reasons why Jackson supported the Tariff of 1828.
g. Describe the Force Bill and Jackson’s preparedness to take action against South Carolina?
h. Describe the congressional compromise worked out on the tariff impasse.
6. Regarding conditions for African Americans:
a. Generally describe the life of a free black in the North during the 1830’s.
b. Explain what happened to the colonization movement by the 1830’s.
c. Describe the result of David Walker’s book, Appeal to the Colored Citizens of the World?
d. What event triggered the state of Virginia to seriously consider the abolition of slavery?
e. What was the ultimate result of the Virginia state legislature on the slavery debate?
Section 10-3: Political Turmoil and the Election of 1832 (pgs. 295 – 296)
7. Regarding the election of 1832:
a. What were the 3 leading issues of the 1832 election?
b. Impact of Anti-Masons
c. Impact of Dissatisfied Labor
d. List the 3 candidates and their parties of the 1832 election.
e. What new political party emerged after 1832?
8. Regarding the debate on a National Bank:
a. Who did most Americans feel benefited the most from the National Bank?
b. Who served as President of the national Bank?
c. How did Jackson justify ending the National Bank’s charter?
d. Describe the constitutional challenge that Jackson’s actions created.
Section 10-4: The Indian Peoples and the Mexican Nation (pgs. 296 – 303)
9. Regarding Indian Removal:
a. List the 5 Southeastern Indian tribes most affected by advancing white settlement.
b. Explain the 2 views Jackson held regarding Indian options of white encroachment.
c. What Indian tribe assimilated the most to white culture?
10. Regarding the Cherokee Indians, cite the significance of the following:
a. Sequoyah d. Georgia v United States 1831
b John Ross e. Worchester v Georgia 1831
c Treaty of New Echota
11. What was the view of Indian removal of the following:
a. Andrew Jackson d. Northern religious leaders
b. Southern whites e. Seminole Indians
c. Cherokee Indians
12. Describe the public’s reaction to the Black Hawk War of 1832.
13. Regarding Growing tensions with Mexico:
a. In what decades did Americans begin immigrating to Texas?
b. List the 3 Mexican requirements on all American immigrants.
c. Describe Mexico’s view on slavery.
d. What was Santa Anna’s view of Americans immigrating into Texas?
e. What was the social and political result of the Mexican massacre at the Alamo in 1836?
f. Who led American forces against Santa Anna at the battle of San Jacinto?
g. List 3 concessions of the Mexicans in the 1836 Treaty of San Jacinto.
h. Describe the 2 opposing political views of Texas annexation into the United States.
Section 10-5: The Expanding Role of Religion (pgs. 303 – 305)
14. Regarding the religious revival of the 1830’s, describe the following:
a. What was an “evangelical”?
b. What was an “awakening”?
c. Charles G. Finney
d. American Tract Society
15. Regarding Mormonism:
a. Who founded the church?
b. List 2 influential church leaders
c. Why were Mormons often shunned by society?
Section 10-6: Character Development (pgs. 305 – 310)
16. What was believed to be a threat to American society by the 1830’s?
17. How did the following affect social traditions:
a. Availability of cheap land
b. New economy
c. Education
d. Women in the labor force
18. Describe the woman’s role in “domesticity”.
19. List the 3 aspects on which the reform movements of the 1830’s focused.
20. Describe the reform efforts of the following:
a. American Bible Society
b. American Sunday School Union
c. American Tract Society
d. Penitentiaries
e. Asylums
f. Dorthea Dix?
21. Regarding the Abolition Movement:
a. Who emerged as the leading spokesman for the national abolition movement by the 1830’s?
b. How many anti-slavery movements emerged in the 1830’s
c. What economic predictions did the American Anti-Slavery Society make to both the North and the South?
d. Describe the leading medium of communication used by the abolition movement.
e. Why did some Northerners oppose abolition efforts?
22. Regarding abolition politics, cite the following:
a. Number of societies in 1835
b. Number of societies in 1836
23. Explain Northern views of the “gag rule” regarding Congressional discussion of slavery.
AP United States History
Chapter 10
The Years of Andrew Jackson, 1829 - 1836
Free Response Questions: Choose one of the following
1. The Nullification Crisis
Explain the development of the theory of Nullification; the issues and political opponents, and Jackson’s handling of the Nullification Crisis.
2. Abolition Movement
Describe the growing abolition movement in America during the 1830’s including the status of colonization; and the impact of David Walker, Nat Turner’s Revolt, and William Lloyd Garrison
3. Virginia Politics of Slavery
Discuss in detail Virginia’s 1831 debate over the abolition of slavery and the subsequent result.
4. Indian Removal
Describe the developing Indian removal policy of the 1830’s; including the major Indian tribes affected, the two Supreme Court rulings, Jackson’s views, and the Trail of Tears.
5. US- Mexican Relations
Explain the growing conflict between the United States and Mexico during the 1820’s and 1830’s.
6. Religion in the Age of Reform
Describe the role of religion during the changing period of the 1830’s. Why were Americans concerned; how did this movement give rise to the growth and acceptance of the Mormon Church?
AP United States History
Chapter 10
The Years of Andrew Jackson, 1829 - 1836
Terms
Section 10-1: Andrew Jackson Takes Charge (pgs. 287 – 289)
1. Andrew Jackson
2. Martin Van Buren
3. John C. Calhoun
4. John Eaton
5. “Spoils System”
Section 10-2: Struggles Over Slavery (pgs. 289 – 295)
6. Tariff
7. Nullification
8. Force Bill
9. Free Blacks
10. Nat Turner
Section 10-3: Political Turmoil and the Election of 1832 (pgs. 295 – 296)
11. Whig Party
12. Nicholas Biddle
Section 10-4: The Indian Peoples and the Mexican Nation (pgs. 296 – 303)
13. John Ross
14. Trail of Tears
15. Second Seminole War 1836
16. Osceola
17. Black Hawk
18. Stephen F. Austin
19. General Lopez de Santa Anna
20. Sam Houston
21. Battle of the Alamo 1836
22. Battle of San Jacinto 1836
Section 10-5: The Expanding Role of Religion (pgs. 303 – 305)
23. Charles Finney
24. Revivals
25. Joseph Smith
26. Book of Mormon
Section 10-6: Character Development (pgs. 305 – 310)
27. Dorthea Dix
28. Abolition Movement
29. William Lloyd Garrison
30. The Liberator
31. “Gag Rule”
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