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| 373891811 | What is the purpose of the Monroe Doctrine? | to tell Europe to stop colonizing in the Western Hemisphere | |
| 373891812 | What is Washington's policy that Monroe wanted to continue? | Neutrality | |
| 373891813 | What is the purpose of the Missouri Compromise? | to keep the balance between the number of slave states and free states | |
| 373891814 | Missouri became a... | ...slave state | |
| 373891815 | Maine became a... | ...free state | |
| 373891816 | Who became known as the "Great Compromiser"? | Henry Clay | |
| 373891817 | Slavery was NOT permitted north of... | Missouri's southern border (the land above 36 degrees 30 minutes north latitude) | |
| 373891818 | Why did the Federalists die out? | because they didn't support the War of 1812 | |
| 373891819 | What was the only political party after the War of 1812? | Democratic-Republican Party | |
| 373891820 | What caused the Democratic-Republican party to split? | Bargain between John Quincy Adams and Henry Clay | |
| 373891821 | What new political party did Jackson create? | Democratic Party | |
| 373891823 | What was the "type" of person who would vote for Jackson? | The "common" man | |
| 373891824 | What did the Jacksonian Democracy promote? | Farmers | |
| 373891825 | Why didn't some people like Jackson? | killed the 2nd U.S. Bank, supported the Spoils Systems | |
| 373891826 | What did Andrew Jackson do to the bank's charter? | He vetoed the bill to renew the charter. | |
| 373891827 | Why did Jackson reject the bill to renew the charter for the national bank? | He vetoed it because he felt it only benefited the wealthy | |
| 373891828 | What did Andrew Jackson do with the money in the federal bank? | He moved it all to state banks to help out the poor farmers, the common man | |
| 373891829 | Define tariff | Taxes on imported & exported goods | |
| 373891830 | What does a protective tariff intended to do? | to encourage Americans to buy more goods from their "homeland" manufacturers | |
| 373891831 | Why did the North encourage tariffs? | because it protected their manufactured goods and the money they spend exporting, they earned back from people importing from them | |
| 373891832 | Why did the South oppose tariffs? | Since they had few factories in the South, It made them pay taxes on goods produced in the North to help pay for roads and canals on which the goods would be shipped. | |
| 373891833 | John C. Calhoun and other southern states felt if a law violated a state's rights, a state had the right to... | ...nullify the law | |
| 373891834 | Define 'nullification' | gives an individual state the right to declare the law null and void any law passed by the US Congress which to the states seemed unconstitutional because they disagreed with it | |
| 373891835 | Who was Worcester? | A Cherokee missionary without a permit to live on Cherokee Territory | |
| 373891836 | Why was Worcester arrested? | Because he didn't have permission to live among the Cherokee. | |
| 373891837 | What was the effect of the ruling of the court case, Worcester v. Georgia? | The Cherokee nation did not have to follow the rules of the Constitution because they were a separate nation on the US's territory. | |
| 373891838 | What is the purpose of the Indian Removal Act? | to remove the Indians from from their land because they were a nation within another nation. Andrew Jackson opposed. | |
| 373891839 | Why did the Americans want the Native American land? | Gold that had been found on the land and the rich soil and great farms | |
| 373891840 | Who was president during the Trail of Tears? | Andrew Jackson | |
| 373891841 | Why was it called the "Trail of Tears"? | Many American Indians died due to exposure and being unprepared for the forced trip over a short period of time and adverse conditions. They were leaving homes that they had owned for generations and going to places that were totally different environmentally. | |
| 373891842 | What political party did President Van Buren support? | Democratic Party | |
| 373891843 | What major economic problem happened during the presidency of Van Buren? | The Panic of 1837 | |
| 373891844 | What did Van Buren create to take the place of the US Bank? | Treasury |
