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Brinkley Questions Chapter 9

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History of the United States 1789–1849)
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Second Party System
Andrew Jackson
Great Triumvirate
John Tyler
American Presbyterians
Presidency of Andrew Jackson
John C. Calhoun
Nullification Crisis
Jacksonian democracy
Whig Party

Brinkley Chapter 9 Guiding Questions 1. What were the general characteristics of ?Jacksonian Democracy,? its philosophy, and its practice? 2. What role did the western states play in the growing democratization of American politics? 3. What groups were excluded from this widening of political opportunity? Why? 4. How did the spoils system fit into Jackson's "democratic" plans? 5. What was the effect of this growth of democracy? How did it change, or not change, the American political system? What is its significance? 6. How has the debate over Jacksonian Democracy focused not only on Andrew Jackson but on the American society in the Jacksonian era as well? 7. What was the dilemma faced by John C. Calhoun, and what factors gave rise to it?

McCormick Reaper

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Alisha Kanitkar Pd. 3 2/27/12 McCormick Reaper Cyrus Hall McCormick, who lived in the 1800's, was an American inventor accredited with the invention of the mechanical reaper. The reaper however was based on the work by others as well. McCormicks father purchased the original design from a blacksmith, and as McCormick saw that this design had extreme potential, he put his money towards the design and applied for a patent to claim the designs his own.
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