HW: Due Monday

Please read pages 234-246.
Answer the following questions, in your own words.

1. What were the general characteristics of "Jacksonian Democracy" [its philosophy, practice, etc.]?
2. How did the spoils system fit into Jackson's "democratic" plans? What other means did he use to bring more people into the political process?
3. What groups were excluded from this widening of political opportunity? Why?
4. What was the effect of this growth of democracy? How did it change, or not change, the American political system?
5. Why did South Carolinians refer to the Tariff of 1828 as the "Tariff of Abomination?"
6. What was John C. Calhoun's theory of nullification?
7. What was the "Kitchen Cabinet?" Who were its members? How did it come into existence?
8. What were the origins of the Calhoun-Jackson split? How did the Eaton Affair contribute to this division?
9. What was the major point of disagreement between Webster and Hayne? What arguments were advanced on either side?
10. What was the compromise passed in 1833? What role did the force bill play in this? What actions did South Carolina take in response to these two laws?
    
11. What were the whites' attitudes toward Native American tribes? How did they contribution to the decision in favor of their removal westward?
12. What was the program (inherited by Jackson) designed to deal with the Indians who lived east of the Mississippi? What happened when this program was applied to the Cherokee in Georgia?
13. Explain the Supreme Court's decisions regarding the Indian tribes and Jackson's response. Be sure to name each case mentioned.
    
14. How did Jackson's action in the matter of the Cherokee removal correspond to his views on the role of the president and on the issue of states' rights?
15. How were Jackson's views concerning the Indians "little different" from those of most white Americans? What was the meaning of "removal?"