Chapter 9: Democracy in America

During the 19th century, ________ shifted toward "sectional "conflict among the states of the North, South, and West.

________ (NY) proposed that Congress should admit Missouri as a state only if bringing more enslaved people to Missouri was prohibited and children born to those enslaved there were freed at the age of twenty- five.

The Panic of 1837 led to a(n) ________.

Clashes between different regions of the country (e.g. North vs South) over how legislation should fit the culture

_______________ was a fierce debate caused by Missouri's impending admission to the Union as a state, since it would add another slave state

____________________ was a deal made to end the Missouri Crisis

What did the Missouri Compromise state?

During ______________________, Andrew Jackson did not get rid of the Tariff of 1828, certain states considered the idea of nullification

___________________ is the idea that since the states had created the Union, they were still sovereign, so a state could nullify a federal statute it considered unconstitutional and leave the Union if necessary

How did President Jackson respond to the Nullification Crisis?

_______________ taxed goods from Europe in order to boost the North's economy

________________ was a political struggle that developed over the issue of rechartering the Second Bank

__________________ was a party that opposed Andrew Jackson and the Democratic Party

____________________ was a party developed to stop the Freemasons

____________________ was an anti-immigrant party

____________________ was the ostracization of Margaret Eaton (wife of the secretary of war John Eaton) by the influential wives of government officials due to rumors had circulated that she and John Eaton were having an affair while her first husband was at sea

How did women play an important role in politics?

Why did the direct influence of ordinary citizens on the government due to the increased participation in US politics frighten the founding elites?

___________________ was an international network of social clubs with arcane traditions and rituals