ADVANCED PLACEMENT UNITED STATES HISTORY
Homework Assignment
The Age of Andrew Jackson

 Read: Henretta Chapter Eleven: Part TWO:

The Jacksonian Presidency, 1828-1837
Jackson’s Agenda, Patronage and Policy
The Tariff and Nullification
The Bank War
Indian Removal
The Jacksonian Impact

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Reviewing the Text:

Read the material captioned above in your textbook; then write a brief paragraph-length response to each of the questions.

1.      How did Andrew Jackson transform American presidential power?

2.      In what ways did Andrew Jackson alter the role of the federal government?

3.      In what ways did the position of Native Americans change during the 1830s?

4.      What were some of the causes and consequences of the Panic of 1837?

5.      Which coalition party was stronger and more successful during the 1830s and 1840s? Which party contributed most to the Democratic Revolution?

6.   What was the basis of Whig ideology, and to what segments of society did it appeal?


Reading Historical Documents:

 For this exercise, refer to American Voices, Black Hawk: A Sacred Reverence for Our Lands in Chapter 11 of the text, then write a brief paragraph-length response to each of the following questions.

In the 1830s, the pace of American settlement in the West increased dramatically. As a result, the pressure on Indians to leave their ancestral lands, reinforced by Jackson's removal policy, intensified tremendously. To many Indians, the faster the process occurred, the more shocking and bewildering it seemed. In this piece, an Indian chief of the Sauk and Fox tribes discusses this pressure and his response as opposed to that of other members of the tribes.


1. What procedure did the whites follow in acquiring and using Black Hawk's land?

2.  How were the whites able to go among the Indians in the village and to begin planting without resistance from the Indians?
 
3.  What was the basis of Black Hawk's claim that the ground was sacred?