Chapter 13
“The Rise of a Mass Democracy, 1824-1840”
Study Guide
1. Describe and explain the growth of the New Democracy in the 1820s.
2. Indicate how the “corrupt bargain” of 1824 weakened Adams and set
the stage for Jackson’s election in 1828.
3. Describe the “Tariff of Abominations” and explain why it aroused
such furor in the South.
4. Analyze the significance of Jackson’s victory in 1828 as a triumph
of the New Democracy.
5. Describe the “spoils system” and indicate its consequences for
American politics.
6. Trace the increasing sectionalism that appeared in the 1820s and
show how it was reflected in the Hayne-Webster debate.
7. Describe how Jackson thwarted the radical nullifiers in South Carolina,
while making some political concessions to the South.
8. Explain why and how Jackson attacked and destroyed the Bank of the
United
States and indicate the political and economic effects of his actions.
9. Analyze the political innovations of the 1830s, including national
conventions, the birth of the Whig party, and the second two-party system.
10. Describe the changes affecting Native American life, including Jackson’s
removal policies.
11. Explain the settlement of Texas, the Texas revolution, and the admission
of Texas as a U.S. state.
12. Describe the economic and political woes of Jackson’s successor, Van
Buren.
13. Describe how the Whigs effectively appropriated the popular campaign
techniques of the New Democracy and used them to defeat the Democrats in 1840.
Identify:
New Democracy
congressional caucus
Anti-Masonic party
“corrupt bargain”
Tariff of Abominations
South Carolina Exposition
“Revolution of 1828”
spoils system
“Kitchen Cabinet”
Tariff of 1833
force bill
Bank of the United States
pet banks
Specie Circular
Sequoyah
Trail of Tears
Seminoles
Whigs
Also Identify: Andrew Jackson, Davy Crockett, Henry Clay, John Quincy
Adams, Tariff of 1828, Denmark Vesey, John C. Calhoun, Rachel Robards
Jackson, Martin Van Buren, Robert Y. Hayne, Daniel Webster, John C. Calhoun,
Nicholas Biddle, Cherokees, Black Hawk, Osceola, Stephen Austin, Sam Houston,
Alamo, Goliad, Santa Anna, Panic of 1837, William Henry Harrison, Democrats