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    AP US History Presidental Review Washington (1789-1797) Judiciary Act of 1749 Supreme court used right to declare a law unconstitutional Whiskey Rebellion taxed whiskey- excise tax on whiskey of the westerners- tax used to centralize and fund National debt Roles of Jefferson‚ Madison and Hamilton Jefferson- Secretary of State Hamilton- Secretary of Treasury Madison- Presidental advisor and friend French Revolution Period of radical social and political upheaval

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    APUSH Unit 4 DBQ

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    Ganigan‚ Li‚ Wong 1  Anastasiya  Li‚ Kaili Ganigan‚ Vanessa Wong  Miss Conner  AP US History  10 December 2014  Historians have traditionally labeled the period after the War of 1812 the “Era of Good  Feelings.” Evaluate the accuracy of this label‚ considering the emergence of nationalism and  sectionalism. Use the documents and your knowledge of the period 1815­1825 to construct your  answer.     The "Era of Good Feelings"‚ which took place during James Monroe’s two terms serving  as President of the United States

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    Andrew Jackson was a victorious and triumphant man for he rose from the depths of poverty. Andrew Jackson was born to irish immigrants and then descended to authority over the nation as the 7th president and was defined as a national military icon. He addressed issues beyond politics and ideologies previously set in place by the founding fathers of the nation. These issues were climacteric for a budding nation in search for it’s individuality. Andrew Jackson’s lasting legacy include the two political

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    legalization of slavery in the new states. The North and South became forced to compromise over these issues. It all started with the Missouri Compromise‚ an idea formed in 1820 by member of the United States Senate and House of Representatives‚ Henry Clay. The Missouri Compromise maintained the balance of slave and free states in the United States Senate and remained effective for years. After the Missouri Compromise‚ more controversy emerged between the North and the South when the sixth president

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    TO THE WAR 1. Conservative‚ seaboard Republicans in Congress and New England Federalists New Englanders: refused to buy war bonds to help pay for the war opposed recruiting campaigns traded with England when possible Daniel Webster gave his first important speech on the unconstitutional and objectionable character of an 1813 draft law which allowed for drafting men in state militias into the national army 2. HARTFORD CONVENTION – met in Dec. 1814 – met because they thought

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    found spotless. Whatever his limitations‚ he surrounded himself with promising Republican leaders‚ including John Quincy Adams‚ Secretary of State and son of former Federalist President John Adams; William Crawford‚ Secretary of Treasury; and John C. Calhoun‚ Secretary of War. Monroe’s presidency spanned the end of the Revolutionary generation and the emergent age of nationalism. The country was at peace and the economy was thriving when Monroe embarked on a goodwill tour of New England shortly after

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    sector of US economy‚ but after the Treaty of Ghent‚ the American industry had little protection from the already developed British industry. President John Quincy Adams‚ urged by Congress and Clay‚ signed into law the Tariff of 1828‚ later know as the Tariff of Abominations. In response to this‚ John C. Calhoun‚ Adams’s Vice-President‚ secretly wrote the "South Carolina Exposition and Protest" calling for the nullification of this tariff‚ but it was met with little enthusiasm‚ and set the state for

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    1832. The charter wasn’t up until 1836‚ but Biddle felt that he couldn’t afford to wait until then and suffer through the uncertainty of it not being re-chartered at all. However‚ Jackson knew that Biddle had an alliance with Jackson’s enemy‚ Henry Clay and it gave him more of a personal reason not to approve the re-chartering of the bank. The feud led ultimately led Jackson to veto the Bank’s bid for re-charter. Jackson’s political reason was because southerners and westerners opposed the bank because

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    All questions courtesy of Houghton Mifflin’s The American Pageant Guidebook; A Manual For Students‚ Eleventh Edition‚ 1998 Chapter 12: The Second War for Independence and the Upsurge of Nationalism‚ 1812-1824 True-False Where the statement is true‚ mark T. Where it is false‚ mark F‚ and correct it in the space immediately below. 1. Napoleon’s decision to repeal his blockage decrees in response to Macon’s Bill No. 2 demonstrated how he had been successfully manipulated by President Madison

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    U.S.  History     Europe   England:     Economics  –  enclosure   o   Economy  began  to  revive   o   Enclosure:  property  owners  fence  off  land  for  grazing     Squatters  kicked  off  Hiof  land  =>  landless  population   o   Colonies  =  solution  for  landless  peoples     Merchant  capitalism   o   Merchants  in  look  for  investment  opportunities     Development  of  joint-­‐stock  companies     Nationalism   o   Spain  =  Britain’s  greatest  rival   o   Defeat  of  Spanish

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