America’s History: Printed Page 341
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| REVIEW QUESTIONS | Answer these questions to demonstrate your understanding of the chapter’s main ideas. |
How did Andrew Jackson and the Democratic Party fundamentally change public policy? Illustrate your argument with specific examples.
What were the various constitutional arguments underlying the debates over internal improvements, the tariff, and nullification?
How and why did the policies of the federal and state governments toward Native Americans change between the 1790s (Chapter 7) and the 1850s, and what were the reactions of Indian peoples to those policies?
THEMATIC UNDERSTANDING Review the events listed under “Politics and Power” on the thematic timeline. As the timeline indicates, the Working Men’s and Anti-Masonic parties rose and declined between 1827 and 1834, and then the Whig Party emerged. How do you explain the timing of these events?