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CHAPTER REVIEW

TIMELINE

Ask yourself why this chapter begins and ends with these dates and then identify the links among related events.

1810s	States expand white male voting rights Martin Van Buren creates disciplined party in New York
1825	House of Representatives selects John Quincy Adams as president Adams endorses Henry Clay’s American System
1828	Working Men’s Parties win support Tariff of Abominations raises duties Andrew Jackson elected president John C. Calhoun’s South Carolina Exposition and Protest
1830	Jackson vetoes National Road bill Congress enacts Jackson’s Indian Removal Act
1831	Cherokee Nation v. Georgia denies Indians’ independence, but Worcester v. Georgia (1832) upholds their political autonomy
1832	Massacre of 850 Sauk and Fox warriors at Bad Axe Jackson vetoes renewal of Second Bank South Carolina adopts Ordinance of Nullification
1833	Congress enacts compromise tariff
1834	Whig Party formed by Clay, Calhoun, and Daniel Webster
1835	Roger Taney named Supreme Court chief justice
1836	Van Buren elected president
1837	Charles River Bridge case weakens chartered monopolies Panic of 1837 derails economy and labor movement
1838	Many Cherokees die in Trail of Tears march to Indian Territory
1839–1843	Defaults on bonds by state governments spark international financial crisis and depression
1840	Whigs win “log cabin campaign”
1841	John Tyler succeeds William Henry Harrison as president

Question

KEY TURNING POINTS: Based on the events in the timeline (and your reading in Chapter 10), which five-year period brought more significant changes to American political and economic life: 1829–1833, Andrew Jackson’s first term as president, or 1837–1842, the years of panic and depression? Explain and defend your choice.