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John Marshall - Correct Answers Fourth Chief Jus ce of the United States, appointed by John
Adams in 1801. Judged Marbury v. Madison and McCullough v. Maryland. Largely responsible
for establishing Supreme Court's role in federal government.
McCullough v. Maryland - Correct Answers Supreme Court Judge John Marshall. Regarded
the expansion of federal power and involved the power of Congress to charter a bank, which
sparked the issue of the division of powers between state and federal government.
Missouri Compromise - Correct Answers (1820) Devised by President Henry Clay and passed
by Senate on March 2. An effort to maintain a balance of power between slaveholding and free
states in order to have equal representa on in the House of Representa ves.
Andrew Jackson - Correct Answers 7th President of the United States from 1829-1837. Major
general in War of 1812 when he defeated the Bri sh at New Orleans. Founded the Democra c
Party, destroyed the Second Bank, and is known for suppor ng individual liberty
John C. Calhoun - Correct Answers Appointed Secretary of War by President James Monroe.
Elected Vice President under President John Quincy Adams and re-elected under Andrew
Jackson. Supported slavery and states' rights.
Nullifica on - Correct Answers Legal theory that a state has the right to nullify, or invalidate,
any federal law the state has deemed uncons tu onal. This idea has never been legally upheld
by federal courts.
Specie Circular - Correct Answers (1836) A presiden al execu ve order issued by Andrew
Jackson. Required payment for government land to be paid in gold and silver.
, Prigg v. Pennsylvania - Correct Answers (1842) United Supreme Court case in which the court
held that the Fugi ve Slave Act precluded a Pennsylvania state law that prohibited blacks from
being taken out of Pennsylvania into slavery.
John Tyler - Correct Answers 10th President of the United States. Represented the Whig
Party, and was the first Vice President to become President due to the death of his predecessor
(President William Henry Harrison).
Gag Rule - Correct Answers (1836) Strict rule passed by pro-southern Congressmen to
prohibit all discussion of slavery in the House of Representa ves
William Lloyd Garrison - Correct Answers An American journalis c crusader who helped lead
the successful aboli onist campaign against slavery. In 1830, he started The Liberator, an
aboli onist paper.
Liberty Party - Correct Answers (1840) First an -slavery party. Sought to achieve aboli onist
goals through poli cal means.
Nat Turner - Correct Answers (1831) Leader of a violent slave rebellion in Southampton
County, Virginia. Was hanged which ended the emancipa on movement in that region and led
to even harsher laws against slaves.
Liberia - Correct Answers (1822) West-African na on founded as a haven for freed blacks.
Some 15,000 freed blacks were transported over the next 4 decades.
Free Soil Party - Correct Answers (1848-1852) Northern an -slavery poli cians who rejected
radical aboli onism but sought to prohibit the expansion of slavery in the western territories.
James K. Polk - Correct Answers 11th President of the United States, known for his territorial
expansion of the na on through the Mexican-American War. Annexed Texas.