Straighterline US History I, Chapter 9 Exam Questions & Answers 100% Correct

Era of the Common Man - ANSWER-The Jacksonian Era. Opened politics to all, not just elite property owners Andrew Jackson - ANSWER-7th President, President of the people People's Party - ANSWER-U.S political party that sought to represent the interests of farmers and laborers created by Thomas L. Dorr Dorrites - ANSWER-Supporters of Thomas L. Dorr who made a brief and ineffectual effort to capture the state arsenal. Bucktails - ANSWER-supporters of Van Buren who wore tails on their head DeWitt Clinton - ANSWER-New York governor who built the Erie Canal Whigs (Patriots) - ANSWER-most numerous in New England, fought for independence; Democrats; anti-Jackson William L. Marcy - ANSWER-One of Jackson's henchmen who said "to the victors belong the spoils" Nullification - ANSWER-A state's refusal to recognize an act of Congress that it considers unconstitutional John C. Calhoun - ANSWER-Believed the tariffs were the cause of economy stagnation. Reality, it was the exhaustion of southern farmland Nullification - ANSWER-A move to nullify the tariffs of 1820's Theory of Nullification - ANSWER-The claim that states could choose to not follow a law if they felt it unconstitutional.