John C. Calhoun championed a states' rights theory called _________.
Answer: nullification.
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Jacksonian Era
- Upon the death of William Henry Harrison, the former Democrat who became president was ________________.
- President Jackson's distrust of paper currency became obvious when in 1836 he issued an executive order called the "___________.
- The Great Triumvirate consisted of Henry Clay, John C. Calhoun, and ________________.
- William Morgan mysteriously disappeared shortly before he published a book, which allegedly exposed the secrets of ______.
- Radical Jacksonians were known as ________.
- ______ succeeded John Marshall as chief justice of the Supreme Court.
- In the election of 1832, Andrew Jackson was opposed by _________________.
- The forced Cherokee migration on what was called the Trail of Tears ended in the territory of ________________.
- The most successful of the "Five Civilized Tribes" when it came to resisting Jackson's removal policy were the _________________.
- The main issue of public policy at stake in the Webster-Hayne debate was the _____________.
- John C. Calhoun's most powerful rival within the Jackson administration was ________________.
- Thomas Dorr and his followers formed a _______.
- Jackson's supporters created the _________ as a forum for selecting candidates for president.
- President Jackson's attack on federal officeholders led to the introduction of what one of his allies called the " ________."
- During the Tyler administration, the United States established diplomatic relations with China.
- The "Aroostook War" was the result of tensions between Canada and Maine.
- In 1840 the Whigs elected a president for the first time.
- The "penny press" was more lively and sensationalistic than previous newspapers.
- The well-to-do were more likely to support Whigs than Democrats.
- Jacksonians were more likely than Whigs to favor territorial expansion.
- Although political opponents, Whigs supported President Jackson's use of the veto.
- The results of the election of 1832 could be interpreted as a defeat for both Henry Clay and Nicholas Biddle.
- President Jackson vetoed the Maysville Road even though this proposed road was in his home state.
- Unlike most other tribes, the relocation of the Seminoles in Florida was never completed.