Question

Chapter 16 Questions: The Young
Nation Grows—Part 2
p. 207
1. _____ is the term that describes how those in
the West, the North, and the South supported
different goals from those in the other two
sections.
pp. 207-208
2. The decision to allow one new slave state and
one new free state at the same time (like
Missouri and Maine) was known as the _____.
3. Why was the latitude of 36°30' an important
one?
p. 209
4. _____ invaded Spanish territory in Florida, thus
starting the First _____.
pp. 210-211
5. James Monroe let European countries know
that the U.S. would tolerate neither
interference in U.S. affairs nor colonization in
the Americas. This declaration is known as the
_____.
p. 211
6. In the election of 1824, Andrew Jackson won
the most popular and electoral votes, but didn’t
win the election. Why not?
p. 212
7. _____ (son of John Adams, the second
president) became the sixth president of the
U.S., with the help of Henry Clay, who
persuaded his colleagues to vote for him.
pp. 212-213
8. Andrew Jackson won the election of 1828 and
became the seventh U.S. president. His
nickname was “_____.”
9. “_____” is the term for the right to vote.

10. Jackson’s desire to expand democratic
privileges to a wider population was known as
_____.
11. The practice of giving government jobs to
friends and supporters is known as the _____.
pp. 213-214
12. One particularly high tariff (which favored the
North) was known in the South as the _____.
13. The power of states to nullify unconstitutional
laws is known as the Theory of _____.
14. With the Nullification Act of 1832, the state of
_____ nullified a federal tariff and threatened to
secede from the Union.
15. Surprisingly, Jackson pushed for the _____,
which would allow him to use the army to
enforce a state to accept a tariff. Later, Lincoln
would use this same bill to justify going to war
against the South.
pp. 214-215
16. The _____ Party was formed in opposition to the
danger of majority parties.
17. The economic boom of the early 1830s ended,
leading to the _____ of 1837, when the value of
money and goods greatly decreased. Much of
this was blamed on Martin Van Buren, the
eighth president of the U.S.
pp. 215-216
18. Using the image of a log cabin and the phrase
“_____,” the Whig Party was able to get William
Henry Harrison elected as ninth president of
the U.S.
19. Because he stood outside on a bitterly cold
day, Harrison caught pneumonia and died
about a month after taking office. Harrison gave
the longest _____ in history, and also had the
shortest _____.

put each answer in its own paragrapgh with no space in between each paragraphs with no labeling like numbers or anything

Answer 1

Sectionalism

Missouri Compromise

It was the Missouri Compromise line that prohibited slavery north of latitude 36°30' in the Louisiana Purchase territory (except for Missouri).

Andrew Jackson invaded Spanish territory in Florida, starting the First Seminole War.

The Monroe Doctrine

Because he won a plurality but not a majority of electoral votes, the election was decided by the House of Representatives, which chose John Quincy Adams.

John Quincy Adams

Old Hickory

Suffrage

Jacksonian Democracy

Spoils system

Tariff of Abominations

Nullification

South Carolina

the Force Bill (Force Act)

Whig Party

Panic of 1837

"Tippecanoe and Tyler Too"

He gave the longest inaugural address in history and had the shortest presidency.