Reading Guide for Week Nine
Assignments
Text: Divine, Chapter 10: 3/23/00
Special Topics: Art and Architecture in
the Age of Enterprise
The Elections of 1824 and 1828 and Government's Role in the Age of Jackson
Answer one of the following text questions:
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In what ways was the United States a land of equal
opportunity by the 1830s? In what ways was it not? Explain.
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Did President Andrew Jackson live up to his billing
as a man of the "people"? Why? Why not?
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To what extent was sectionalism a problem in the
age of Jackson?
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How different from each other were the political
parties of the Jacksonian era? Did they give voters a real choice
between contrasting philosophies of government?
Answer at least two of the following primary source
questions:
Andrew
Jackson to Martin Van Buren, January 13, 1833, Washington, D.C.
Primary Source Questions:
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Who was Martin Van Buren and why did President
Andrew Jackson write him this letter at this time?
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Why was the President angry with some of the leaders
of South Carolina?
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What does this letter tell you about the history
of the relationship between the federal government and the states?
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What does it tell you about President Jackson's
sytle of executive leadership?
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Do you think there was a hidden agenda in the
controversy? Explain.
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