| A. | Missouri's application for statehood | ||
| 1. | Existence of slavery in Missouri Territory | ||
| a. | Northern fear of a new southern-voting state | ||
| b. | Tallmadge amendment to Missouri's application | ||
| 2. | Application of Maine as a free state | ||
| a. | Constructed from Massachusetts | ||
| b. | Maine and Missouri would keep relative balance in Senate | ||
| B. | Thomas Proviso | ||
| 1. | North would admit Missouri as a slave state | ||
| 2. | South would agree to outlaw slavery in the territories north of 36° 30' | ||
| 3. | Both parts of the package would be voted on together | ||
| C. | Congressional vote | ||
| 1. | Two parts of Thomas Proviso divided | ||
| a. | Vote in Congress close | ||
| b. | Slavery outlawed north of 36° 30' with large majority | ||
| c. | Fourteen northern congressmen support Missouri's admission | ||
| 2. | Not truly a debate on slavery | ||
| a. | Vote reveals tension over South's power in federal government | ||
| b. | Harbinger of future conflicts | ||
| A. | Tariff of 1828 | ||
| 1. | Tariff of abominations | ||
| a. | Southern anger over high tariff | ||
| b. | Threat to avoid enforcement | ||
| B. | Calhoun and nullification | ||
| 1. | Idea of nullification | ||
| a. | Based on Jefferson and Madison's Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions | ||
| b. | John C. Calhoun's Exposition and Protest | ||
| 2. | Nullification crisis | ||
| a. | South Carolina nullifies tariff | ||
| b. | Clear assertion of states' rights theory | ||
| C. | Jackson and Force Bill | ||
| 1. | Jackson prepared to use military to protect federal power | ||
| a. | Exertion of federal authority | ||
| b. | No other southern state aids South Carolina | ||
| 2. | Henry Clay and compromise | ||
| a. | South Carolina rescinds ordinance of nullification | ||
| b. | Tariff revised downward | ||
| A. | Political aspects of Jacksonian democracy | ||
| 1. | Changes in politics | ||
| a. | Rise of caucus system | ||
| b. | Increase in the franchise | ||
| c. | Spoils system | ||
| 2. | Second American Party system | ||
| a. | Competitive politics on national scale | ||
| b. | Two national competitive parties | ||
| B. | Social aspects of Jacksonian democracy | ||
| 1. | Rise of middle class | ||
| a. | New economic possibilities | ||
| b. | New value and belief systems | ||
| 2. | Return to ideals of Jeffersonian democracy | ||
| a. | Emphasis on republicanism | ||
| b. | Opposed to powerful state-commercial relationship | ||
| C. | Economic aspects of Jacksonian democracy | ||
| 1. | Bank war | ||
| a. | Assault on privilege | ||
| b. | Impetus to middle-class development | ||
| 2. | Opposed to government aid for special privilege | ||
| a. | Maysville Road veto | ||
| b. | Downward-revised tariffs | ||
| A. | Philosophy | ||
| 1. | Agrarian republicanism | ||
| a. | Paper economy versus real work | ||
| b. | Opposition to American system | ||
| 2. | Market economists | ||
| a. | Activist government policies | ||
| b. | Federally supported improvements | ||
| B. | The Second Bank of the United States | ||
| 1. | Origin | ||
| a. | Chartered by Congress in 1816 | ||
| b. | Repository of federal revenues | ||
| c. | Control of interest rates and currency | ||
| 2. | Debate over recharter of the bank | ||
| a. | Clay's, Webster's, and Biddle's views | ||
| b. | Jackson's criticism | ||
| C. | The Bank War | ||
| 1. | Jackson's attack | ||
| a. | Veto of the Bank Bill | ||
| b. | Withdrawal of deposits | ||
| c. | Establishment of pet banks | ||
| 2. | Response of supporters | ||
| a. | Creation of Whig party | ||
| b. | Biddle demands loan repayment | ||
| c. | Deposit Act of 1836 | ||
| 3. | Consequences | ||
| a. | Specie Circular of 1836 | ||
| b. | Collapse of inflationary boom | ||
| c. | Panic and depression in 1837 | ||
| d. | "Martin Van Ruin" | ||