Dr. Murray AP U.S.

History, 2013-14 12/10/2013

Happy Snow Day! In accordance with the rules laid down, in its infinite majesty, by The Pingry School, I am giving you the following snow day assignment. It will be due on C-Day Thursday!, when I see you guys again. "eh--and you thought you could s#end the entire day watching that $ouTube cli# of the cat flushing the toilet over and over again%! &e will '(T have the time to discuss the nullification crisis, the )*an+ &ar,, or the first slavery reading in de#th during class, so try to do as good as job on this assignment as you can. I-m assuming that all of you have already com#leted the Day . reading that was due today. /ost of Thursday-s class will be devoted to discussing that reading. *ut we will briefly discuss this assignment as well. Write THREE short paragraphs in which you address (or at least begin to address) the issues raised by each of the following three sets of questions !) Why did southern politicians (specifically" in South #arolina) e$pect %ac&son to support their position on the tariff''and their position on nullification( How did %ac&son respond" and what does his response tell you about %ac&son)s *iewpoint on the +national so*ereignty *s state so*ereignty, issue( %ac&son was e$pected by the southern politicians to support the Tariff because he was" as a Southerner elected to office so that he could -a&e the South thri*e as -uch as the .orth was thri*ing at the ti-e Southerners e$pected hi- to cha-pion their rights His response was that this blatant disregard for authority and the constitution -eant that South #arolina needed to be dealt with quic&ly so that the rest of states in the union would understand that this was not an option He e*en considered sending troops to enforce laws" but the Tariff was soon altered with the acco-pani-ent of a co-pro-ise bill These e*ents show that %ac&son was *ery fir- in his belief of the strength of he /nion He was an ad*ocate of federal rights o*er state rights 0) What does the so'called +1an& War, tell you about how 2-ericans at the ti-e *iewed the rise of a national -ar&et and the a*erage citi3en)s increasing e$posure to i-personal -ar&et forces( Why was the 1an& hated by so -any people (including %ac&son)( 4utting aside all the confusing twists and turns in the story" what is the ulti-ate significance of the +1an& War,( What were its consequences( 5ndustrial 2-ericans wanted the 1an& because they wanted tighter regulation and control of the econo-y while the -ore agrarian population was wary of a ban& controlling so -uch -oney They were already resistant to growing go*ern-ent' they didn)t trust go*ern-ent The 1an& was hated by %ac&son because he had ne*er had good results with

increased regulation in go*ern-ent ban&ing policy and had suffered financially in the past He did noth thin& the ban& was constitutional or that paper currency would be far'reaching enough The ulti-ate significance is that %ac&son is -oti*ated to defeat the head of the ban&" .icholas 1iddle
vetoed the BANK RECHARTER BILL. Jackson also ordered the federal government's deposits removed from the Bank of the United States and placed in state or "PET" BANKS. The people were with Jackson, and he was overwhelmingly elected to a second term. Biddle retaliated by making it more difficult for businesses and others to get the money they needed. This caused an economic contraction at the end of !"" and into !"#. The bank charter e$pired in !"%.

6) How pre*alent was the institution of sla*ery in the antebellu- South( What percentage of the white co--unity actually owned sla*es( What percentage of the white co--unity had a substantial in*est-ent in the institution of sla*ery (i e " what percentage could be classified as planters)( 7i*en that so few whites econo-ically benefited frosla*ery" why was the institution defended so aggressi*ely by antebellu- southerners( (This is a co-plicated question 5 don)t e$pect a thorough answer to it right now ) How did ensla*ed 2frican 2-ericans atte-pt to -aintain their hu-anity and their dignity in the face of this inhu-ane and degrading institution" gi*en that ar-ed resistance had pro*en to be suicidal(