HIST ASSIGNMENT WORK set up 65, TWO-PARTS
Directions:
Answer in accurate details, the following questions in PART ONE and the 4 sections, USING ONLY the listed articles and two documents only as references. Answer in detailed complete in your own words, not that of the content. These are the equivalent of TEST questions and must be accurate and completeanswers, using bold text for the answer featuring the, question 1st then the answer in bold text?
PLEASE FOLLOW THE INSTRUCTIONS! The answers will be checked for relevance, accuracy and competency! Please only cite the materials listed as references? (Firm)
PART ONE of TWO: 4 SECTIONS
SECTION ONE
Article #1: David Smiley, "Revolutionary Origins of the South's Constitutional Defenses," North Carolina Historical Review 44 (Summer 1967): 256-269.
1. From where did southern defenses of constitutional rights originate?1-3 paragraphs
2. On page 259, Smiley gives several similarities between the positions of American patriots in 1776 and southerners in 1860. List them.
3. What is federalism, and how was it defended by Americans in 1776 and southerners in 1860?
4. How did strict construction develop during the revolutionary turmoil of the 1770s?
5. What constitutional doctrine did the Stamp Act protests of 1765 create?
SECTION TWO
Document #1: The Virginia Resolution, 1798 (written anonymously by James Madison)
1. Whose duty is it to resist constitutional violations?
2. What do the Resolutions mean by the Union as a "compact?"
3. What do the Resolutions mean by "consolidation?"
SECTION THREE
Document #2: Nathaniel Macon to Andrew Jackson, August 26, 1833
1. Who is ultimate sovereign in the US political system?
2. How is the union put together and kept together?
3. What is Macon's view of secession?
4. What is Macon's view of nullification?
5. How should the federal government consider protests by states over perceived injustices in legislation
SECTION FOUR
Document #3: Andrew Jackson to Nathaniel Macon, September 2, 1833
1. How is the Union put together and kept together?
2. On what point does Jackson especially disagree with Macon?
3. What is Jackson's view of the relationship between nullification and secession?
4. To what clauses in the US Constitution does Jackson appeal?
5. Document #4: Nathaniel Macon to Andrew Jackson, September 25, 1833
6. What historical fact about North Carolina leaves Macon unconvinced by Jackson's letter?
7. What is Macon's fear regarding Jackson's interpretation of the Constitution and the Union?
8. To which country's political situation does Macon appeal for his position?
PART TWO of TWO: Chapters 1 - 32, please give accurate, articulate, complete, relevant scholarly, professionally written, detailed answers? (note; Ch 6,7,9,&10)omitted!
Directions:
Answer the following questions on The Life of Andrew Jackson. Answer in your own words as much as possible. This is not a book report assignment? It is a test, requiring detailed answers, that confirms the reading of this specific text, only? Type your answers using bold text. Please only cite the book listed as reference?
Robert Remini, The Life of Andrew Jackson
(Harper Perennial: 1988; paperback edition, 2001)
Chapter 1
1. From where was Andrew Jackson's family?
2. What was Jackson's experience of the American Revolution?
Chapter 2
1. According to Remini, what did Jackson's first duel reveal about him?
2. What role did Spain play in shaping early Tennessee politics?
Chapter 3
1. How did Jackson' letter to Nathaniel Macon, quoted on page 31, reveal his political principles?
2. Describe Jackson's congressional career in the 1790s.
Chapter 4
1. How did Jackson come to fight with John Sevier?
2. What was Jackson's relationship to the institution of slavery?
Chapter 5
1. How did Jackson become involved with Aaron Burr's conspiracy?
2. How did Jackson's early participation in the War of 1812 earn for him the title "Old Hickory?"
Chapter 8
What effect did Jackson's victory over the British at the Battle of New Orleans have on popular opinion in the spring of 1815?
Chapter 11
1. Why did Jackson believe the political system was rife with corruption?
2. What was The Letters of Wyoming and how did they reveal the ideals of many Americans?
Chapter 12
1. How was the new political battle, in Jackson's eyes, a revival of the fight between Jefferson and Hamilton?
2. How was the coalition assembled to create the Democratic Party?
3. What was Jackson's proposed plan of reform?
Chapter 13
1. Why were Jackson's cabinet selections problematic?
2. What was Jackson's inauguration like?
Chapter 14
1. What was the "spoils system?"
2. Was Jackson a practitioner?
3. If so, what was his defense?
Chapter 15
1. What factors combined to make the Eaton Affair a damaging event for Jackson's administration?
2. Why did Jackson begin to split from Calhoun politically?
Chapter 16
1. How did Jackson attempt to cut the size of government during his first term?
2. Why did Indian Removal come close to being defeated in the House?
Chapter 17
1. Why did Nicholas Biddle propose a recharter of the Bank of the United States in January 1832?
2. What was the result of Calhoun's vote denying Van Buren the nomination as minister to Britain?
3. What was radical about Jackson's understanding of the presidential veto power?
Chapter 18
1. How did the National Republicans portray Jackson during the campaign of 1832?
2. Describe Jackson's response to nullification.
Chapter 19
1. Why were so many states' rights advocates horrified at Jackson's belief in the indissolubility of the Union?
2. Why did many southerners believe that the Force Bill marked the "death of the Constitution"?
Chapter 20
1. Why did Jackson go on his national tour in 1833?
2. Pg. (252) What did he achieve on the tour?
Chapter 21
1. What were the three objectives of Amos Kendall's trip to find state banks willing to accept federal deposits?
2. What groups comprised the Whig party that rose to oppose Jackson?
3. Which three famous Senators arose to denounce Jackson's claim that "the president is the direct representative of the American people"?
Chapter 22
What were the regulations imposed on the "pet banks"?
Chapter 23
Why did Jackson reject the contributions of ordinary citizens to rebuild the Hermitage after the disastrous fire there?
Chapter 24
What was Jackson's problem with France?
Chapter 25
1. How did Jackson summarize his philosophy at the end of his presidency?
2. Why, when Jackson defines his political philosophy, did he not mention slavery, Indian removal, tariffs, or internal improvements?
Chapter 26
1. How did Jackson first try to acquire Texas?
2. Did Jackson want Texas to expand the institution of slavery?
Chapter 27
1. How much money did Jackson spend furnishing the White House?
2. What kind of access did common people have to President Jackson?
Chapter 28
What were Jackson's accomplishments as president?
Chapter 29
1. What had happened to Jackson's estate during his time as president?
2. Why did Jackson wait so long to join the Presbyterian church?
Chapter 30
1. What did the fortieth anniversary of the Battle of New Orleans mean to Jackson?
2. What did it show about him?
Chapter 31
1. What was Jackson's position on the annexation of Texas?
2. Why did Jackson believe that Van Buren would not get the Democratic nomination for the presidency in 1844?
Chapter 32
What was Jackson's death scene like?