AP US History Unit 2 Summary Questions

Question 1

What was the Monroe Doctrine and what was its significance?

Answer 1

• Policy of mutual noninterference
• Monroe and Adams were forced to recognize new states
• Decided America should exert authority over the Western Hemisphere
• Europe stays out of America, America stays out of disputes
• Claimed America’s right to intervene in its own hemisphere if their security felt threaten
• No European country intercede in America so it appeared to work
• Became a foreign policy
• Secured American neutrality

Question 2

Fail of congressional caucuses

Answer 2

• Election of 1824 marked a turning point in presidential elections
• Majority of states were allowed to choose electors directly
• Prior groups of Congressmen chose nominees and electors (often chose by the same congressmen) did not challenge them
• More people voting directly for presidential electors, there was less support for those nominated by party leaders
• Crawford, Adams, Jackson, and Clay challenged nominations
• Accused that the party was undemocratic brining demise

Question 3

Why was the Democratic Party formed?

Answer 3

• Network was created by Jackson to assure support as he was furious that he lost the election of 1824
• Became known as the Democratic Party
• State organizations, newspaper publishers, and community leaders rallied up to support the campaign
• Campaign devoted little time to the issues of the day
• Accused Adams of being a corrupt career politician and accused Jackson was being stupid and a drunkard
• Opposition party of the Whigs was formed since it did not represent its interest
• Opposed Democratic policies such as limiting the government (favored activism)

Question 4

Indian Removal Act

Answer 4

• Passed in 1830
• Represented a natural continuation of American Indian policy established by the British
• Cherokees developed their own society with a government and wanted to become a republic of within the state of Georgia
• Gold was discovered and Georgia demanded the Cherokees to comply with the Indian policy
• Cherokees refused and brought the case to the Supreme Court
• Though Marshall supported the Cherokee vs. Georgia and Worcester vs. Georgia, Jackson refused to comply
• Led to the Trail of Tears with Cherokees relocating to Oklahoma under US supervision

Question 5

Nullification Crisis

Answer 5

• Holds that individual states have the right to disobey national laws if it is found to be unconstitutional
• Southern states despised the tariffs since they opposed protectionism
• Jackson saw nullification of the act to endanger the Union
• Led by South Carolina’s 1832 Ordinance of Nullification
• Threatened to call troops to enforce tariffs
• No solution was resolved
• Precursor to succession crisis trigger civil war

Question 6

Market Economy

Answer 6

• Decline of subsistence farming
• Developments in manufacturing and transportation stimulated the Market Economy
• Production and transportation of goods across the country cheaply
• Trade goods and labor for cash
• Favored those who specialized
• Farmers that grew a single crop (monoculture) generally do better than those that produce a variety because they do not need to look for other consumers
• Farmers became dependent on the market economy to provide necessities rather than being self-sufficient
• More prone to change because any number of factors can halt prosperity causing panic (boom-and bust cycles)
• Forced development of a stronger national economy