Compare and Contrast

Daniel Webster and John Calhoun's response to the Compromise of 1850.

What did Andrew Jackson symbolize to most Americans during the age of Jackson?

What was the Corrupt Bargain of 1824?

Define and explain: cotton gin, antebellum, yeoman farmers

Select a or b to indicate correct capitalization. Assume that the following group of words is part of a complete sentence.

a. yeoman in the u.s. coast guard

b. yeoman in the U.S. Coast Guard

What was the Kansas Nebraska Act and what consequences did it have on the region?

Explain the significance of the following terms:

a. yeoman

b. literacy

The Black Codes provided what?

Writing Task How did Nat Turner's revolt affect the lives of slaves and the ongoing debate about slavery in the United States? Summarize the effects of the revolt. Use your knowledge of the time period and the documents above to support your main points.

Describe the revolt of Nat Turner.

Which best describes the link between the Second Great Awakening and the abolitionist movement?

A. The Second Great Awakening denounced the abolitionist movement.

B. The abolitionist movement helped spark the Second Great Awakening.

C. The Second Great Awakening helped spark the abolitionist movement.

D. The abolitionist movement denounced the Second Great Awakening.

What was the Missouri Compromise?

How did Daniel Webster beat the devil in the short story "The Devil and Daniel Webster"?

Reformers claimed that public education would spur economic growth. What are the economic arguments for supporting publicly-funded higher education today?