1. Friday 4/26/13
1.-4. List 4 issues that the groups wanted to see
passed in Congress.
5. Write one example where we talked
about a specific example of a law or bill that
was proposed or passed in our pervious study
of American History.
Example: Issue: Public sell of land and land
division:
Land Ordinance of Mapped land and
Set price for public land sale. ($1.00 per acre)

2. Political Issues in the Sectional Game
History of past laws

3. “Three-fifths” Compromise
How slaves should be counted for representation and taxation purposes
The compromise: 3/5ths of the number of slaves would be counted for both representation and taxation
Constitutional Convention=
National government forbidden to interfere with the slave trade until 1808 (20 years!)

4. Land Ordinance of 1785
Intended to provide a fair way to divide land in the Northwest Territory
“Townships” and “sections”
Sell land for $1 per acre=640 acres
High initial land costs • Speculators

5. Northwest Ordinance of 1787
Allowed for the creation of new states in the Northwest Territory
Also called for creation of territorial and state governments
Forbade slavery
Public education
Fair dealings with Indians

6. The American System Proposed by Senator Henry Clay
High tariffs on imports
New transportation systems and internal improvements
Never completely implemented
Henry Clay West

7. The Bank of the United States
Second Bank of the U.S.
Chartered in 1816
Charter to expire in 1836; in 1832, Clay and Webster try to get it re-chartered early
Jackson vetoes the charter
Favored the wealthy
Nicholas Biddle
First Bank of the U.S.
Created by Hamilton in 1791 to spur economic growth
• Would act as a central bank for smaller state banks
Would provide a depository for tax money
Would issue paper money
Hamilton used the “elastic clause” to justify the Bank
Opposed by Jefferson, Madison, and other “strict constructionists”

8. South Carolina Senator John Calhoun
Nullification
Idea that states can refuse to enforce or obey federal laws
1828 “Tariff of Abominations”
South Carolina “nullifies” the tariff
The “Force Bill”
South Carolina Senator John Calhoun

9. Indian Removal Jackson orders removal of Indians to the west
1830: Indian Removal Act
Jackson uses military force to move certain tribes
The Trail of Tears to modern day Oklahoma

10. Abolitionism
Roots: the Quakers
Abolish slavery

11. Transcontinental Railroad • Homestead Act
Both enacted in 1862 during the Civil War
Both encouraged western expansion and settlement
NY to San Fran in 14 days-1869
Homestead Act-1862-Intended for the Great Plains-160 acres free-lived on and developed the land for 5 years by 1890 frontier closed

12. Illinois Senator Stephen A. Douglas
Popular Sovereignty
“people rule”
Idea that residents of a new territory should have the right to choose whether slavery would be legal or illegal there
Douglas and the Kansas-Nebraska Act
“Bleeding Kansas”
Illinois Senator Stephen A. Douglas

13. Secession South Carolina nullification crisis, 1832
Idea that individual states retained the right to withdraw from the Union
South Carolina nullification crisis, 1832
Lincoln’s election/Southern states secede
The Civil War