Guided Reading Answer Key

The Bank War

1. Wealthy northeasterners

2. Nicholas Biddle

3. Andrew Jackson

4. Biddle’s; Henry Clay and Daniel Webster

5. Webster

6. Clay; east

7. Monster

8. Roger Taney; pet banks

The Whigs Oppose Jackson

1. Whigs; Jackson

2. Regional; House of Representatives

3. Martin van Buren

The Panic of 1837

1. Pet banks; gold and silver

2. Land

3. Britain

4. Calling in loans; bankruptcy

5. Cotton; 50%

6. Dropped

7. Factories; unemployment

8. Depression; 6 years

Tippecanoe and Tyler, Too

1. Van Buren; Democratic Party

2. Whigs; William Henry Harrison

3. South; John Tyler

4. Slogans and name calling; picnics, barbecues, and a general party spirit

5. Propaganda; van Buren; aristocrat; depression; Harrison; log-cabin candidate; military hero

6. Harrison; Whigs; pneumonia; Tyler; Whigs; internal improvements and a national bank

7. Vetoed; national bank; internal improvements; national government

Shaping the Presidency

1. Presidential power; their own personal policies; presidential leadership

2. Democratic politics; popular sentiment (feelings); Civil War