How did Andrew Jackson freely use the tools of the presidency during his eight years in office to strengthen the executive branch of government at the expense of the legislature and judiciary?
What will be an ideal response?
The ideal answer should include:
- "Kitchen Cabinet": ignored the heads of government departments frequently and instead consulted with this informal group made up of old western friends and Secretary of State Martin Van Buren
- Veto power: used it more often than all previous presidents combined to force Congress to consider his opinions; vetoed the Maysville Road Bill, arguing that federal funding for extensive and expensive transportation was unconstitutional and to defeat rival Henry Clay's American System; vetoed the rechartering of the Second Bank of the United States citing that the Bank's "exclusive privileges" benefitted only the wealthy and then transferred the government's deposits to favored "pet" state banks despite objections from his cabinet and the Senate
- Tariffs and the Nullification Crisis: supported the "Tariff of Abominations" at the expense of the South to gain more northern support in the 1828 election; saw South Carolina's threat of nullification as a threat to national unity; persuaded Congress to pass the Force Bill that threatened military intervention if South Carolina nullified the Tariff of 1832 but also asked Congress to create the compromise Tariff of 1833 to keep South Carolina in the Union
- Indian removal: Urged Congress to pass the Indian Removal Act that forced the Five Southern Tribes to move to Indian Territory despite the Supreme Court's decision to support the Cherokee in keeping their lands through the cases of Cherokee Nation v. Georgia and Worcester v. Georgia
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How did women's roles vary in practical aspects (economically, socially, culturally) in fascist Japan and Germany, versus Stalinist Russia? Were the fundamental principles of communism and fascism different philosophically with respect to women's roles? How did propaganda in these regions support these ideas?
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Who wrote On Civil Disobedience as a response to the U.S. war with Mexico?
a. Abraham Lincoln b. Ralph Waldo Emerson c. David Walker d. David Wilmot e. Henry David Thoreau
Balance of trade can be defined as
A) a scale that represents gains and losses based upon imports and exports. B) the relationship between a country's imports and exports; in favorable balance, the value of exports exceeds imports. C) an economic theory that measures a country's wealth by its stock of precious metals, accrued through a favorable balance of trade. D) equanimity in the goods being brought into the country with the goods being exported. E) the principle of taking in less than you are exporting to continue to reach profitability margins.