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The doctrine of nullification, as advanced by John C. Calhoun, was based on which of the following principles?

Which of the following is most associated with the formation of the Democratic Party?

What was the “corrupt bargain” that Jackson’s campaign repeatedly used to discredit John Quincy Adams during the 1828 election?

How did the death of Rachel Jackson after Andrew Jackson’s victory in the 1828 election affect him personally?

“To regulate commerce with foreign nations, and among the several states, and with the Indian tribes;” —U.S. Constitution, Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 This section of the U.S. Constitution supports the Indian Removal Act because it conveys the idea that

I consider, then, the power to annul a law of the United States, assumed by one state, incompatible with the existence of the Union, contradicted expressly by the letter of the Constitution . . . —Proclamation, President Andrew Jackson The proclamation excerpted above was issued during which of these historical events?

“The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex. Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.” —Nineteenth Amendment, U.S. Constitution The Constitutional amendment above was the culmination of the labor of which of the following reform movements?

Which character is introduced in the latter part of the poem? 

What theme is central to Romantic poetry?

What literary work by Wordsworth and Coleridge started the Romantic Literary movement?