John Caldwell Calhoun

In what year did Calhoun win reelection as vice president; running with who;

1828; Andrew Jackson;

Role in the compromise of 1850: the compromise which was devised by southern whig _ and democratic leader _; the compromise was designed to do what; what did Calhoun write in the senate about the compromise; what did argue was the solution to preserving the union; and cease from _ the slavery question

Henry Clay and Stephen douglas; solve the controversy over the status of slavery in the new territories acquired from mexico; a blistering attack; the north had to agree to restoring the lost equilibrium of equal north south representation in the senate; agitating;

Nullification crisis: How did Jackson view this issue; what happened to Calhoun and Jacksons relationship (briefly);

believed in states rights however felt that nullification threatened the union; became heated;

Under Andrew Jackson, Calhouns vice presidency was what; in time he developed a what over policy with Jackson;

controversial; rift;

In 1832 how did south Carolina put Calhoun's states rights theory to test; How did Jackson and congress react: signed an act that empowered the president to use military force to force states to obey all federal laws what was the name of the bill; south Carolina subsequently nullified this bill, however tension cooled with the signing of the what; interestingly which senator proposed this solution;

declared the higher protective tariff unconstitutional; the Force bill; compromise tariff; Henry Clay

Calhoun was best known for his beliefs in (3);

intense and original defence of slavery as a positive force; distrust of majoritarianism; and pushing the south towards secession;

Calhoun began his political career as a what (3 principles); However after which year did his political views evolve; becoming a greater proponent of what (4 principles); he believed these means were the best way to preserve what;

nationalist, modernizer and proponent of a strong federal government; 1830; states rights, limited gov, nullification and free trade; the union;

Where other southern politicians had excused slavery as a necessary evil, Calhoun argued that it was a what; rooting this claim on he grounds of of which two notions;

positive good; white supremacy and paternalism;

which faction did Calhoun lead in the senate in the 1830s and 40s; His opposition to which northern proposition exemplified his opposition to abolitionism; Calhoun became a major advocate of which law in 1850;

pro slavery faction; the wilmot proviso; Fugitive slave law;

Calhoun built his reputation as a political theorist by redefining what; how did calhound develop his defence of states rights: in order to protect minority rights from majority rule he called for what; (the minority could overrule or block offensive proposals that a state felt infringed on their sovereign power); through the doctrine of what; specifically which group did he assert were one such minority; because these voters were outnumbered by the densely populated north, Calhoun asserted that they deserved what;

republicanism-to include approval of slavery and minority rights; a "concurrent majority"; nullification; southern whites; special protection in the legislature

What did Calhoun oppose an increase in as vice president; which he believed favoured who; criticised the tariff as what (quote);

the protective tariff; northern financial interests; tariff of abominations;

with which party did Calhoun form a coalition with against jacksonian democrats; until he broke with which key whig senator over slavery; he also opposed the whig policy of what;

the whig party; Daniel Webster; internal improvements;