History 9: John C. Calhoun

when did he graduate from Yale?

1804

When was he admitted to the bar?

1808

when was he first elected to the us house of representatives?

1811

after how long at waddels school did he start college

2 years

at what age did he rise to prominence on the national stage?

35

What town was he born in?

Abbeville

who were his political sparring partners?

John Quincy Adams, Andrew Jackson, Daniel Webster, and Henry Clay

What is he best remembered for?

Rallying cries of "states rights" and "nullification"

What state is he from?

The frontier of south carolina

He was a ......

United States representative, senator, secretary of war, Secretary of State, and Vice President.

where did he go to college

Yale

what was john tyler also known as?

a slave owning southern conservative

along with his nemesis john q adams, he was one of the founders of the

all souls unitarian church

who did he serve as a vice president under in 1828?

andrew jackson

early in his career he was an ___________________________________

ardent nationalist

where did he first encounter unitarian ideas?

at Yale

where did he briefly study law?

at a law firm in Charleston South Carolina

John intermittently ____________________________________________ run by his brother-in- law, moses waddel, he read voraciously, and acquired a taste for politics and history

attended a school

what was the nullification doctrine?

calhouns first line of defense for the protection of minority rights against the tyranny of the majority

calhoun was raised a _______________

calvanist

what did calhoun reluctantly do with henry clay in order to avert civil war?

craft the compromise tariff of 1833

he was strongly attracted to the philosophical and rational orientation of the _____________________________

emerging liberal tradition

how did Calhoun prevent the conformation of van buren's appointment in 1831?

he cast the deciding vote as the senate's presiding officer

how did he feel about the tariff of abominations?

he opposed it as detrimental to the interests of the south and the preservation of the union

in both religion and politics what way did he think?

he was rational, consistent, factual, and resistant to either emotional pleas or divine commands

how was calhouns oratorical style different from daniel webster and henry clayss

his speeches reflected his exceptionally keen mind, legal training and devotion to reason. he analyzes the underlying values and conflicts and applied hid political theories to resolve them

calhoun was shaped in an agrarian culture that mistrusted...

industry and urbanization

who was he vice president for the first time

john q adams

why did he become john tylers secretary of state

john tylers og secretary of state, abel upshur, was killed in an explosion in 1844

as the vice president he presided over the senate where he was a...

leader of the opposition to the adams administration

what was his relationship with andrew jackson like?

less than cordial

calhoun also sided with tyler in the____________________________

opposition of the national bank

what were his three passions

politics, farming, and family

according to Calhoun, any policy that is ___________________________, should require separate ___________________________________________ of states, regions, or industries.

possibly divisive, concurrency by coalitions

he claimed that the states had the right to...

refuse to enforce a federal law with which they do not concur

after jackson's re-election what did calhoun do?

return to senate

who was his chief opponent in the Jackson cabinet?

secretary of state, martin van buren

by the mid 1820's, calhoun had began to identify closely with his home state and region in the sectional conflicts over tariffs and slavery. making him more of a ...

sectionalist

He never wavered from the defense of ___________, and foresaw chaos and economic hardship for southern blacks and whites if________________________________

slavery, slavery were to end

around 1811 he supported

some centralizing policies, favoring renewal of the charter of the fledgling bank of the us, and a federal role in creating transportation networks to encourage industry and development

whos rights was the nullification protecting in particular?

southern agricultural slave owners(protecting their rights against the rising power of northern capitalists)

what did he cautiously support?

the 1816 tariff

what two issues did he adress as secretary of state under john tyler

the annexation of texas and the resolution of the dispute with england over the northwest land boundary

why did he end up not running for president in 1822?

the competition from john quincy adams and andrew jackson forced him to step back

what was his second contribution to political thought called?

the doctrine of "concurrent majorities"

what was his biggest conflict with Jackson centered around?

the tariff of abominations(the tariff law of 1828)

who was slave holding Unitarian besides calhoun?

thomas jefferson

why did he resign from senate in 1843

to make another run for presidency

when did he leave congress in 1817

to serve as the secretary of state under Monroe

why did he return to Connecticut?

to study at Litchfield Law School

true or false education was hard to come by in the backwoods of south carolina

true

true or false he was a supporter of the war of 1812

true