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In the early 1800s, the Supreme Court decisions associated with John Marshall consistently championed

Immediately after the end of the Revolution, the most popular public ritual in the United States became

Immediately after the end of the Revolution, the most popular public ritual in the United States became

The Republican party reflected a combination of

Missouri’s admission to the Union as a slave state was balanced by the admission of the free state of

In response to South Carolina’s passage of an Ordinance of Nullification, Jackson

Lincoln stressed repeatedly before 1862 that the “paramount” reason for the war was to save the Union rather than to take a stand one way or the other on slavery.

Missouri’s admission to the Union as a slave state was balanced by the admission of the free state of

President Jackson’s response to the nullification crisis was to ask Congress to raise the tariff.

In the midst of the nullification crisis, John C. Calhoun resigned as vice president.