Chapter 12-13

In diplomatic and economic terms, war of 1812

could be considered the second war for independence

The South Carolina state legislature, after the election of 1832

declared the existing tariff null and void in South Carolina

Political cartoons lampooned the states that threatened to leave the union at the Hartford Convention by

depicting Great Britian welcoming them back with promises of nobility, good to smuggle and plenty of molasses and codfish

In response to South Carolina's nullification of the Tariff of 1828, Andrew Jackson

dispatched naval and military forces to the state while denouncing nullification

William Crawford

finished third but was eliminated by illness

The policy of the Jackson admins toward the eastern Indian tribes was

forced removal

The Whigs hoped to win the 1836 election by

forcing the election into the House of Representatives

One of the positive aspects of the Bank of US was its

function as a source of credit and stability, promoting the nation's expanding economy

The cement that held the Whig party together in its formative days was

hatred of Andrew Jackson

People in the West tended to prefer Andrew Jackson in 1824 because

he campaigned against the forces of corruption and privilege in gov

Texas gained its independence with

help from Americans

The resolutions from the Hartford Convention

helped to cause the death of the federalist party

One of the main reasons Andrew Jackson decided to weaken the Bank of US after the 1832 election was

his fear that Nicholas Biddle might try to manipulate the bank to force its recharter

The British attack on Fort McHenry

inspired the writing of "The Star Spangled Banner"

The Rush-Bagot

limited naval armaments on the Great Lakes

William Henry Harrison, the Whig Party's presidential candidate in 1840, was

made to look like a poor western farmer

Andrew Jackson sought to recruit free blacks to defend New Orleans by appealing to the governor of Louisiana using all of the following arguments except

many of the free men are idle and would benefit from a term of military service

When the US entered the War of 1812, it was

militarily unprepared

The War of 1812 was one of the worst fought wars for all of the following reasons except that

militia was never called up to supplement the regular army

By the 1840s, voter participation in elections

nearly 80%

The House of Representatives decided the 1824 presidential election when

no candidate received a majority of the vote in the electoral college

From a global perspective, the War of 1812 was

of little importance

The War of 1812 was one of the worst fought wars in the US because

of the nations apathy and national disunity

Supporters of the Whig Party included all of the following except

opponents of public education

All of the following were characteristics of Henry Clay's election campaign of 1832 except

overconfidence of his campaign and the National republicans

America's campaign against Canada in the War of 1812 was

poorly conceived because it split up the military and ultimately a failure

Andrew Jackson and his supporters disliked the Bank of US for all of the following reasons except

put public service first, not profits

Andrew Jackson

received first in popular vote

In the 1820s and 1830s the publics attitude regarding political parties

reflected growing acceptance of the wild contentiousness of political life

In the 1820s and 1830s, the two issues that greatly raised the political stakes were

slavery and economic distress

John C. Calhoun's South Carolina Exposition was an argument for

states rights

The outcome of the War of 1812 was a

stimulus to patriotic nationalism in the US

The performance of the US Navy in the War of 1812 could be best described as

surprisingly successful

Andrew Jackson's democratic political philosophy was based on his

suspicion of the federal gov

The Panic of 1837 was caused by all of the following except

taking the country off the gold standard

The nullification crisis of 1832-1833 erupted over

tariff policy

The Tariff of 1816 was the first in history

that aimed to protect American industry

At the peace conference at Ghent, the British began to withdraw many of its earlier demands for all of the following except

the American victory at New Orleans

The strong regional support for the Tariff of 1833 came from

the South

On the forced march from their Georgia homeland to Oklahoma known as the Trail of Tears, the Cherokees experienced all of the following except

the abuse of wives and daughters by U.S. soldiers

The spoils system under Andrew Jackson resulted in

the appointment of many corrupt and incompetent officials to federal jobs

Andrew Jackson based his veto of the recharter bill for the Bank of US on

the fact that he found the bill harmful to the nation as well as unconstitutional

Writing about his observations of America and Americans, Alexis Toqueville was most struck by

the general equality of condition among the people

Opposing the Tariff of 1828, southerners labeled it a "Yankee Tariff" because

the tariff protected New England manufacturing at their expense

All of the following were true of the American regular army on the eve of the War of 1812 except

their numbers were large enough that they did not have to rely on militia

Spanish authorities allowed Moses Austin to settle in Texas because

they believed that Austin and his settlers might be able to civilize the territory

Henry Clay

threw his support to the winning candidate

The purpose behind the spoils system was

to reward political supporters with public office

For Native Americans, the War of 1812 meant

treaties in which they reluctantly relinquished lands north of the ohio river

Despite Adams's discomforts, his political supporters used all of the following dirty tactics against his rival Jackson except

trumpeting his hanging of six Indian chiefs

After Napoleon's defeat at Waterloo in 1815, Europe

turned toward conservatism, illiberal ism, and reaction

The Battle of New Orleans

unleashed a wave of nationalism and self-confidence

As president, John Quincy Adams

was one of the least successful

While in existence, the second Bank of US

was the depository of the funds of the national gov

The presidential election of 1824

was the first one to see the election of a minority president

Both the Democratic party and the Whig party

were mass-based political parties

Andrew Jackson's admin supported the removal of Native Americans from eastern states because

whites wanted the indians' land

The Anti-Masonic party of 1832 appealed to

American suspicions of secret societes

One reason for the Anglo-Texan rebellion against Mexican rule was that the

Anglo-Texans wanted to break away from a gov that had grown too authoritarian

Canada became an important battleground in the War of 1812 because

British forces were weakest there

The Battle of New Orleans saw

British troops defeated by Andrew Jackson's soldiers

The nullification crisis started by south carolina over the tariff of 1828 ended when

Congress passed the Compromise Tariff of 1833

British plans for their 1814 campaign did not include action in

Florida

The person most responsible for defusing the tariff controversy that began in 1828 was

Henry Clay

John Quincy Adams, elected president in 1825, was charged by his political opponents with having struck a corrupt bargain when he appointed

Henry Clay as secretary of state

The most devastating defeat suffered by the British in War of 1812 took place in the battle of

New Orleans

The so-called Era of Good feelings was shattered by

Panic of 1819 and Missouri Compromise of 1820

Perhaps the key battle of the war of 1812 because it protected the US from full-scale invasion and possible dissolution was the battle of

Plattsburgh

The Force Bill of 1833 provided that the

President could use the army and navy to collect federal tariff duties

Texans won their independence as a result of the victory over Mexican Armies at the Battle of

San Jacinto

The two most internationally recognized American writers in the 1820s were

Washington Irving and James Fenimore Cooper

The Tippecanoe in the Whigs 1840 campaign slogan was

William Harrison

One result of the American naval victories on the Great Lakes during the war of 1812 was

a British blockade of the American coast

The delegates of the Hartford Convention adopted resolutions that included a call for

a constitutional amendment requiring two thirds vote in Congress before war was declared

The delegates of the Hartford Convention adopted resolutions that demanded all of the following except

a guarantee of no future wars with Britain

One of the most important by-products of the War of 1812 was

a heightened spirit of nationalism

Andrew Jackson's veto of the recharter bill for the Bank of US was

a major expansion of presidential power

Post-War of 1812, nationalism could be seen in all of the following except

a revival of American religion

Innovations in the election of 1832 included

adoption of written party platforms

Americans moved into Texas

after an agreement was concluded between Mexican authorities and Stephen Austin

The government of Mexico and the Americans who settled in Mexican-controlled Texas clashed over all of the following issues except

allegiance to Spain

The people who proposed the exceptionally high rates of the tariff of 1828 were

ardent supporters of Andrew Jackson who actually hoped it would be defeated

In their treatment of Native Americans, white Americans did all of the following except

argue that Indians could not be assimilated into the larger society

The two political parties of the Jacksonian era tended to

be socially and geographically diverse

The new two-party system that emerged in the 1830s and 1840s

became an important part of the nations checks and balances

At the end of the War of 1812, British manufacterers

began dumping their goods in America at extremely low prices

By 1814, the British strategy included all of the following except

blockading the Atlantic Coast