Chapter 13 Quiz

Innovations in the election of 1832 included

Adoption of written party platforms

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

Became an important part of the nation's checks and balances

The Whigs hoped to win the 1836 election by

By forcing the election into the House of the Representatives

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

Campaigned against the forces of corruption and privilege in government

Despite his suspicions of the federal government, Andrew Jackson's Democratic political party

Created the spoils system in the federal government

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

Hatred of Andrew Jackson and his aggrandizement of executive power at the expense of the states and Congress

John Quincy Adams's weaknesses as president included all of the following except

His encouragement of his supporters to "sling mud" at Jackson

The nullification crisis of 1833 resulted in a clear-cut victory for

Neither Andrew Jackson or the nullifiers

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

Portrayed by his supports as a poor western farmer in an effort to make a deceptive contrast with his aristocratic opponent, Democratic incumbent President Martin Van Buren

Andrew Jackson and his supporters disliked the Bank of the United States for all of the following reasons except it

Put public service first, not profits

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

San Jacinto

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

Taking the country off the gold standard

The spoils system under Andrew Jackson resulted in

The appointment of many corrupt and incompetent officials in federal jobs

Both the Democratic party and the Whig party

Were mass-based political parties

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

Whites wanted Indians' land

Which of the following interest group(s) supported the exceptionally high rates of the Tariff of 1828?

Wool and textile manufactures from New England