History Test Unit 6

President Marin Van Buren responded to the Panic of 1837 by doing what?

Adopting a hands-off, limited government stance

What event could best be interpreted as reflecting the exercise of power depicted in the image?

American Indian removal despite the Supreme Court

The mercantilist program

American System (C)

What was an immediate cause of the publication of the statement in this excerpt?

An increase in the tariff passed by Congress

On whom did President Jackson rely for political advice?

An informal group called the Kitchen Cabinet

In 1832, a South Carolina state convention committed what action?

Declared the tariffs of 1828 and 1832 null and void within the state

What phrase/term best describes President Jackson's response to the Supreme Courts ruling in Worcester vs Georgia?

Defiant

How did Andrew Jackson respond to South Carolina's claimed right of nullification in 1832?

He encouraged Congress to pass the Force Bill authorizing him to use the military to suppress any act of nullification

What argument did President Jackson offer as a justification for destroying the Second Bank of the United States?

It was a monopoly that benefited only a few owners, some of whom were foreigners

What statement characterizes the Second bank of the United States in the 1830s?

Its cautious monetary policies pleased bankers, creditors and East Coast entrepreneurs who funded economic developement

What is or are most similar to the statement in the excerpt?

Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions

In what way was Chief Justice Roger Taney different from his predecessor, John Marshall?

Marshall was nationally oriented while Taney favored states' rights

Who is considered the first real politician, partly because he created the first statewide political machine?

Martin Van Buren

What development spurred the Panic of 1837?

The Bank of England curtailed

The central context for the opinion expressed in this passage is what?

The transformation to a more participatory democracy

In the Us Supreme Court case of Worcester vs Georgia, John Marshall and the Court majority issued a decision that what?

Upheld Indian nation's political authority in their communities

The Constitutional argument

nullification (AB)

A highly organized group of insiders

political Machine (A)

The widespread award of public jobs

spoils system (B)

As president, John Quincy Adams supported what policy?

A national bank to promote a uniform currency and to control credit

Andrew Jackson and his supporters won the election of 1828 in part by what?

Calling themselves Democrats and championing the plight of the common man

The passage above best serves as evidence of what?

Debates over the authority of different branches of the federal government

What describes John Tyler and his presidency?

He so angered Whigs that he was kicked out of the party while president

Why did Andrew Jackson veto the bill to recharter the Second Bank of the United States in 1832?

He thought it interfered with the rights of states and the liberties of the people

The Trail of Tears was the direct consequence of what government action?

Indian removal act of 1830

How did President Andrew Jackson change the federal system of office holding?

Jackson introduced the principle of rotation in office to discourage long tenure

What statement characterized Andrew Jackson's intentions towards the Native Americans during his presidency?

Jackson meant to remove all Native Americans east of the Mississippi, even those who had adapted to white society

The creator of the image most likely agree with what statement?

Jackson's political actions were unconstitiutional

What candidate in 1824 is with matched with his description?

Jackson-War of 1812 hero

The power if elected officials to grant government jobs to party members in return for their loyalty is known as which of the following systems?

Patronage

In the aftermath of the nullification crisis, President Jackson responded to southern concerns about the tariff by what?

Persuading Congress to pass a new tariff that gradually reduced duties

Law that directed the mandatory

Political machine (A)

Which of the following were the three key elements of Clay's American system?

Protective tariff, subsidized internal improvements and the national bank

Enacted in 1828

Tariff of Abominations (E)

On what issue was the Whig philosophy of the 1830s critically different from that of the Federalists in the 1790s?

Rule by an elite based on talent

National bank with

Second Bank of US (AC)

Which individual or body makes the final decision on whether a law is valid in a state?

States

The 1832 Ordinance of Nullification was based on which of the following beliefs?

States had the right to determine which congressional laws they would enforce

What element defined the Democrats under Andrew Jackson?

Support for average Americans

What law required the Treasury department to accept only gold and silver in payment for purchases of federal land, especially in the West?

The Specie Circular

What describes the events surrounding the election of 1824?

The candidate who received the most popular and electoral votes did not win the presidency

What was the primary function of the Second Bank of the United States?

To stabilize the nation's money supply by forcing state banks to convert their paper money periodically into gold and silver coin

Forced westward journey of Cherokees

Trail of Tears (AE)

All the following groups would have been likely to agree with the image's depiction of Andrew Jackson EXCEPT who?

Western farmers who opposed the national bank

The second national party

Whigs (BC)

A term used by Andrew Jackson' supporters

corrupt bargain (D)