APUSH ch 13 and 14 Quiz
German immigrants to the United States
came to escape economic hardships and autocratic government.
William Henry Harrison, the Whig party's presidential candidate in 1840, was
made to look like a poor western farmer.
By the 1840s, voter participation in the presidential election reached
nearly 80 percent.
Ecological imperialism can best be described as
the aggressive exploitation of the West's bounty.
The purpose behind the spoils system was
to reward political supporters with public office.
In early-nineteenth-century America, the
urban population was growing at an unpredicted rate.
John Quincy Adams, elected president in 1825, was charged by his political opponents with having struck a "corrupt bargain" when he appointed ________ to become ___________.
Henry Clay, secretary of state
The so-called Era of Good Feelings was never entirely tranquil, but even the illusion of national consensus was shattered by the
Panic of 1819 and the Missouri Compromise of 1820.
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
In the 1820s and 1830s, the two issues that greatly raised the political stakes were
Slavery and economic distress.
The "Tippecanoe" in the Whigs' 1840 campaign slogan was
William Harrison.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Ireland's great export in the 1840s was
people
John Quincy Adams could be described as
possessing almost none of the arts of the politician.
German immigrants in the early nineteenth century tended to
preserve their own language and culture.
The Whigs offered all of the following proposals for the remedies of the economic ills facing American in 1837 EXCEPT
proposal of the Divorce Bill.
When German immigrants came to the United States, they
proposed with astonishing ease.
John C. Calhoun's South Carolina Exposition was an argument for
states' rights
Andrew Jackson's Democratic political philosophy was based on his
suspicion of the federal government.
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.
Those who were frightened by the rapid influx of Irish immigrants organized
the Order of the Star-Spangled Banner.
Most of the early American settlers in Texas came from
the South and Southwest
The strong regional support of 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 made all of the following charges against the Bank of the United States EXCEPT that
the bank was beholden to British financial interests.
Andrew Jackson based his veto of the recharter for the Bank of the United States on
the fact that he found the bill harmful to the nation as well as unconstitutional.
Writing about his observations of America and Americans as he traveled across the United States, the Frenchman Alexis de Tocqueville 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.
The presidential election of 1824
was the first one to see the election of a minority president.
Andrew Jackson's administration supported the removal of Native Americans from the eastern states because
whites wanted the Indians' lands.
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 Anti-Masonic party of 1832 appealed to
American suspicions of secret societies.
Andrew Jackson's veto of the recharter bill for the Bank of the United States was
a major expansion of presidential power.
The government of Mexico and the Americans who settled in Mexican-controlled Texas clashed over all of the following issues EXCEPT
allegiance to Spain.
Presidents Jackson and Van Buren hesitated to extend recognition to and to annex the new Texas Republic because
antislavery groups in the United States opposed that expansion of slavery.
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 response of South Carolina's nullification of the Tariff of 1828, Andrew Jackson
dispatched naval and military forces to the state while denouncing nullification.
Life on the frontier was
downright grim for most pioneer families.
For women, life on the frontier was especially difficult because they
experienced extreme loneliness, and could go weeks without seeing another person.
The policy of the Jackson administration toward the eastern Indian tribes was
forced removal
The sentiment of fear and opposition to open immigration was called
nativism.
Andrew Jackson's inauguration as president symbolized the
newly won ascendancy of the masses.
The House of Representatives decided the 1824 presidential election when
no candidate received a majority of the vote in the Electoral College.
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.
In the 1820s and 1830s, the public's attitude regarding political parties
reflected growing acceptance of the wild contentiousness of political life.
In an effort to assimilate themselves into white society, the Cherokees did all of the following EXCEPT
refuse to own slaves.
The dramatic growth of American cities between 1800 and 1860
resulted in unsanitary conditions in many communities.
Irish immigrants typically worked in all of the following occupations EXCEPT
silversmiths
George Catlin advocated
the preservation of nature as a national policy.
The overwhelming event for Ireland in the 1840s was
the rebellion against British rule and potato famine.
While in existence, the second Bank of the United States
was the depository of the funds of the national government.
The influx of immigrants to the United States tripled, then quadrupled, in the
1840s and 1850s.
Between 1830 and 1860, nearly _______ million Irish arrived in America.
2
One reason for the Anglo-Texan rebellion against Mexican rule was that
Anglo-Texans wanted to break away from a government that has grown too authoritarian.
The nullification crisis started by South Carolina over the Tariff of 1828 ended when
Congress passed the compromise Tariff of 1833.
All of the following gave rise to a more dynamic, market-oriented, national economy in early nineteenth-century America EXCEPT
Government regulation of all major economic activity.
The person most responsible for defusing the tariff controversy that began in 1828 was
Henry Clay
All of the following are true statements about the relationship between Irish immigrants and U.S. citizens EXCEPT
Irish immigrants became fiercely supportive of the abolitionist cause.
The South Carolina state legislature, after the election of 1832
declared the existing tariff null and void in South Carolina.
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 the United States 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
Texas gained its independence with
help from Americans.
John Quincy Adams' weaknesses as president included all of the following EXCEPT
his encouragement of his supporters to "sling mud" at Jackson.
One of the main reasons Andrew Jackson decided to weaken the Bank of the United States after the 1832 election was
his fear that Nicholas Biddle might try to manipulate the bank to force its recharter.
Whether they were propertied or landless, immigrants were often enticed to leave their homelands by
letters from family or friends in the US, bragging about easy opportunities for wealth.
The nullification crisis of 1833 resulted in a clear-cut victory for
neither Andrew Jackson nor the nullifiers.
Spanish authorities allowed Moses Austin to settle in Texas because
they believed that Austin and his settlers might be able to civilize the territory.
Southerners feared the Tariff of 1828 because
this same power could be used to suppress slavery.
Despite Adams's discomfort, his political supporters used all of the following dirty tactics against his rival Jackson EXCEPT
trumpeting his hanging of six Indian chiefs.
As president, John Quincy Adams
was one of the least successful presidents in American history.
Native-born Protestant Americans distributed and resented the Irish mostly because these immigrants
were Roman Catholic.
Both the Democratic party and the Whig Party
were mass-based political parties.
Pioneering Americans marooned by geography
were often ill informed, superstitious, provincial, and fiercely individualistic.
When the Irish flocked to the United States in the 1840s, they stayed in the larger seaboard cities because they
were too poor to move west and buy land.
