APUSH ch. 13
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 policy of the Jackson administration toward the eastern Indian tribes involved
forced removal from their traditional lands
The Whigs hoped to win the 1836 election by
forcing the election into the House of Representatives
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.
Texas gained its independence with
help from Americans
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
By the 1840s, voter participation in the presidential election reached
nearly 80 percent
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
Supporters of the Whig party included all of the following except
opponents of public education
William Henry Harrison, the Whig party's presidential candidate in 1840, was
portrayed by his supporters as a poor western farmer in an effort to make a deceptive contrast with his aristocratic opponent, Democratic incumbent President Martin Van Buren
John Quincy Adams could be described as
possessing almost none of the arts of the politician.
The Whigs offered all of the following proposals for the remedies of the economic ills facing America in 1837 except
proposal of the Divorce Bill
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
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 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 directly over
tariff policy.
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 re-charter bill for the Bank of the United States on
the fact that he found the bill harmful to the nation as well as unconstitutional.
Opposing the Tariff of 1828, Southerners labeled it a "Yankee Tariff" because
the tariff protected New England manufacturing at their economic expense.
Spanish authorities allowed Moses Austin to settle in Texas because
they believed that Austin and his settlers might be able to "civilize the territory," which was heavily populated by Indians.
The purpose behind the spoils system was
to reward political supporters with public office
As president, John Quincy Adams
was one of the least successful presidents in American history
Andrew Jackson's administration supported the removal of Native Americans from the eastern states because
whites wanted the Indians' lands.
Match each individual below with the correct description A. Andrew Jackson 1. finished third in the electoral vote in the presidential election of 1824 but was eliminated by illness B. Henry Clay 2. was elected president by the House of Representatives despite his weak popular appeal C. John Quincy Adams 3. threw his political support to the presidential candidate elected by the House of Representatives, inspiring charges of a "corrupt bargain" D. William Crawford 4. finished first in the popular vote in the election of 1824 but lost in the House of Representatives
A-4, B-3, C-2, D-1
The Anti-Masonic party of 1832 appealed to
American suspicions of secret societies
One major reason for the Anglo-Texan rebellion against Mexican rule was that the
Anglo-Texans wanted to break away from a government that had grown too authoritarian
The nullification crisis started by South Carolina over the Tariff of 1828 ended when
Congress passed the compromise Tariff of 1833.
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 person most responsible for defusing the tariff controversy that began in 1828 was
Henry Clay.
The Force Bill of 1833 provided that the
President could use the army and navy to collect federal tariff duties
The "Tippecanoe" in the Whigs' 1840 presidential campaign slogan was
William Harrison.
Which of the following interest group(s) supported the exceptionally high rates of the Tariff of 1828?
Wool and textile manufacturers from New England
All of the following were characteristics of Henry Clay's election campaign of 1832 except
a substantial advantage over President Andrew Jackson in political support from the West and the South
Americans moved into Texas
after an agreement was concluded between Mexican authorities and Stephen Austin to permit the Texan settlers to bring into Texas three hundred families who were to become properly Mexicanized
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 the expansion of slavery
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
Despite President Adams's discomfort, his political supporters in the election of 1828 used all of the following dirty tactics against his rival Andrew Jackson except
assailing Jackson for his deadly conflicts and uncompromising relations with Indian nations
The new two-party political system that emerged in the 1830s and 1840s
became an important part of the nation's checks and balances
