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
