Exam 3 - Chapter 10 HIST
President Jackson's attitude toward the Supreme Court's decision in Worcester v. Georgia was:
defiance
Jackson's opponents called themselves Whigs to:
denounce what they saw as Jackson's tyrannical qualities
In the 1840 campaign, the Whigs:
depended on a catchy campaign slogan
The Jacksonian concept of equality was a belief that:
everyone should have an equal chance to succeed
In 1840, the Whigs:
feared splitting their party and hence had no platform
After the panic of 1837, working-class Americans could expect all of the following EXCEPT:
government assistance
In regard to banks and banking policy, Jackson, like other southerners:
much preferred hard money to paper currency
How many states joined South Carolina in repudiating the tariff acts of 1828 and 1832?
none
Andrew Jackson
offered as toast at Jefferson Day dinner: "Our Union—It must be preserved!"
In response to South Carolina's tariff nullification, Jackson:
privately threatened to hang Calhoun
The Indian Removal Act of 1830:
proposed moving Indian tribes to areas west of the Mississippi River
President Jackson's policy toward Indians could best be described as one of:
removal
The Specie Circular:
required gold or silver payment for public lands
John C. Calhoun
resigned vice presidency, 1832
Martin Van Buren was known as the "Little Magician" due to his:
skill as a professional politician
Pet banks were:
state banks that received federal government deposits
After his reelection, Jackson moved to destroy the Bank of the United States by:
withdrawing its federal deposits
All of the following were presidential candidates in 1836 EXCEPT:
Andrew Jackson
The one thing that united all members of the new Whig party was opposition to:
Andrew Jackson
Which of the following figures opposed federal funding of internal improvements?
Andrew Jackson
The Indian chief who resisted federal policy in Illinois and Wisconsin was:
Black Hawk
By the 1832 election, the Jacksonians had become known as the:
Democrats
Henry Clay was Andrew Jackson's second vice president.
False
Jacksonian democracy involved the extension of voting rights to blacks, Indians, and women.
False
Martin Van Buren opposed the establishment of an independent Treasury.
False
Martin Van Buren was a native of North Carolina and had served two terms as that state's governor.
False
Most Whigs were states' rights advocates.
False
President Jackson's response to the nullification crisis was to ask Congress to raise the tariff.
False
The Distribution Act provided for each veteran of the War of 1812 to receive 360 acres of land in the West.
False
The Whig presidential candidate in 1840, William Henry Harrison, was born in a log cabin.
False
Least likely to become Whigs would be:
German and Irish Catholics
The compromise tariff that ended the nullification crisis was authored by:
Henry Clay
When Congress rechartered the Bank of the United States in 1832:
Jackson vetoed the recharter
All of the following were prominent Whig politicians EXCEPT:
Martin Van Buren
John Eaton
was the husband of a woman snubbed by wives of cabinet members
During Jackson's presidency, the national debt grew smaller until it was paid off entirely in 1835.
True
In the midst of the nullification crisis, John C. Calhoun resigned as vice president.
True
Jacksonians believed in equality of opportunity rather than equality of result.
True
John C. Calhoun was born in South Carolina.
True
Osceola led the Seminole resistance to their removal from their lands.
True
The Cherokee Indians were forced westward on the route that came to be known as the Trail of Tears.
True
The Tariff of 1828 was also known as the "tariff of abominations."
True
The Webster-Hayne debate is best remembered for:
Webster's eloquent defense of the union
The Independent Treasury Act provoked opposition from:
Whigs and conservative Democrats
Jackson viewed the Bank of the United States as:
a "monster" that served the interests of a wealthy few
All of the following characterized the United States by the time of Andrew Jackson's election EXCEPT:
a dynamic economy absent of panics or depressions
Calhoun's South Carolina Exposition and Protest:
argued that states could nullify federal legislation
Nicholas Biddle
was the director of the Bank of the United States
Daniel Webster
as the Massachusetts senator, said "Liberty and Union, now and forever, one and inseparable"
As a result of Jackson's bank policies:
banks printed new bank notes with abandon
Andrew Jackson was a true Jeffersonian in his:
belief in limited government
Jackson's veto of the Maysville Road bill demonstrated his:
belief that the federal government should not fund purely local projects
As a result of the Eaton affair:
both John Eaton and Martin Van Buren left the cabinet
Martin Van Buren
called the Little Magician
William Henry Harrison:
had defeated the Shawnees at Tippecanoe
The irony of Jackson's political philosophy is that:
his laissez-faire rationale for republican simplicity became the justification for the unregulated growth of centers of economic power
The Anti-Masonic party was the first to:
hold a national nomination convention
Jackson declared his opposition to nullification:
in his toast at a Jefferson Day dinner
According to "progressive" historians, Jackson:
led a vast democratic movement against the abuses of the "Monster" bank
Tariffs passed by Congress in 1830 and 1832:
lowered duties on some items
All of the following factors contributed to the panic of 1837 EXCEPT the:
tariff of 1835, which had lowered duties to dangerous levels
In the Webster-Hayne Debate, Robert Y. Hayne argued that:
the Union was created by a compact of the states
The Trail of Tears resulted in:
the death of thousands of Indians
The Peggy Eaton affair revealed:
the destructive gossip of the Washington social scene
One undebatable fact about the Jacksonian era is:
the dramatic increase in voter participation by 1840
In Worcester v. Georgia, the Marshall court:
took the side of the Cherokees
Thomas Jefferson considered Andrew Jackson unfit for the presidency due to his:
violent temperament
Henry Clay
was Jackson's opponent for president in 1832
William Wirt
was a presidential candidate for Anti-Masonic party, 1832
John Tyler
was the 1840 Whig vice-presidential candidate
William Henry Harrison
won the presidency with his "Log Cabin and Hard Cider" campaign
The proposed Maysville Road:
would be entirely in Kentucky
