IB HOA Chapter 13
The Jacksonian charge of a "corrupt bargain" to gain John Quincy Adams the presidency arose because
Clay was named Secretary of State after throwing his support to Adams in Congress
The winner of the election of 1836 was
Martin Van Buren
In the battle over the "Tariff of Abominations,"
New England backed high tariffs while the South demanded lower duties
Who was the President of the Bank of the United States?
Nicholas Biddle
A new change in the style of politics beginning in the 1820s was
an attempt to appeal to the common people
One unfortunate consequence of the spoils system was
an increase in incompetence and corruption in government
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
The two political parties of the Jacksonian era tended to
be socially and geographically diverse
The style of campaigning that propelled the Whig, William Henry Harrison, to victory in the presidential election of 1840 can best be described as
dangerously sectional
In promoting his policy of Indian removal, President Andrew Jackson
defied rulings of the U.S. Supreme Court that favored the Cherokees
The Frenchman, Alexis de Tocqueville, made which of the following observations of Americans during his journey around the United States in the early 1830s?
democracy in America was restless but vigorous and healthy
One of the positive aspects of the Bank of the United States was
its promotion of economic expansion by making credit abundant
In the presidential election of 1836, the new Whig Party adopted which of the following strategies:
nominate a number of regional candidates in the hopes of throwing the election to the House of Representatives
Which of the following issues united members of the new Whig Party beginning in 1834?
objection to Andrew Jackson
Which Americans found the nationalistic policies of President John Quincy Adams most disagreeable?
southerners and westerners
John C. Calhoun's theory of "nullification" was based on the idea that
states should be able to declare invalid those laws they deemed unconstitutional
In Andrew Jackson's victory in the presidential election of 1828, most of his votes came from
the West and the South
The biggest challenge facing the United States during the years, 1836-1840 was
the economy
A new, seemingly more democratic method of nominating presidential candidates that appeared in the 1832 election courtesy of the National Republicans and the Anti-Masonic parties was
the national nominating convention
The text argues that one of the most significant and lasting legacies of the Jacksonian era is
the two-party system
Jackson rationalized his veto of the Bank re-charter bill by claiming the Bank
was unconstitutional
Andrew Jackson's administration supported the removal of American Indians from the eastern states because
whites wanted the Indians' lands
After vetoing the bill to re-charter the Bank of the United States, Jackson further attempted to off the Bank by
withdrawing federal deposits from the Bank