The unfinished nation ch 9

Which of the following best describe the soft-money opponents to the Bank of the United States?

-They thought the Bank restrained state banks from freely issuing notes. -They were mostly state bankers and their allies.

Which of the following groups did not benefit from Jacksonian democracy?

-Women -Northerners and easterners -African Americans and Indians

Which statement about the end of the Bank War are correct?

-both sides were partly to blame for worsening financial conditions in 1833 through 1834 -both sides blamed each other for the financial crisis Biddle ultimately backed down, and Jackson enjoyed a considerable political victory

Henry Clay and Daniel Webster persuaded Nicholas Biddle to apply to Congress for renewal of the bank of the United States' charter because it would ensure which of the following?

-it would force a congressional vote. -it would make the Bank a major issue in the national election

Which of the following emerged as the core concerns of the Webster-Hayne debate?

-nullification. -preservation of the Union. -states' rights.

Which of the following statements about the 1835 treaty between the U.S. government and the Cherokees are accurate?

-the treaty gave the Cherokee $5 million and a reservation west of the Mississippi in return for their tribal lands - the great majority of the Cherokee tribe did not recognize the treaty as legitimate

In which of the following cases did Jackson demonstrate his belief that the power of the federal government should be reduced?

-the veto of the Marysville Road -the war against the Bank of the United States

Which of the following are voter qualifications that were required in most states prior to the 1820s?

-whiteness -property ownership -tax paying

What change the most during the "age of Jackson"?

American electorate

Which of the following helped to legitimize the new idea of party in the late 1820s?

Election of Andrew Jackson

Which of the following best describes Jackson's ideological position?

Jackson embraced a simple, and exclusive, theory of democracy

Which statement regarding actions by the Jackson administration against the Bank of the United States in 1833 is not correct?

Jackson recognized that he had the legal means to abolish the Bank, but he needed the help of a reliable treasury secretary.

Andrew Jackson's unofficial circle of political allies was known as the

Kitchen cabinet

The effect of the second of the Seminole Ward on the removal of the Seminoles was

Limited because many Seminoles were ultimately either killed or forced westward

By the end of the 1820's most voters were no longer forced to

Prove they paid taxes

In response to the Supreme Court's decisions regarding the Cherokee Nation, President Jackson

Refused to enforce the decisions

What prompted the Dorr Rebellion?

Restricted suffrage

Before the appointment of Rodger B. Taney, why wouldn't Jackson's previous treasury secretaries follow his ordered to remove government deposits from the Bank of the United States

They believed it would destabilize the financial system

Why did the Jacksonian Democrats support territorial expansion?

They believed it would increase economic and social opportunities for aspiring Americans

Before the 1820s, How did Americans generally regard political parties?

They consider them to be evil is to be avoided

What was the Whigs stance on westward expansion?

They wanted to be cautious because they feared rapid expansion could produce instability

When the Jackson administration began transferring funds from the Bank of the United States to state banks, Nicholas Biddle responded by

calling in loans and raising interest rates

Jackson was consistently opposed to concentration of power in the federal government over

economics and banking.

By 1828, presidential electors were elected by _____ in every state except South Carolina.

popular vote

Jackson wanted to ___ the functions of the federal government In order to increase opportunities for Americans, as he was promoting an economic program to ___ the power of the national government

reduce, reduce

By embracing the philosophy of the __________ system, the Jackson administration established elected officials' right to appoint their followers to public office.

spoils

In the debate over the Bank of the United States, President Andrew Jackson agreed with

the "hard-money" faction

Which of the following accurately describe Indian and white relations before mid-nineteenth century?

-Interactions were sometimes, but not usually, unfriendly. -The two groups lived in close proximity to one another.

Which of the following are reasons that Jackson opposed the Bank of the United States?

- He opposed to "soft money" -it centralized power in a federal institution -it catered to the privileged

Which statements about a Indian removal are correct?

-Indians gave up 100 million acres of desirable eastern lands for far less desirable land in the west. -Removal forced Indians to live under new forms of organization on land they had not chosen -The Pueblos of New Mexico in for trading post of the Pacific Northwest were examples of successful Indian-white coexistence

Which of the following did Martin van Buren emphasize?

-the party's need for a permanent opposition. -party loyalty and preservation of the party.

Which of the following best describe the Locofocos?

1. They were in favor of vigorous, perhaps even violent, actions 2. They were a radical faction of the Democratic Party in the 1830s.

Which of the following describes the Dorr Rebellion?

A failed attempt to set up a new state government with expanded voting rights in Rhode Island

As the political parties were elevated, one argument in their favor what is the belief that

A permanent political opposition made parties sensitive to the peoples will

What sparked the nullification crisis of 1832?

A tariff bill that did not include relief for South Carolina from the 1828 tariff of abominations

The primary goal of white settlers in the early 1800s was to

Acquire the land occupied by Indian tribes

In 1832, Henry Clay thought that the debate over the bank of the United States might

Boost his presidential candidacy

How did Biddle's actions in the Bank War backfire on him in the court of public opinion?

Claims to something being backed up with an 1830s date

Changes in the method of choosing presidential electors resulted in

Common voters having an increased say in elections

After serving briefly as governor of New York, ___ became Jackson secretary of state and a member of the president and official circle of political allies, known as the "kitchen cabinet".

Martin Van Buren

Alexis de Tocqueville's book Democracy in America was a study of

Daily life and politics in America

True or false: Alexis de Tocqueville's study, Democracy in America, was a scathing portrait of the rise of an aristocracy in America.

False

In 1835, President Jackson sent Winfield Scott to Georgia to

Force the Cherokee Nation to move west

The Supreme Court ruled in Cherokee Nation v. Georgia that

Georgia had no authority to negotiate with tribal representative

In Charles River Bridge v. Warren Bridge (1837), Roger B. Taney argued that the ____ took precedence over the ___.

Government's responsibility for to promote the general happiness; rights of contract and property

The compromise that brought an end to the nullification crisis

Gradually lowered the tariff

Which of the statements regarding Roger B. Taney is false?

He embraced Marshall's nationalist tendencies

What best describes Andrew Jackson's view of Indians?

He was deeply hostile toward them and wanted them to move west

How did the Cherokee nation try to defend itself against Georgia's efforts to seize its land?

It filed an appeal with the United States Supreme Court

The ___ ___ Act was an 1830 law that allowed the fever all government to negotiate with American Indians to relocate them west of the Mississippi River.

Indian Removal

What action did Jackson take in his second administration to destroy the national bank?

Moved federal government deposits from the national bank to state banks.

What significant lesson did the resolution of the nullification crisis demonstrate?

No state could defy the federal government alone.

Many white Americans of the 18th century view the Indians as

Noble savages

In developing his theory of __________, John C. Calhoun believed he was offering a moderate alternative to secession.

Nullification

The route the Cherokees took on their removal from Georgia is now commonly know as the trail ___ ___.

Of tears

What issue galvanized political leaders and resulted in the creation of the Whig party?

Opposition to Jackson's use of power

Andrew Jackson's decision to make Martin Van Buren his successor in 1831 was most influenced by the

Peggy Eaton affair

The spoil system and political conventions serve to limit the power of

Permanent office holders

Of the Five Civilized Tribes, only the ___ were able to resist removal.

Seminoles

Why was the government intent on removing the "Five Civilized Tribes" from the South?

Southerners wanted the tribes' land to grow cotton

Central to the Webster-Hayne debate was the issue of

States rights

As the result of the Dorr Rebellion,

Suffrage was expanded in Rhode Island

Many South Carolinians blamed their ___ for the stagnation of their state's economy in the 1820s, though in fact it was the ___ that was largely to blame.

Tariff of 1816; exhaustion of farmland

Which of the following statements regarding the Bank of the United States in the 1830s is not correct?

The Bank was key to Jackson's vision for America because it would fund westward expansion

Senator Robert Y. Hayne accuses easterners of deliberately slowly ___ growth to maintain their power.

Western

What event contributed to the urgency of calls by white settlers for Indian removal?

The black hawk war

According to Jacksonians, the "age of Jackson" was the era of

The common man

What event caused Jackson to assert the supremacy of the national government, despite his desire to reduce the functions of the federal government?

The constitutional theory of nullification

The Black Hawk War was notable for the

Vicious behavior of the American military

Which of the following statements about Indian removal from the south is accurate?

Virtually all the Five Civilized Tribes we're forced to travel to Indian Territory

I'm the mid 1830s, a new opposition coalition emerged called the ___, after the party in England that traditionally worked to limit the power of the king

Whigs

During Andrew Jackson's administration, the two-party system began to operate at the national level. What were the two parties at the time?

Whigs and Democrats

During the "age of Jackson", voting rights were extended to most

White men

John C. Calhoun maintained that states could nullify federal laws because the federal government

was a creation of the states