APUSH ch 13 and 14 Quiz

German immigrants to the United States

came to escape economic hardships and autocratic government.

William Henry Harrison, the Whig party's presidential candidate in 1840, was

made to look like a poor western farmer.

By the 1840s, voter participation in the presidential election reached

nearly 80 percent.

Ecological imperialism can best be described as

the aggressive exploitation of the West's bounty.

The purpose behind the spoils system was

to reward political supporters with public office.

In early-nineteenth-century America, the

urban population was growing at an unpredicted rate.

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 so-called Era of Good Feelings was never entirely tranquil, but even the illusion of national consensus was shattered by the

Panic of 1819 and the Missouri Compromise of 1820.

The Force Bill of 1833 provided that the

President could use the army and navy to collect federal tariff duties.

Texans won their independence as a result of the victory over Mexican armies at the Battle of

San Jacinto

In the 1820s and 1830s, the two issues that greatly raised the political stakes were

Slavery and economic distress.

The "Tippecanoe" in the Whigs' 1840 campaign slogan was

William Harrison.

Innovations in the election of 1832 included

adoption of written party platforms.

Americans moved into Texas

after an agreement was concluded between Mexican authorities and Stephen Austin.

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.

The two political parties of the Jacksonian era tended to

be socially and geographically diverse.

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.

Supporters of the Whig party included all of the following EXCEPT

opponents of public education.

All of the following were characteristics of Henry Clay's election campaign of 1832 EXCEPT

overconfidence of his campaign and the National Republicans.

Ireland's great export in the 1840s was

people

John Quincy Adams could be described as

possessing almost none of the arts of the politician.

German immigrants in the early nineteenth century tended to

preserve their own language and culture.

The Whigs offered all of the following proposals for the remedies of the economic ills facing American in 1837 EXCEPT

proposal of the Divorce Bill.

When German immigrants came to the United States, they

proposed with astonishing ease.

John C. Calhoun's South Carolina Exposition was an argument for

states' rights

Andrew Jackson's Democratic political philosophy was based on his

suspicion of the federal government.

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 over

tariff policy.

Those who were frightened by the rapid influx of Irish immigrants organized

the Order of the Star-Spangled Banner.

Most of the early American settlers in Texas came from

the South and Southwest

The strong regional support of the Tariff of 1833 came from

the South.

On the forced march from their Georgia homeland to Oklahoma known as the Trail of Tears, the Cherokees experienced all of the following EXCEPT

the abuse of wives and daughters by U.S. soldiers

The spoils system under Andrew Jackson resulted in

the appointment of many corrupt and incompetent officials to federal jobs.

Andrew Jackson made all of the following charges against the Bank of the United States EXCEPT that

the bank was beholden to British financial interests.

Andrew Jackson based his veto of the recharter for the Bank of the United States on

the fact that he found the bill harmful to the nation as well as unconstitutional.

Writing about his observations of America and Americans as he traveled across the United States, the Frenchman Alexis de Tocqueville was most struck by

the general equality of condition among the people.

Opposing the Tariff of 1828, Southerners labeled it a "Yankee Tariff" because

the tariff protected New England manufacturing at their expense.

The presidential election of 1824

was the first one to see the election of a minority president.

Andrew Jackson's administration supported the removal of Native Americans from the eastern states because

whites wanted the Indians' lands.

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 Anti-Masonic party of 1832 appealed to

American suspicions of secret societies.

Andrew Jackson's veto of the recharter bill for the Bank of the United States was

a major expansion of presidential power.

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 that expansion of slavery.

The people who proposed the exceptionally high rates of the Tariff of 1828 were

ardent supporters of Andrew Jackson who actually hoped it would be defeated.

In response of South Carolina's nullification of the Tariff of 1828, Andrew Jackson

dispatched naval and military forces to the state while denouncing nullification.

Life on the frontier was

downright grim for most pioneer families.

For women, life on the frontier was especially difficult because they

experienced extreme loneliness, and could go weeks without seeing another person.

The policy of the Jackson administration toward the eastern Indian tribes was

forced removal

The sentiment of fear and opposition to open immigration was called

nativism.

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.

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.

The dramatic growth of American cities between 1800 and 1860

resulted in unsanitary conditions in many communities.

Irish immigrants typically worked in all of the following occupations EXCEPT

silversmiths

George Catlin advocated

the preservation of nature as a national policy.

The overwhelming event for Ireland in the 1840s was

the rebellion against British rule and potato famine.

While in existence, the second Bank of the United States

was the depository of the funds of the national government.

The influx of immigrants to the United States tripled, then quadrupled, in the

1840s and 1850s.

Between 1830 and 1860, nearly _______ million Irish arrived in America.

2

One reason for the Anglo-Texan rebellion against Mexican rule was that

Anglo-Texans wanted to break away from a government that has grown too authoritarian.

The nullification crisis started by South Carolina over the Tariff of 1828 ended when

Congress passed the compromise Tariff of 1833.

All of the following gave rise to a more dynamic, market-oriented, national economy in early nineteenth-century America EXCEPT

Government regulation of all major economic activity.

The person most responsible for defusing the tariff controversy that began in 1828 was

Henry Clay

All of the following are true statements about the relationship between Irish immigrants and U.S. citizens EXCEPT

Irish immigrants became fiercely supportive of the abolitionist cause.

The South Carolina state legislature, after the election of 1832

declared the existing tariff null and void in South Carolina.

The Whigs hoped to win the 1836 election by

forcing the election into the House of Representatives.

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.

The cement that held the Whig party together in its formative days was

hatred of Andrew Jackson

Texas gained its independence with

help from Americans.

John Quincy Adams' weaknesses as president included all of the following EXCEPT

his encouragement of his supporters to "sling mud" at Jackson.

One of the main reasons Andrew Jackson decided to weaken the Bank of the United States after the 1832 election was

his fear that Nicholas Biddle might try to manipulate the bank to force its recharter.

Whether they were propertied or landless, immigrants were often enticed to leave their homelands by

letters from family or friends in the US, bragging about easy opportunities for wealth.

The nullification crisis of 1833 resulted in a clear-cut victory for

neither Andrew Jackson nor the nullifiers.

Spanish authorities allowed Moses Austin to settle in Texas because

they believed that Austin and his settlers might be able to civilize the territory.

Southerners feared the Tariff of 1828 because

this same power could be used to suppress slavery.

Despite Adams's discomfort, his political supporters used all of the following dirty tactics against his rival Jackson EXCEPT

trumpeting his hanging of six Indian chiefs.

As president, John Quincy Adams

was one of the least successful presidents in American history.

Native-born Protestant Americans distributed and resented the Irish mostly because these immigrants

were Roman Catholic.

Both the Democratic party and the Whig Party

were mass-based political parties.

Pioneering Americans marooned by geography

were often ill informed, superstitious, provincial, and fiercely individualistic.

When the Irish flocked to the United States in the 1840s, they stayed in the larger seaboard cities because they

were too poor to move west and buy land.