apush ch 13
__________ finished first in the popular vote in the election of 1824 but lost in the House of Representatives.
Andrew Jackson
One major reason for the Anglo-Texan rebellion against Mexican rule was that the
Anglo-Texans wanted to break away from a government that had grown too authoritarian
The nullification crisis started by South Carolina over the Tariff of 1828 ended when
Congress passed the compromise Tariff of 1833
Southerners disliked the Tariff of 1828 because it was clearly designed to ensure the reelection of President Adams.
False
The presidential election of 1828 was characterized by mudslinging tactics by only one party against the opposing candidate
False
_______ threw his political support to the presidential candidate elected by the House of Representatives, inspiring charges of a "corrupt bargain"
Henry Clay
John Quincy Adams, elected president in 1824, was charged by his political opponents with having struck a "corrupt bargain, when he appointed _____ to become ______.
Henry Clay, secretary of state
The person most responsible for defusing the tariff controversy that began in 1828 was
Henry Clay.
______ was elected president by the House of Representatives despite his weak popular appeal.
John Quincy Adams
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
During his long political career, John Quincy Adams was at one time or another a president, a secretary of state, and a United States congressman.
True
Jackson's victory in 1828 did represent the triumph of the West and the common people over the older elitist political system
True
The Jacksonians put into practice their belief that ordinary citizens were capable of holding almost any public office without particular qualifications
True
_______ finished third in the electoral vote in the presidential election of 1824 but was eliminated by illness.
William Crawford
The "Tippecanoe" in the Whigs' 1840 presidential campaign slogan was
William Henry Harrison
Which of the following interest group(s) supported the exceptionally high rates of the Tariff of 1828?
Wool and textile manufacturers from New England
Andrew Jackson's veto of the recharter bill for the Bank of the United States was
a major expansion of presidential power.
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 F. Austin to permit the Texan settlers to bring into Texas three hundred families who were to become properly Mexicanized.
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
Despite President Adams's discomfort, his political supporters in the election of 1828 used all of the following dirty tactics against his rival Andrew Jackson EXCEPT
assailing Jackson for his deadly conflicts and uncompromising relations with Indian nations.
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
The South Carolina state legislature, after the election of 1832
declared the existing tariff null and void in South Carolina.
In response to South Carolina's nullification of the Tariff of 1828, President Andrew Jackson
dispatched naval and military forces to the state while denouncing nullification
The policy of the Jackson administration toward the eastern Indian tribes involved
forced removal from their traditional lands
The Whigs hoped to win the 1836 election by
forcing the election into the House of Representatives.
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 re-charter
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.
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
William Henry Harrison, the Whig party's presidential candidate in 1840, was
portrayed by his supporters as a poor western farmer in an effort to make a deceptive contrast with his aristocratic opponent, Democratic incumbent President Martin Van Buren
In an effort to assimilate themselves into white society, the Cherokees did all of the following EXCEPT
refuse to own slaves.
In the 1820s and 1830s, the two issues that greatly raised the political stakes were
slavery and economic distress
John C. Calhoun's South Carolina Exposition was an argument for
states' rights
The Nullification Crisis of 1832-1833 erupted directly over
tariff policy.
Andrew Jackson made all of the following charges against the Bank of the United States EXCEPT that
the bank was beholden to British and French financial interests
Opposing the Tariff of 1828, Southerners labeled it a "Yankee Tariff" because
the tariff protected New England manufacturing at their economic expense.
Spanish authorities allowed Moses Austin to settle in Texas because
they believed that Austin and his settlers might be able to "civilize the territory" which was heavily populated by Indians
The purpose behind the spoils system was
to reward political supporters with public office.
While in existence, the Second Bank of the United States
was the depository of the funds of the national government.
Andrew Jackson's administration supported the removal of Native Americans from the eastern states because
whites wanted the Indians' lands