Chapter 11

Jackson's opponents called themselves Whigs to

denounce what they saw as Jackson's tyrannical qualities

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

How many states joined South Carolina in repudiating the tariff acts of 1828 and 1832?

none

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 to lands west of the Mississippi

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

The one thing that united all members of the new Whig party was opposition to

Andrew Jackson

By the 1832 election, the Jacksonians had become known as the

Democrats

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

Andrew Jackson's soldiers nicknamed him

Old Hickory

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

Before he became president, Andrew Jackson

all of the above

Calhoun's South Carolina Exposition and Protest

argued that states could nullify federal legislation

As a result of Jackson's bank policies

banks printed new bank notes with abandon

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

The Trail of Tears resulted in

the death of thousands of Indians

Thomas Jefferson considered Andrew Jackson unfit for the presidency due to his

violent temperament

By the 1820s, South Carolina

was experiencing agricultural depression