chapter 13

One 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.

Why was the 1824 presidential election unique?

John Quincy Adams was elected president by the House of Representatives.

which political theory postulates that the union is a compact among the states and that state has the right to override a federal law?

Nullification

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

William Harrison

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

After 1837, which political party became the anti-bank, hard-money party?

democrats

The purpose of the Indian Removal act of 1830 was to

facilitate white settlement on Indian lands

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

forced removal

The Whigs hoped to win the 1836 election by

forcing the election into the House of Representatives

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

made to look like a poor western farmer

Andrew Jackson"s inaugurations 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

The battle of the Alamo

provided a rallying point for Texans in their struggles against Mexico

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

In his "war" on the Bank of the United States, President Jackson

removed federal deposits from the Bank of the United Sates and deposited them in state banks

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

state's rights

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

supporters of Henry clay's american system

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 section of the United States most hurt by the Tariff of 1828 was

the South

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 bill for the Bank of the United States on

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

what did the presidential election of 1828 demonstrate?

the new political parties were strongly sectional in their sources of strength

Most of the early American settlers in Texas came from

the south and southwest

The purpose behind the spoils system was

to reward political supporters with public office

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

whites wanted the Indian's lands

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

Henry Clay

Who led the Texas army that defeated Santa Anna at San Jacinto?

Sam Houston

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

San Jacinto

what was the dispute in the 1830s Nullification crisis?

South Carolina argued that a state had the right to override a federally-enacted tariff.

in 1838, why did thousands of Cherokees move from the southeastern United States to Indian Territory in what is now Oklahoma?

They were pawns in diplomatic negotiations between the United States and Spain.

Which party was the main opposition to Andrew Jackson during his second term in office?

Whig party

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

The new two-party political system that emerged in the 1830s and 1840s

became an important part of the nation's checks and balances

One of the positive aspects of the Bank of the United States was its

being a source of credit and stability, promoting the nation's expanding economy

The south Carolina state legislature, after the election of 1832

declared the existing tariff null and void in South Carolina

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

hatred of Andrew Jackson

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

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

Which section of the country tended to oppose tariffs?

south

The nullification crisis of 1832-1833 erupted over

tariff policy

John Calhoun wrote the South Carolina Exposition and Protest to protest

the "Tariff of abominations"

Which of the following is not true of the Cherokee Indians?

they supported the movement of Indians out of the South

Southerners feared the Tariff of 1828 because

this same power could be used to suppress slavery

One of the reasons why Andrew Jackson vetoed the rechartering of the Bank of the United states was that it

was a private monopoly run by a privileged few

As president, John Quincy Adams

was one of the least successful presidents in American history

While in existence, the second Bank of the United States

was the depository of the funds of the national government