Dual Credit History - Chapter 10

The Constitution was amended to require states to allow women to vote in

1920.

The author of Democracy in America was...

Alexis de Tocqueville, from France.

Which of the following statements is true regarding the Trail of Tears?

At least one-quarter of the Indians perished during the winter of 1838-1839.

A significant theme of the Monroe Doctrine was that...

European powers should refrain from further colonization in the Americas.

All of the states that entered the Union after the original thirteen made property ownership a requirement of voting, at least for a time.

False

Andrew Jackson and his supporters publicly argued that the Presidential Election of 1824 had been determined in his favor by a "corrupt bargain" between some of the participants.

False

As working-class whites gained equal rights in the political arena, they grew increasingly critical of racial inequality.

False

Both John C. Calhoun and Andrew Jackson believed in states' rights to nullify federal law.

False

Despite his reputation for stubbornness, President Jackson proved timid and conciliatory during the Nullification Crisis and the Bank War.

False

Free blacks gained the right to vote in every state in the Union after 1800.

False

In Worcester v. Georgia, Chief Justice Marshall described Indians as "wards" of the federal government, deserving paternal protection.

False

In the election of 1824, John Quincy Adams won the popular vote, but lost the electoral vote.

False

President Andrew Jackson's inauguration was a quiet affair in which a small group of close-knit friends of the new president met at the White House for a solemn, elite dinner.

False

The Democrats nominated William Henry Harrison without a platform, instead promoting him as the "log cabin" candidate, or a champion of the common man.

False

The Indian Removal Act of 1830 was renounced by President Jackson.

False

The charter for the Bank of the United States was renewed in 1811.

False

The election of 1824 resulted in Andrew Jackson being elected president that year.

False

While Whigs considered individual morality a private matter, not a public concern, Democrats insisted that liberty and power reinforced each other.

False

While Jackson claimed to be the "common man," his vision of democracy often differed from many Americans. Which of the following is a true statement about Jackson's political beliefs?

He felt African-Americans should either remain as slaves or be freed and sent abroad.

In Johnson v. M'Intosh, the Supreme Court proclaimed that

Indians were not in fact owners of their land, but merely had a "right of occupancy."

Which of the following was not a trend in American democracy during the 1820s and 1830s?

Ironically, as the number of eligible voters rose, voter turnout in elections declined.

Which was not part of the Missouri Compromise of 1820?

It permanently settled the question of the expansion of slavery.

What was Andrew Jackson's nickname?

Old Hickory

By 1825, Spain's once vast American empire had been reduced to Cuba and

Puerto Rico.

Which is true of Martin Van Buren's presidential campaign?

Rather than being dangerous and divisive, he believed political parties were a necessary and desirable element of political life.

Which of the following was not a key difference between the Democrats and the Whigs during the Jackson years?

The Democrats held a stronghold on upstate New York; the Whigs held more isolated rural communities.

During Jackson's presidency, Democrats reduced expenditures, lowered the tariff, killed the national bank, and refused pleas for federal aid to internal improvements.

True

During the market revolution, the emergence of organized political parties spurred newspaper publication.

True

John Tyler's presidency could best be summed up as devoid of accomplishment.

True

Martin Van Buren's presidency, to a large degree, was occupied in dealing with issues arising from the Panic of 1837.

True

President Jackson's critics called him "King Andrew."

True

The 1828 "tariff of abominations" led to the Nullification Crisis.

True

The 1836 Specie Circular declared that the federal government would accept only specie (gold and silver) in payment for public land.

True

The Dorr War revolved around the issue of whether property-less white men should have the right to vote.

True

The Indian Sequoia developed an alphabet from the Cherokee language.

True

The Panic of 1819 left many Americans uneasy about the market revolution.

True

The Second Bank of the United States held all the funds of the federal government and accumulated a large amount of paper money issued by local banks.

True

The proper chronological order for presidents from 1817 forward is: Monroe, J. Q. Adams, Jackson, Van Buren, and Harrison.

True

How much of the adult white male population in the United States could vote by 1840?

approximately 90 percent

The Tariff of 1816 protected goods produced in the United States, especially

cheap cotton textiles.

William Henry Harrison's presidency ended as he

died from pneumonia a month after taking office.

The government-sponsored construction of roads and canals in the early 1800s later deemed unconstitutional was called

internal improvements.

By 1860, most states had eliminated this from their voting requirements.

property requirements

In the mid-1800s, this had replaced class as the boundary between those American men who were entitled to enjoy political freedom and those who were not.

race

President James Madison favored a system of national economic incentives for manufacturers, a protective tariff, a new national bank, and federal financing of roads and canals that came to be known as

the American System.

McCulloch v. Maryland ruled that

the Bank of the United States was constitutionally legal.

The Panic of 1819 was caused by

the land bubble burst and its ensuing economic panic.

Giving a political office to someone based on party service is called

the spoils system.

When Thomas Jefferson wrote, "This momentous question, like a fire bell in the night, awakened and filled me with terror," he was referring to

the westward expansion of slavery.

The "Era of Good Feelings" was so-called because

they were years of one-party government.