Chapter 12-13
In diplomatic and economic terms, war of 1812
could be considered the second war for independence
The South Carolina state legislature, after the election of 1832
declared the existing tariff null and void in South Carolina
Political cartoons lampooned the states that threatened to leave the union at the Hartford Convention by
depicting Great Britian welcoming them back with promises of nobility, good to smuggle and plenty of molasses and codfish
In response to South Carolina's nullification of the Tariff of 1828, Andrew Jackson
dispatched naval and military forces to the state while denouncing nullification
William Crawford
finished third but was eliminated by illness
The policy of the Jackson admins 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
One of the positive aspects of the Bank of US 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
People in the West tended to prefer Andrew Jackson in 1824 because
he campaigned against the forces of corruption and privilege in gov
Texas gained its independence with
help from Americans
The resolutions from the Hartford Convention
helped to cause the death of the federalist party
One of the main reasons Andrew Jackson decided to weaken the Bank of US after the 1832 election was
his fear that Nicholas Biddle might try to manipulate the bank to force its recharter
The British attack on Fort McHenry
inspired the writing of "The Star Spangled Banner"
The Rush-Bagot
limited naval armaments on the Great Lakes
William Henry Harrison, the Whig Party's presidential candidate in 1840, was
made to look like a poor western farmer
Andrew Jackson sought to recruit free blacks to defend New Orleans by appealing to the governor of Louisiana using all of the following arguments except
many of the free men are idle and would benefit from a term of military service
When the US entered the War of 1812, it was
militarily unprepared
The War of 1812 was one of the worst fought wars for all of the following reasons except that
militia was never called up to supplement the regular army
By the 1840s, voter participation in elections
nearly 80%
The House of Representatives decided the 1824 presidential election when
no candidate received a majority of the vote in the electoral college
From a global perspective, the War of 1812 was
of little importance
The War of 1812 was one of the worst fought wars in the US because
of the nations apathy and national disunity
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
America's campaign against Canada in the War of 1812 was
poorly conceived because it split up the military and ultimately a failure
Andrew Jackson and his supporters disliked the Bank of US for all of the following reasons except
put public service first, not profits
Andrew Jackson
received first in popular vote
In the 1820s and 1830s the publics attitude regarding political parties
reflected growing acceptance of the wild contentiousness of political life
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 outcome of the War of 1812 was a
stimulus to patriotic nationalism in the US
The performance of the US Navy in the War of 1812 could be best described as
surprisingly successful
Andrew Jackson's democratic political philosophy was based on his
suspicion of the federal gov
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
The Tariff of 1816 was the first in history
that aimed to protect American industry
At the peace conference at Ghent, the British began to withdraw many of its earlier demands for all of the following except
the American victory at New Orleans
The strong regional support for 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 based his veto of the recharter bill for the Bank of US on
the fact that he found the bill harmful to the nation as well as unconstitutional
Writing about his observations of America and Americans, Alexis Toqueville 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
All of the following were true of the American regular army on the eve of the War of 1812 except
their numbers were large enough that they did not have to rely on militia
Spanish authorities allowed Moses Austin to settle in Texas because
they believed that Austin and his settlers might be able to civilize the territory
Henry Clay
threw his support to the winning candidate
The purpose behind the spoils system was
to reward political supporters with public office
For Native Americans, the War of 1812 meant
treaties in which they reluctantly relinquished lands north of the ohio river
Despite Adams's discomforts, his political supporters used all of the following dirty tactics against his rival Jackson except
trumpeting his hanging of six Indian chiefs
After Napoleon's defeat at Waterloo in 1815, Europe
turned toward conservatism, illiberal ism, and reaction
The Battle of New Orleans
unleashed a wave of nationalism and self-confidence
As president, John Quincy Adams
was one of the least successful
While in existence, the second Bank of US
was the depository of the funds of the national gov
The presidential election of 1824
was the first one to see the election of a minority president
Both the Democratic party and the Whig party
were mass-based political parties
Andrew Jackson's admin supported the removal of Native Americans from eastern states because
whites wanted the indians' land
The Anti-Masonic party of 1832 appealed to
American suspicions of secret societes
One reason for the Anglo-Texan rebellion against Mexican rule was that the
Anglo-Texans wanted to break away from a gov that had grown too authoritarian
Canada became an important battleground in the War of 1812 because
British forces were weakest there
The Battle of New Orleans saw
British troops defeated by Andrew Jackson's soldiers
The nullification crisis started by south carolina over the tariff of 1828 ended when
Congress passed the Compromise Tariff of 1833
British plans for their 1814 campaign did not include action in
Florida
The person most responsible for defusing the tariff controversy that began in 1828 was
Henry Clay
John Quincy Adams, elected president in 1825, was charged by his political opponents with having struck a corrupt bargain when he appointed
Henry Clay as secretary of state
The most devastating defeat suffered by the British in War of 1812 took place in the battle of
New Orleans
The so-called Era of Good feelings was shattered by
Panic of 1819 and Missouri Compromise of 1820
Perhaps the key battle of the war of 1812 because it protected the US from full-scale invasion and possible dissolution was the battle of
Plattsburgh
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
The two most internationally recognized American writers in the 1820s were
Washington Irving and James Fenimore Cooper
The Tippecanoe in the Whigs 1840 campaign slogan was
William Harrison
One result of the American naval victories on the Great Lakes during the war of 1812 was
a British blockade of the American coast
The delegates of the Hartford Convention adopted resolutions that included a call for
a constitutional amendment requiring two thirds vote in Congress before war was declared
The delegates of the Hartford Convention adopted resolutions that demanded all of the following except
a guarantee of no future wars with Britain
One of the most important by-products of the War of 1812 was
a heightened spirit of nationalism
Andrew Jackson's veto of the recharter bill for the Bank of US was
a major expansion of presidential power
Post-War of 1812, nationalism could be seen in all of the following except
a revival of American religion
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
The government of Mexico and the Americans who settled in Mexican-controlled Texas clashed over all of the following issues except
allegiance to Spain
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 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 system that emerged in the 1830s and 1840s
became an important part of the nations checks and balances
At the end of the War of 1812, British manufacterers
began dumping their goods in America at extremely low prices
By 1814, the British strategy included all of the following except
blockading the Atlantic Coast