Chapter 12 The Rise a Mass Democracy 1824-1840

Critical Thinking Activity: A changing political landscape, 1824-1840: 1. 1823 2. 1828 3. 1833 4. 1836 5. 1840

1. Mexico opens Texas to American settlers 2. Andrew Jackson elected president 3. Compromise bill ends Nullification Crisis 4. Specie Circular issued 5. Independent Treasury Bill passed

Critical Thinking Activity: A changing political landscape, 1824-1840: Now, select the event from each dropdown menu on the right that best corresponds to the description of historical significance on the left. 1. This created tensions over the future of slavery. 2. This ushered in a new age of participatory politics. 3. Henry Clay came to the rescue again in the execution of this. 4. This attempt to rein in the economy actually pushed it toward collapse. 5. This marked Martin Van Buren's attempt to save the nation from economic crisis

1. Mexico opens Texas to American settlers 2. Andrew Jackson elected president 3. Compromise bill ends Nullification Crisis 4. Specie Circular issued 5. Independent Treasury Bill passed

Map Activity: Election evolutions: In the following table, identify whether the characteristic on the left applies to the Whigs or to the Democrats. 1. Called for a protective tariff 2. Clung to states' rights 3. Favored a national bank

1. Whigs 2. Democrats 3. Whigs

Which of the following accurately describes why or when Americans moved to Texas?

After Mexican authorities granted Stephen Austin a tract of land for settling immigrants to become properly Mexicanized

The government of Mexico and the Americans who settled in Mexican-controlled Texas clashed over all of the following issues except:

Allegiance to Spain

Who did the Anti-Masonic party of 1832 appeal to?

Americans suspicious of secret societies

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

Through which victory did the Texas rebels win their independence?

Battle of San Jacinto

How did President Andrew Jackson reveal his deep hostility to eastern elites and moneyed interests?

By vetoing the bill to re-charter the Bank of the United States

Primary Source Activity: U.S. Indian removal under Andrew Jackson: True or False: This act authorizes the president to set aside land east of the Mississippi River where Native Americans can move to make room in the west for American settlers.

False

What drove southern anger at the Tariff of Abominations?

Fear that expanding federal government power could threaten the future of slavery

What was one of the main reasons Andrew Jackson decided to weaken the Bank of the United States after the election of 1832?

He feared that Nicholas Biddle might try to manipulate the bank to force its recharter

Why did the Whigs nominate William Henry Harrison as their presidential candidate in the election of 1840?

He was devoted to no real issues and had few enemies.

What was the most fundamental and unifying political perspective underlying the organization of the Whig Party?

Hostility to Andrew Jackson and his followers

Map Activity: Election evolutions: Based on your analysis of the map, which of the following two states were more closely contested in the electoral college?

Maryland and New York

Image Analysis Primary Source Activity: What, according to the image, is likely behind Jackson's power?

Justice backed with military might.

South Carolina attempted to block the Tariff of Abominations by doing which of the following?

Nullifying the federal law through a state convention

What was the fundamental requirement for holding federal office under President Jackson and his successors?

Political support of the president and his party

All of the following were true of southern reaction to the Tariff of Abominations except:

Protectionism benefited the farmers and planters of the Old South.

Which of the following was not among the problems that crippled Martin Van Buren's presidency?

Reformers' strong attacks against the spoils system of appointment to federal office

President John Quincy Adams aroused southern and western hostility partly because he did which of the following?

Renewed George Washington's proposal for a national university

Primary Source Activity: U.S. Indian removal under Andrew Jackson: This act promises which of the following to the Native Americans?

Subsistence help for their first year

What was a difference between the Democrats and the Whigs?

The Democrats favored states' rights while the Whigs rallied for a renewed national bank.

All of the following were true of the Election of 1836 except:

The Whigs easily coalesced around one candidate.

What major change in U.S. politics did the election of 1840 demonstrate?

The triumph of populist democracy

Image Analysis Primary Source Activity: What attitudes toward Native Americans can be inferred from the cartoon?

They were no longer a threat.

Image Analysis Primary Source Activity: How does Jackson maintain his authority, according to the image?

Through legal means

Map Activity: Election evolutions: True or False: In 1840, the Whigs ran a longtime political insider as a unified party candidate.

true

Primary Source Activity: U.S. Indian removal under Andrew Jackson: True or False: The Seminole tribe was not the only tribe to wage a violent resistance to the U.S. government's Indian Removal Act.

true