History Chapter 10
Jackson viewed the Bank of he United States as:
A "monster" that served the interests of a wealthy few
During the Jacksonian era, and for the first time in American political history:
A president assumed his position to be superior to that of Congress
In the 1840 campaign, the Whigs:
Adopted a catchy campaign slogan
All of the following were presidential candidates in 1836 EXCEPT:
Andrew Jackson
Offered as a toast at a Jefferson Day dinner: "Our Union- It must be preserved!"
Andrew Jackson
The one thing that united all members of the new Whig party was opposition to:
Andrew Jackson
Which of the following figures opposed federal funding of internal improvements?
Andrew Jackson
As a Massachusetts senator, said "Liberty and Union, now and forever, one and inseparable"
Daniel Webster
President Jackson's attitude toward the Supreme Court's decision in Worcester v. Georgia was:
Defiance
Jackson's opponents called themselves Whigs to:
Denounce what they saw as Jackson's tyrannical qualities
Henry Clay was Andrew Jackson's second vice president
False
Most Whigs were states' rights advocates
False
President Jackson's response to the nullification crisis was to ask Congress to raise the tariff
False
The Distribution Act provided for each veteran of the War of 1812 to receive 360 acres of land in the West
False
Least likely to become Whigs would be:
German and Irish Catholics
Which of the following statements was NOT true of the 1822 presidential election?
Henry Clay doubted his ability to defeat Jackson
The Anti-Masonic party was the first to:
Hold a national nomination convention
Jackson declared his opposition to nullification:
In his toast at a Jefferson Day dinner
In his fight against Jackson to save the B.U.S., Biddle:
Initiated a national financial crisis
When Congress rechartered the Bank of the United States in 1832:
Jackson vetoed the recharter
Resigned the vice presidency in 1832
John C. Calhoun
Was the 1840 Whig vice presidential candidate
John Tyler
All of the following were prominent Whig politicians EXCEPT:
Martin Van Buren
Called the "Little Magician"
Martin Van Buren
The director of the Bank of the Unites States
Nicholas Biddle
Alexis de Tocqueville, a Frenchman traveling through the United States in the 1830s, claimed that "the only pleasure an American knows" was:
Politics
Which of the following statements about the growth of democracy during the Jacksonian era is true?
Politics was no longer the realm of the prominent and wealthy
In response to South Carolina's tariff nullification, Jackson:
Privately threatened to hang Calhoun
The Indian Removal Act of 1830:
Proposed moving Indian tribes to areas west of the Mississippi River
The Specie Circular:
Required gold or silver payment for public lands
Martin Van Buren was known as the "Great Magician" due to his:
Skill as a professional politician
Anti-democratic voices freely acknowledged that democracy was incompatible with:
Slavery
The attempt to censor the mail revolved around which issue?
Slavery
Pet banks were:
State banks that received federal government deposits
All of the following factors contributed to the Panic of 1837 EXCEPT the:
Tariff of 1835, which had lowered duties to dangerous levels
What federal law(s) did South Carolina nullify?
The Tariffs of 1828 and 1832
In the Webster-Hayne debate, Robert Y. Hayne argued that:
The Union was created by a compact of the states
The Eaton affair revealed:
The destructive gossip of the Washington social scene
Which of the following statements was NOT true of Jackson's inauguration?
There was a widespread political violence after the inauguration
In Worcester v. Georgia, the Marshal court:
Took the side of the Cherokees to the West
During Jackson's presidency, the national debt grew smaller until it was paid off entirely in 1835
True
George Fitzhugh opposed Jackson's democratic ideals, saying that in every society, "some were born with saddles on their backs, and others booted and spurred to ride them."
True
In the midst of the nullification crisis, John C. Calhoun resigned as vice president
True
Jackson's inauguration was so raucous that he was spirited away from the festivities for his own safety
True
John C. Calhoun represented South Carolina
True
Osceola led the Seminole resistance to their removal from their lands
True
The Cherokee Indians were forced westward on the route that came to be known as the Trail of Tears
True
The Whig presidential candidate in 1840, William Henry Harrison, was the hero of the Battle of Tippecanoe
True
Which of the following statements was NOT true of the Second Bank of the United States
Was exclusively supported by the federal government
The Webster-Hayne debate is best remembered for:
Webster's eloquent defense of the Union
The Independent Treasury Act provoked opposition from:
Whigs and conservative Democrats
Won the presidency with his "Log Cabin and Hard Cider" campaign
William Henry Harrison
Was a presidential candidate for the Anti-Masonic party in 1832
William Wirt
After his reelection, Jackson moved to destroy the Bank of the United States by:
Withdrawing its federal deposits
The proposed Maysville Road:
Would be entirely in Kentucky
Calhoun's South Carolina Exposition and Protest:
Argued that states could nullify federal legislation
Jackson's veto of the Maysville Road Bill demonstrated his:
Belief that the federal government should not fund purely local projects
The Indian chief who resisted federal policy in Illinois and Wisconsin was:
Black Hawk
As a result of the Eaton affair:
Both John Eaton and Martin Van Buren left the cabinet
Which of the following statements about Martin Van Buren is NOT true?
Enjoyed a strong economy during his single term as president
Jacksonian democracy involved the extension of voting rights to blacks, Indians, and women
False
Martin Van Buren opposed the establishment of an Independent Treasury
False
After the Panic of 1837, working-class Americans could expect all of the following EXCEPT:
Government assistance
William Henry Harrison:
Had defeated the Shawnees at Tippecanoe
The compromise tariff that ended the nullification crisis was authored by:
Henry Clay
Was Jackson's opponent for president in 1832
Henry Clay
Martin Van Buren resigned from Jackson's cabinet:
In order to give the president a clear path to replace the entire cabinet
Was the husband of the woman snubbed by wives of cabinet members
John Eaton
A tariff passed by congress in 1832:
Lowered duties on some items
President Jackson's policy toward Indians could best be described as one of:
Removal
How long did the economic calamity that destroyed Van Buren's presidency last?
Seven years
The Trail of Tears resulted in:
The death of thousands of Indians
One undebatable fact about the Jacksonian era is:
The dramatic increase in voter participation by 1840
Jackson's efforts to kill the bank resulted in:
The first assassination attempt of a sitting president in American history
Andrew Jackson was the most politically involved president up to that point in history
True
