APUSH CH 10 STUDY
In response to the demand for internal improvements, President James Madison:
called for a constitutional amendment to empower the federal government to build roads and canals.
Andrew Jackson supported all of the following EXCEPT:
the right of nullification.
By 1840, approximately _____ percent of adult white men were eligible to vote.
90
Under the Missouri Compromise of 1820:
the remaining Louisiana Purchase territory was divided into slave and free zones.
Which of the following statements about Martin Van Buren is FALSE?
A graduate of Harvard, he was known for his sterling intellectual accomplishments.
Which of the following most likely accounts for the limits of United States settlements in portions of North Carolina and Georgia depicted on the map?
American Indians maintained sovereign control over those regions.
In the presidential election of 1824, who received the most votes but failed to win a majority of either the popular or electoral votes (requiring the House of Representatives to select a president)?
Andrew Jackson
Which of the following factors best explains the increase in white male suffrage in the early nineteenth century?
Changes to property ownership requirements
Which of the following best explains the cause of the emergence of new political parties in the early nineteenth century?
Continued debates over the proper role of the federal government
How does the Bank War demonstrate that Andrew Jackson enhanced the power of the presidency?
He identified himself as the symbolic representative of all the people with his veto message that appealed directly to the public.
Which of the following is NOT true of John Quincy Adams?
He was a firm believer in strict construction of the Constitution.
"We, therefore, the people of the State of South Carolina, in convention assembled, do declare and ordain...that the several acts and parts of acts of the Congress of the United States, purporting to be laws for the imposing of duties and imposts on the importation of foreign commodities...are unautorized by the Constitution of the United States, and violate the true meaning and intent thereof and are null, void, and no law, nor binding upon this State..." South Carolina Ordinance of Nullification, 1832 Who most likely would support the ideas expressed in the excerpt?
John C. Calhoun
President Andrew Jackson's creation of a monetary system based on state-chartered banks most likely contributed to which of the following?
The Panic of 1837
Which of the following best explains the expansion of participatory democracy in the early nineteenth century?
The extension of suffrage rights to most adult white men
Which of the following resulted from the policies of the Andrew Jackson administration?
The number of banks, each issuing its own paper currency, increased.
Many Americans were suspicious of the Second Bank of the United States for which of the following reasons?
They believed that it was controlled by a commercial elite.
What is the point of view of this cartoon?
Whig
Whose 1840 presidential campaign portrayed him as a common man who was born in a log cabin and liked to drink hard cider?
William Henry Harrison
Someone who agrees with the point of view of this cartoon is not likely to support:
a. Jackson's veto of the Second Bank of the United States b. The forced removal of Native Americans from Georgia, Florida, and the rest of the southeastern U.S. c. The spoils system d. All of the above E. none of the above ANSWER : D. ALL OF THE ABOVE
The immediate effect of Andrew Jackson's attack on the Second Bank of the United States in 1834 was:
an expansion of credit and speculation.
Andrew Jackson vetoed the recharter of the Bank of the United States partly because he believed that the bank:
concentrated too much power in the hands of a few people.
An important consequence of the "tariff of abominations" (1828) is that it led to the:
enunciation of the doctrine of nullification.
"We, therefore, the people of the State of South Carolina, in convention assembled, do declare and ordain...that the several acts and parts of acts of the Congress of the United States, purporting to be laws for the imposing of duties and imposts on the importation of foreign commodities...are unautorized by the Constitution of the United States, and violate the true meaning and intent thereof and are null, void, and no law, nor binding upon this State..." South Carolina Ordinance of Nullification, 1832 The nullification crisis:
involved the fears of some slaveholders that the federal government might take action against slavery.
Democrats in the 1830s generally believed that:
new corporate enterprises were suspicious
By the time of Jackson's presidency, politics:
often emphasized individual politicians with mass followings and popular nicknames.
Jacksonian Democracy was distinguished by the belief that:
political participation by the common man should be increased.
The nullification crisis of 1832 arose over the issue of:
protective tariffs.
"We, therefore, the people of the State of South Carolina, in convention assembled, do declare and ordain...that the several acts and parts of acts of the Congress of the United States, purporting to be laws for the imposing of duties and imposts on the importation of foreign commodities...are unautorized by the Constitution of the United States, and violate the true meaning and intent thereof and are null, void, and no law, nor binding upon this State..." South Carolina Ordinance of Nullification, 1832 The idea expressed in the excerpt emerged most directly from a larger intellectual debate over the:
relationship between the federal government and the states.
The most important factor in Andrew Jackson's successful bid for the presidency in 1828 was his:
reputation as a hero of the War of 1812.
In its decision in McCulloch v. Maryland, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that:
the Second Bank of the United States was constitutional.
In the presidential election of 1840:
the Whigs employed political tactics pioneered by Democrats.
"As [political leader Henry] Clay envisioned it [in the 1820s], the American System constituted the...basis for social improvement...Through sale of its enormous land holdings, the federal government could well afford to subsidize internal improvements. By levying protective tariffs, the government could well afford to subsidize internal improvements. By levying protective tariffs, the government should foster the development of American manufacturing and agricultural enterprises that, in their infancy, might not be able to withstand foreign competition. The promotion of industry would create a home market for agricultural commodities, just as farms provided a market for manufactured products." Daniel Walker Howe, historian, What Hath God Wrought: The Transformation of America, 1815-1848, published in 2007 Based on the excerpt, which of the following groups would have been most likely to oppose Henry Clay's ideas?
Members of the Democratic Party
"A bank of the United States is in many respects convenient for the Government and useful to the people. Entertaining this opinion, and deeply impressed with the belief that some of the powers and privileges possessed by the existing bank are unauthorized by the Consittuion, subversive of the rights of the States, and dangerous to the liberties of the people, I felt it my duty at an early period of my Administration to call the attention of Congress to the practicability of organizing an institution conbining all its advantages and obviating [removing] these objections. I sincerely regret that in the act before me I can perceive none of those modifications of the bank charter which are necessary, in my opinion, to make it compatible with justice, with sound policy, or with the constiution of our country... "Experience should teach us wisdom. Most of the difficulties our Government now encounters and most of the dangers which impend over our Union have sprung from an abandonment of the legitimate objects of Government by our national legislation... Many of our rich men have not been content with equal protection and equal benefits, but have besought [ask urgently to do something] us to make them richer by act of Congress. By attempting to gratify their desires we have in the results of our legislation arrayed section against section, interest against interest, and man against man, in a fearful commotion which threatens to shake the foundations of our Union." President Andrew Jackson, Veto Message Regarding the Bank of the United States, 1832 Which of the following factors best supports the argument in the excerpt?
The debates over the federal government's proper role had intensified during the early nineteenth century.
"A bank of the United States is in many respects convenient for the Government and useful to the people. Entertaining this opinion, and deeply impressed with the belief that some of the powers and privileges possessed by the existing bank are unauthorized by the Constitution, subversive of the rights of the States, and dangerous to the liberties of the people, I felt it my duty at an early period of my Administration to call the attention of Congress to the practicability of organizing an institution combining all its advantages and obviating [removing] these objections. I sincerely regret that in the act before me I can perceive none of those modifications of the bank charter which are necessary, in my opinion, to make it compatible with justice, with sound policy, or with the constitution of our country... "Experience should teach us wisdom. Most of the difficulties our Government now encounters and most of the dangers which impend over our Union have sprung from an abandonment of the legitimate objects of Government by our national legislation... Many of our rich men have not been content with equal protection and equal benefits, but have besought [ask urgently to do something] us to make them richer by act of Congress. By attempting to gratify their desires we have in the results of our legislation arrayed section against section, interest against interest, and man against man, in a fearful commotion which threatens to shake the foundations of our Union." President Andrew Jackson, Veto Message Regarding the Bank of the United States, 1832 People who shared the views expressed in the excerpt most likely opposed which of the following?
The use of federal government funding for internal improvements
"A bank of the United States is in many respects convenient for the Government and useful to the people. Entertaining this opinion, and deeply impressed with the belief that some of the powers and privileges possessed by the existing bank are unauthorized by the Consittuion, subversive of the rights of the States, and dangerous to the liberties of the people, I felt it my duty at an early period of my Administration to call the attention of Congress to the practicability of organizing an institution conbining all its advantages and obviating [removing] these objections. I sincerely regret that in the act before me I can perceive none of those modifications of the bank charter which are necessary, in my opinion, to make it compatible with justice, with sound policy, or with the constiution of our country... "Experience should teach us wisdom. Most of the difficulties our Government now encounters and most of the dangers which impend over our Union have sprung from an abandonment of the legitimate objects of Government by our national legislation... Many of our rich men have not been content with equal protection and equal benefits, but have besought [ask urgently to do something] us to make them richer by act of Congress. By attempting to gratify their desires we have in the results of our legislation arrayed section against section, interest against interest, and man against man, in a fearful commotion which threatens to shake the foundations of our Union." President Andrew Jackson, Veto Message Regarding the Bank of the United States, 1832 Which of the following of Jackson's policies undermined his position as described in the excerpt?
Using federal power to forcibly relocate American Indian groups
