Chapter 10
Opponents called Andrew Jackson's practice of rewarding political supporters with public office
a spoils system.
Reformers of the antebellum period
received their best response in New England and areas to which New Englanders had migrated.
The spark that ignited the Anti-Masonic crusade was
the abduction of William Morgan.
Revivalists and Unitarians were similar in
their belief that human behavior could be changed for the better.
Which of the following recognized that the run-up to the 1828 election was shaping a new political system?
Martin van Buren
All of the following were founded as utopian communities except
Rochester, New York.
The immediate result of Jackson's distribution of federal funds to state banks was to
bring about rapid economic expansion, speculation, and inflation.
The Second Bank of the United States was only distantly controlled by the government because
its stockholders were private citizens.
Which of the following quotations is not correctly paired with its source?
"Our Union: It must be preserved." John C. Calhoun's South Carolina Exposition and Protest
The South Carolina Exposition and Protest was drawn up in opposition to the
"Tariff of Abominations."
Which of the following quotations is correctly paired with its source?
-"I will not equivocate—I will not excuse—I will not retreat a single inch—AND I WILL BE HEARD." William Lloyd Garrison's The Liberator -"It makes "the rich richer and the potent more powerful." Andrew Jackson's veto message of the recharter of the Bank of the United States -"All men and women are created equal." The Declaration of Sentiments of the Seneca Falls Convention
Which of the following statements about William Lloyd Garrison is correct
-He favored giving women equal positions and influence with men in the anti-slavery movement. -He opposed abolitionists who wanted to start a political party and run candidates for office. -He insisted that slavery was sinful and its continued existence unacceptable.
Martin Van Buren did
-create one of the first Democratic state party machines, the Albany Regency. -serve as president during a severe economic depression. -sign the Independent Treasury Bill, which provided for deposit of federal funds in government vaults
Which of the following was an issue Locofocos were working toward?
-the abolition of debtor prison -public education -the ten hour day
Which candidate in the presidential election of 1824 gained the majority of popular votes?
Andrew Jackson
Which of the following aggravated tensions between Andrew Jackson and his vice-president John C. Calhoun in 1830?
Confirmation that Calhoun had urged Jackson's punishment for his unauthorized raid into Spanish Florida in 1818
All of the following were founded as utopian communities
Brook Farm, Massachusetts. Oneida, New York. New Harmony, Indiana.
Which of the following statements about William Lloyd Garrison is incorrect?
He favored removal of freed blacks from the United States to colonies in Africa.
When Adams' supporters attacked Andrew Jackson for being an illiterate backwoodsman,
Jackson only gained in popularity for his role as a common man
Which of the following is not true about Methodists?
They rejected American revivalism.
The American Temperance Society advocated that people abstain from
alcohol.
Which of the following was not an issue Locofocos were working toward?
an end to all tariffs
The Shakers
carefully separated the sleeping quarters of men and women.
The fierce tug of war between Republicans and Federalists that began in the 1790s had taught both parties to
court voters.
Martin Van Buren did not
defect to the newly formed Whig party in protest over Andrew Jackson's handling of the nullification crisis.
Charles Grandison Finney
emphasized the role of women and encouraged them to speak about their conversions.
The Seneca Falls Declaration of Sentiments called for
equal rights for women.
Between 1836 and 1842, wages in the United States
fell by one third.
When President Andrew Jackson removed federal deposits from the Bank of the United States to place them in state banks,
he produced exactly the kind of economy he wanted to suppress.
Mobs attacked Elijah P. Lovejoy in Alton, Illinois, in 1837, shot him dead and dragged his mutilated corpse through the streets because
he was an antislavery editor.