Chapter 10 Review
On whom did President Jackson rely for political advice?
An informal group called the Kitchen Cabinet
In 1832, a South Carolina state convention committed which of the following actions?
Declared the tariffs of 1828 and 1832 null and void within the state
Which of the following statements describes Jackson's veto of the bill rechartering the Second Bank of the United States in 1832?
It was a popular move, blending constitutional arguments, an appeal to patriotism, and class rhetoric
In which of the following ways was Chief Justice Roger Taney different from his predecessor, John Marshall?
Marshall was nationally oriented while Taney favored states' rights
Who is considered the first real politician, partly because he created the first statewide political machine?
Martin Van Buren
Which of the following statements characterizes the American party system by the early 1840s?
The practice of Americans voting for a particular party along ethnic and religious lines began to emerge
What occurred during the Bad Axe Massacre of 1832?
U.S. troops pursued Black Hawk's followers into Wisconsin and killed 850 of his warriors
In the aftermath of the nullification crisis, President Jackson responded to southern concerns about the tariff by
persuading Congress to pass a new tariff that gradually reduced duties
In what way was the United States more democratic than anywhere else in the world during the first half of the nineteenth century?
not bicameral legislature
Most of the new state constitutions written between 1830 and 1860 did which of the following?
not gave all men the right to vote
How did Andrew Jackson respond to South Carolina's claimed right of nullification in 1832?
not he pulled federal troops
Why did Andrew Jackson veto the bill to recharter the Second Bank of the United States in 1832?
not his opponents
In 1834, the Working Men's Party persuaded the Pennsylvania legislature to do which of the following?
not mandate; not allow collective
John C. Calhoun challenged the northern Whig economic ideology by arguing
not that the American society; not for federal supremacy
Which of the following statements describes the impact of the Jacksonian-era constitutional revolution on the states?
not the "commonwealth"
Which of the following statements characterizes the presidential campaign of 1840?
not the democrats; not whig organizers
Why did several eastern states expand suffrage in the 1810s?
not they aimed to give
What did bankers, land speculators, and entrepreneurs in the 1820s to the 1840s have in common?
not they tended to be Democrats
In the U.S. Supreme Court case of Worcester v. Georgia (1832), John Marshall and the Court majority issued a decision that
not upheld Georgia's rights
Politicians from modest backgrounds tended to support which of the following reforms in the 1810s?
restrictions on imprisonment for debt
Which of the following elements defined the Democrats under Andrew Jackson?
support for average Americans
Which of the following laws required the Treasury department to accept only gold and silver in payment for purchases of federal land?
the Specie Circular
Working Men's Parties of the late 1820s and 1830ss called for which of the following reforms?
the abolition of debtors' prisons
In 1835, Alexis de Tocqueville wrote, "It is a constant fact that at the present day the ablest men in the United States are rarely placed at the head of affairs." To what did he attribute this phenomenon?
Democracy
Which of the following describe John Tyler and his presidency?
He so angered the Whigs that he was kicked out of the party while president
The Trail of Tears was the direct consequence of which of the following government actions?
Indian Removal Act of 1830
Which of the following statements characterizes Andrew Jackson's intentions toward Native Americans during his presidency?
Jackson meant to remove all Native Americans east of the Mississippi, even those who had adapted to white society.
Correctly match the candidate in the 1824 presidential election with his description.
Jackson--popular War of 1812 hero
The power of elected officials to grant government jobs to party members in return for their loyalty is known as which of the following systems?
Patronage
What aspect of early nineteenth-century American government had the founders condemned as contrary to republican ideals?
Political parties
Which of the following were the three key elements of Clay's American system?
Protective tariff, subsidized internal improvements, and the national bank
What did the Twelfth Amendment to the Constitution specify should be done in an election like the election of 1824, in which no presidential candidate received a majority of the electoral votes?
The House of Representatives decides the outcome
Which of the following statements describes events surrounding the election of 1824?
The Republican candidate William Crawford died from a stroke in the midst of the campaign
In the election of 1840, Whigs boosted their electoral hopes by appealing to which of the following groups?
not Freemasons
What was the outcome of President John Quincy Adams' support of the Creeks in their treaty negotiations with the state of Georgia?
not a large reservation
Sequoyah developed which of the following to assimilate members of the Cherokee tribe into American life?
a perfected system of writing for the Cherokee language
President Martin Van Buren responded to the Panic of 1837 by
adopting a hands-off, limited-government stance