Chapter 10

Which was not an attribute of Alexis de Tocqueville's vision of democracy?

All Americans over age 21 ought to, Tocqueville wrote, have the right to vote.

Which of the following was not a paradoxical feature of Andrew Jackson's public career?

Although suspicious of creditors and paper money, he was a leading defender of the Bank of the United States.

Andrew Jackson was the standard-bearer for which political party?

Democrats

A significant theme of the Monroe Doctrine was that:

European powers should refrain from further colonization in the Americas.

All of the states that entered the Union after the original thirteen made property ownership a requirement of voting, at least for a time.

False

During James Madison's presidential terms, two-party political competition completely disappeared.

False

Free blacks gained the right to vote in every state in the Union after 1800.

False

In the election of 1824, John Quincy Adams won the popular vote, but lost the electoral vote.

False

President Andrew Jackson's inauguration was a quiet affair in which a small group of close-knit friends of the new president met at the White House for a solemn, elite dinner.

False

The Indian Removal Act of 1830 was renounced by President Jackson.

False

The charter for the Bank of the United States was renewed in 1811.

False

Which is not an element of Chief Justice John Marshall's decision in McCulloch v. Maryland (1819)?

Marshall found that contracts between states and private citizens could not be abridged.

The portion of President James Monroe's 1823 annual message to Congress that asserted that the United States would oppose further efforts at colonization by European powers in the Americas, that the United States would stay out of European wars, and that European powers were not to interfere with the newly independent Latin American states is called the:

Monroe Doctrine.

What was Andrew Jackson's nickname?

Old Hickory

Which of the following was not a significant development during the decade following Jackson's presidency?

President Van Buren shifted vast amounts of federal funds to state banks.

Which of the following questions was not a key focus of political controversy during the Jackson years?

Should women have the right to vote?

Which of the following was not a key difference between the Democrats and the Whigs during the Jackson years?

The Democrats were united in opposition to paper money; the Whigs were united in support of it.

Which was not part of the Missouri Compromise of 1820?

The children of slaves already in Missouri were to be freed at age twenty-five.

Which was not an element in the 1841 Dorr War?

The war's bloodshed led to the deaths of more than 246 people, and to Dorr's execution.

Which was not a way women became increasingly active in the public sphere during the early nineteenth century?

They exercised the suffrage after 1807.

According to Martin Van Buren, political parties could serve to check the power of officeholders, counteract sectional divisions, and provide voters with genuine alternatives.

True

Although denied the ballot, women found a voice in the public sphere during the 1820s and 1830s.

True

America was a much less highly stratified society than Europe.

True

As a boy, Andrew Jackson had almost been killed when, during the War for Independence, a British officer struck him with his sword after the boy refused to polish the soldier's boots.

True

Between Democrats and Whigs, the Democrats found greater support among Catholic immigrants, subsistence farmers, and urban workers; the Whigs found greater support among wealthy landowners, well-connected businessmen, and Evangelical Protestants.

True

Culturally speaking, in the United States the right to vote is tantamount to being a citizen.

True

The election of 1824 injured Henry Clay's political career.

True

The leading theorist of nullification and states' rights by 1831 was the vice president of the United States.

True

What political party was organized to oppose President Jackson?

Whigs

Which of the following did Andrew Jackson believe was associated with the outcome of the election of 1824?

a corrupt bargain

A significant element of the American System was:

all of the above.

Which of the following series of events is listed in proper sequence?

announcement of American System program; Missouri controversy; "Tariff of Abominations"; veto of Second Bank recharter

President James Madison favored a system of national economic incentives for manufacturers, a protective tariff, a new national bank, and federal financing of roads and canals that came to be known as:

the American System.

McCulloch v. Maryland ruled that:

the Bank of the United States was constitutionally legal.

Which of the following was a factor in the split between Andrew Jackson and John Calhoun?

the Nullification Crisis

Which of the following was a factor in the split between Andrew Jackson and John Calhoun?

the Peggy Eaton situation

The Panic of 1819 was caused by:

the land bubble burst and its ensuing economic panic.

Which was not an aspect of the pageantry surrounding elections in nineteenth-century American democracy?

the secret ballot

The election of 1824 resulted in Andrew Jackson being elected president that year.

False

Martin Van Buren's presidency, to a large degree, was occupied in dealing with issues arising from the Panic of 1837.

True

Often, political cartoons criticizing Andrew Jackson illustrated him as a king.

True

President Jackson's critics called him "King Andrew."

True

The 1828 "tariff of abominations" led to the Nullification Crisis.

True

The 1836 Specie Circular declared that the federal government would accept only specie (gold and silver) in payment for public land.

True

The Panic of 1819 left many Americans uneasy about the market revolution.

True

How much of the adult white male population in the United States could vote by 1840?

approximately 90 percent

By 1860, most states had eliminated ____________ from their voting requirements.

property restrictions

Giving a political office to someone based on party service is called:

the spoils system.

Andrew Jackson appealed to the changing voting pool because he represented those that came from generations of wealth and supported a strong federal government-controlled nation.

False

As working-class whites gained equal rights in the political arena, they grew increasingly critical of racial inequality.

False

Both John C. Calhoun and Andrew Jackson believed in states' rights to nullify federal law.

False

The Dorr War revolved around the issue of whether propertyless white men should have the right to vote.

True

The proper chronological order for presidents from 1817 forward is: Monroe, J. Q. Adams, Jackson, Van Buren, Harrison, and Tyler.

True

The second Bank of the United States held all the funds of the federal government.

True

Define "suffrage" as used in the sentence, "Suffrage was the 'the first mark of liberty, the only true badge of the freeman.' "

the vote

When Thomas Jefferson wrote, "This momentous question, like a fire bell in the night, awakened and filled me with terror," he was referring to:

the westward expansion of slavery.

Andrew Jackson and his supporters publicly argued that the Presidential Election of 1824 had been determined in his favor by a "corrupt bargain" between some of the participants.

False

Despite his reputation for stubbornness, President Jackson proved timid and conciliatory during the Nullification Crisis and the Bank War

False

Which of the following was not a trend in American democracy during the 1820s and 1830s?

Ironically, as the number of eligible voters rose, voter turnout in elections declined.

The "Era of Good Feelings" was so-called because:

they were years of one-party government.