Chapter 11
Jackson's opponents called themselves Whigs to
denounce what they saw as Jackson's tyrannical qualities
The Jacksonian concept of equality was a belief that
everyone should have an equal chance to succeed
In 1840, the Whigs
feared splitting their party and hence had no platform
After the panic of 1837, working-class Americans could expect all of the following EXCEPT
government assistance
How many states joined South Carolina in repudiating the tariff acts of 1828 and 1832?
none
The Indian Removal Act of 1830
proposed moving Indian tribes to areas west of the Mississippi River
President Jackson's policy toward Indians could best be described as one of
removal to lands west of the Mississippi
Pet banks were
state banks that received federal government deposits
After his reelection, Jackson moved to destroy the Bank of the United States by
withdrawing its federal deposits
The one thing that united all members of the new Whig party was opposition to
Andrew Jackson
By the 1832 election, the Jacksonians had become known as the
Democrats
When Congress rechartered the Bank of the United States in 1832
Jackson vetoed the recharter
All of the following were prominent Whig politicians EXCEPT
Martin Van Buren
Andrew Jackson's soldiers nicknamed him
Old Hickory
Jackson viewed the Bank of the United States as
a "monster" that served the interests of a wealthy few
All of the following characterized the United States by the time of Andrew Jackson's election EXCEPT
a dynamic economy absent of panics or depressions
Before he became president, Andrew Jackson
all of the above
Calhoun's South Carolina Exposition and Protest
argued that states could nullify federal legislation
As a result of Jackson's bank policies
banks printed new bank notes with abandon
Tariffs passed by Congress in 1830 and 1832
lowered duties on some items
All of the following factors contributed to the panic of 1837 EXCEPT the
tariff of 1835, which had lowered duties to dangerous levels
The Trail of Tears resulted in
the death of thousands of Indians
Thomas Jefferson considered Andrew Jackson unfit for the presidency due to his
violent temperament
By the 1820s, South Carolina
was experiencing agricultural depression