GML Ch.10

T/F: 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

T/F: 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

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

False

T/F: Both John C. Calhoun and Andrew Jackson believed in states' rights to nullify federal law.

False

T/F: Despite his reputation for stubbornness, President Jackson proved timid and conciliatory during the nullification crisis and the Bank War.

False

T/F: Free blacks gained the right to vote in every state in the Union after 1800.

False

T/F: The Indian Removal Act of 1830 was renounced by President Jackson.

False

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

True

T/F: During the market revolution, the emergence of organized political parties spurred newspaper publication.

True

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

True

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

True

T/F: White Americans enjoyed a much less stratified system of society than did Europeans.

True

The author of Democracy in America was a. Alexis de Tocqueville, from France. b. Herman Melville, from New York City. c. Herman Melville, from New York City. d. Marquis de Lafayette, from France.

a. Alexis de Tocqueville, from France.

The man responsible for negotiating a treaty for the United States to acquire Florida from Spain, aid in an agreement with Great Britain to fix the Canadian-American border at the 49th parallel, and wrote a majority of the Monroe Doctrine is a. James Monroe. b. John Quincy Adams. c. Martin Van Buren. d. John Adams.

b. John Quincy Adams.

Which was not part of the Missouri Compromise of 1820? a. Slavery was prohibited in the remaining Louisiana Territory north of 36°30'. b. Maine, a free state (without slavery), was admitted into the Union. c. It permanently settled the question of the expansion of slavery. d. Missouri was admitted without having to agree to end slavery.

c. It permanently settled the question of the expansion of slavery.

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 a. the Hamiltonian System. b. the Madisonian System c. the American System d. the Union System of Manufactures.

c. the American System

What was Andrew Jackson's nickname? a. The Little Magician b. Old Fuss and Feathers c. The Sly Fox d. Old Hickory

d. Old Hickory

The Tariff of 1816 protected goods produced in the United States, especially a. oil. b. furniture made from American wood. c. tobacco. d. cheap cotton textiles.

d. cheap cotton textiles.

T/F: In Worcester v. Georgia, Chief Justice Marshall described Indians as "wards" of the federal government, deserving paternal protection.

False

T/F: 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

T/F: While Whigs considered individual morality a private matter, not a public concern, Democrats insisted that liberty and power reinforced each other.

False

Which of the following was not a key difference between the Democrats and the Whigs during the Jackson years? a. The Whigs favored government actions to promote economic development; the Democrats did not. b. The Democrats held a stronghold on upstate New York; the Whigs held more isolated rural communities. c. The Whigs favored public measures to regulate personal morality; the Democrats did not. d. The Democrats voiced alarm over the gulf between the wealthy and the "producing classes"; the Whigs were more accepting of class hierarchy.

b. The Democrats held a stronghold on upstate New York; the Whigs held more isolated rural communities.

Which was not an element in the 1841 Dorr War? a. It occurred in Rhode Island and was a struggle for universal manhood suffrage in the state. b. The war's bloodshed led to the deaths of more than 246 people, and to Dorr's execution. c. Supporters of democratic reform organized a People's Convention, which drafted a new constitution for the state of Rhode Island. d. Thomas Dorr, a wealthy lawyer, was inaugurated as governor of the state of Rhode Island under the constitution drawn by the People's Convention.

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

William Henry Harrison's presidency ended as he a. was impeached due to accepting financial kickbacks from backers in his political party. b. died from pneumonia a month after taking office. c. was assassinated while on a tour of Pennsylvania. d. was unsuccessful in having his Supreme Court justices accepted and resigned.

b. died from pneumonia a month after taking office.

The government-sponsored construction of roads and canals in the early 1800s later deemed unconstitutional was called a. a power play for large businesses to control the South b. a necessary evil. c. internal improvements. d. the Corrupt Bargain.

c. internal improvements.